Conquering Mount Raung (3344m) | Indonesia's Most Technical Volcano

Conquering Mount Raung (3344m) | Indonesia's Most Technical Volcano

About this video -
2 kilometres in diameter, it has the largest crater in Java. It’s one of the most remote and least climbed of the 3000-metre plus peaks. There are two main routes up Gunung Raung. Those wishing to reach the true highest point must hike in from the south near Kalibaru
Getting there: For the Kalibaru route, you can take the Surabaya-Banyuwangi train and get off at Kalibaru.

Day 1: Depart Kalibaru on motorbikes for Wonorejo (570 metres above sea level, 20 minutes away) where you register.
Then, continue for a further 30 minutes on motorbikes up challenging and muddy terrain to Pos 1, which is at an elevation of 896m. Pos 1 is where most hikers start hiking. It is a simple warung/hut in coffee plantations run by Madurese Pak Sunarya and his wife. From here, it is 10km in a straight line to the peak. The gradient of the trail is very pleasant at first. You should hear the flapping of hornbill wings and the grunting of wild boar in the forest around you. You should have reached Camp 2 (1,451m) in less than two hours. It is then 30 minutes to Camp 3 (1,638m) and another 45 minutes from there to Camp 4 (1,815m). Camp 5 (2,045m) follows after another 45 minutes and a similar time again to Camp 6 (2,222m), which is near seismological equipment. Finally, you will reach Camp 7 (2,553m), which is a pleasant ridge and the best place to camp for the night. It should have taken you 6 or 7 hours, including breaks, to reach Camp 7. There are great views to Argopuro and Semeru and enough space for at least 10 tents.

Day 2: Leave Camp 7 with headtorches before 3 am to make the most of daylight hours for the summit attempt. After just over one hour, you will have reached Camp 8 (2,870m). It is then another 45 minutes to an hour to reach Camp 9 (3,068m), which is the last ‘Camp’. The trail is still in the forest here, but there are plenty of gaps in the trees to look west to Argopuro and east to Bali’s Gunung Agung. Finally, after about 2 hours from Camp 7, you will have reached the end of vegetation (3,115m). Another five minutes, and you will be at Puncak Bendera (‘flag peak’, 3,139m), which has an Indonesian flag and offers an astonishing panorama of distant mountains and villages. From Puncak Bendera, it is about 3 hours to reach Puncak Sejati, and it is one of the most challenging trails in Indonesia. There are very narrow ridges to cross with sheer drops on either side and slippery scree covering them and short near-vertical sections requiring ropes, helmets, calmness, and confidence! After traversing the first of the narrow ridges, you will definitely need to use ropes to ascend a short section of rock with considerable exposure. The next major landmark is Puncak 17 (3,172m), a stunning pyramid-like peak. After Puncak 17, you have another narrow ridge to cross with sheer drops on either side. Now you are down on a huge expanse of steep rock with gullies. If you look up, you will see a collection of vertical slabs of rock jutting out into the sky. This is the next target and is called Puncak Tusuk Gigi (‘toothpick peak’, 3,315m). This is not technically demanding, but like on Merapi and Semeru, you have to be careful when in a group that you do not send rocks flying down behind you to others on the trail. From here, it’s only another 5 minutes up to the right to Puncak Sejati itself, where the panorama is most amazing. The highest point is marked with another Pataga Surabaya marker. There is a section of crumbly cliff just beyond Puncak Sejati, which people like to pose on for photos of themselves with Java’s largest crater behind.

Songs Credit
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Break Point by Vendredi
  / vendrediduo  
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/-break-point
Music promoted by Audio Library
   • Break Point – Vendredi (No Copyright ...   ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

About us
--------------
We are Mayur, Gayatri, and Om residing in sunny Singapore. Amongst us we have an Indian who grew up in India, a Singaporean ceylonese who spent decade of her life in Australia and lastly our son, a true born citizen of the mixes, half Indian, half ceylonese and very Singaporean.
Our videos mainly consist of mountain climbing trips and some solo journeys but mostly of our family of 3. We thrive with each others company on our road less travelled in our own unique style. We really love off the beaten kind of adventures, eating local food, meeting ethnic tribes, going back in time with some historical sites, and simply getting lost. Being in corporate jobs for daily survival, our dream here is to inspire people to explore this beautiful world and realise that there is more in life than just 9 to 5.

Find us here too:
  / mayuroffthetrack  
  / gayasgraphy  

#gunungraung #puncaksejati #3344mpdl