A week after getting back from Flores, we grabbed our chance to bag Gede and Pangrango, two volcanoes that are located close to Bogor. We had intended to climb during the fasting month of Ramadan when the paths and campgrounds would be quiet, but the whole park was closed for “restoration” work. We hoped the park would be quieter after Ramadan as it was getting late in the season.
West Java
Gunung Tampomas
View at Picasa Dan at the summit21-Feb-2010 08:42, Canon Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, 3.5, 9.681mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 80 The gunung bagging obsession can take you to some off-the-beaten path places, and our quick weekend to climb Gunung Tampomas was a good example. Gunung Tampomas is a mountain northeast of Sumedang – a town [...]
Gunung Papandayan – bubbling mud and an elusive summit
View at Picasa Looking down on the crater lake18-Oct-2009 08:47, Canon Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, 8.0, 6.2mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 80 Before the start of the long wet season and some busy work schedules, we decided to squeeze in bagging one last local West Java volcano. Mount (Gunung) Papandayan is not a hard one [...]
Gunung Ciremai (3,078 m)
View at Picasa 16-Aug-2009 09:26, Canon Canon PowerShot G10, 5.6, 8.898mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 200 Taking advantage of the long weekend for Indonesian Independence Day (17th August), I went to climb West Java’s highest mountain – Gunung Ciremai – which is near to Cirebon on the north coast. Gill was away looking for Eucalyptus deglupta [...]