I could not let Gunung Panti defeat me, so went back on the same trip as last week - Gunung Panti hike plus Kota Tinggi Waterfalls. This time with another colleague from work. After trekking through the thick of it last week and studying the terrain map on Google, I knew where we had to go and pushed Deepak to jump across the muddy creek to the correct ridge. We quickly found the right trail and took it directly up the Western face.
Other than fighting a wave of exhaustion the climb up was fairly uneventful. One bonus to not going up an actual trek last week was that we didn't see human trash all over the place. That was annoying today. When we got near the peak the mountain turned into a rock wall. Luckily there were ropes positioned in good spots to help one climb. We were rewarded for our rock climbing by a magnificent view and the sound of illegal logging...The waterfalls are still awesome, and this time I found more spots on top of the lower waterfalls where the pools are deeper.
Good job for hiking 2 weekends in a row.
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