Trans Murud 0104 (Lepo Bunga to Reked Meligan aka Church Camp)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 4.07 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,768 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 581 ft
- Max elevation
- 7,111 ft
- TrailRank
- 52
- Min elevation
- 7,111 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- one hour 25 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 6 minutes
- Coordinates
- 779
- Uploaded
- May 6, 2023
- Recorded
- May 2023
near Long Komap, ဆာရာဝပ်နယ် (မလေးရှား)
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Itinerary description
Leech bite counts: ZERO🤣
Swampy, muddy trails: ALL THE WAY!
Here we go! Been fermenting for the past 2 days, already being here in either Miri/Bario/Ba'kelalan, anxious from when we'd be finally get onto the trailhead. And here we are.
From trailhead, until Jambatan Sukacita (Joy Bridge), it's up and up. Ascending, all the way. However, it's a short one. One thing for sure though, it's muddy, swampy, all the way. Sure, you can always use the tree roots and protruding stones, to escape the possibility of getting, in some spots, knee-deep in the mud. But, with constant cloud cover, all year round, and very little sunlight penetrating through the thick jungle's canopy onto the forest's ground, it's bloody slippery, everywhere! So, be prepared.
There are leeches, here and there, however, not that many. I'm expecting our Day 3 and 4 where there will be massive number of leeches, since we'll be going through some thick, wet marshes.
I find this particular trail to be more technical, in terms of difficulty, where it's not much, but still, pretty technical. Otherwise, it's pretty moderate.
Here is my personal itinerary for Day 01;
11:11 Hiking Commences
12:23 Reached Sukacita (Joy) Bridge
16:17 Church Camp (Reked Meligan) 2100m
Waypoints
Wilderness hut
5,723 ft
Lepo Bunga Shelter
Hike commences at 11:11 Leeches: Yes! Water Source: Rain Catchment System. There's streams, here and there, but the locals preferred rain water for cooking, and used the tannins-stained water for washing, toilet and whatnots Shelter: Huts Supposed to start by 10:00, but it took the 4WD driver some times to pass through the badly damaged, sometimes tarred, sometimes dirt roads. With a few new massive landslides destroying portions of the road, it's pretty understandable. Well, hey. The driver got us here in one piece! 🤣🤣🤣 Lepo Bunga, shelter/campsite and also the so-called Pulong Tau National Park Research Station & Visitors Center
River
Waypoint
6,202 ft
Log Steps with Handholds
I find that, over here, instead of using aluminum ladders, the locals would carved out steps out of logs. However, be careful. Most can be very slippery, thus the handholds
Waypoint
6,358 ft
Log Steps with Handholds
I find that, over here, instead of using aluminum ladders, the locals would carved out steps out of logs. However, be careful. Most can be very slippery, thus the handholds.
Waypoint
6,403 ft
Log Steps with Handholds
I find that, over here, instead of using aluminum ladders, the locals would carved out steps out of logs. However, be careful. Most can be very slippery, thus the handholds.
Waypoint
6,465 ft
Log Steps with Handholds
I find that, over here, instead of using aluminum ladders, the locals would carved out steps out of logs. However, be careful. Most can be very slippery, thus the handholds.
Bridge
6,584 ft
Joy Bridge (Jambatan Sukacita)
Reached here by 12:23 From here onwards, it's pretty flat, and assisted with steel walkways. However, these steel walkways does not goes all the way to our next 2 destinations, Batu Linanit or Reked Meligan (Church Camp). These steel walkways are only about 30 to 40% part of the trail. The rest, either dirt, swampy and/or wet trail, while about 5% here and there, the old wooden walkway, which was built in 1985, and has mostly collapsed, due to rot, or age.
Waypoint
7,037 ft
Steps to Batu Linanit
Reached here by 13:34 The original plan was to go to Batu Lilanit 1st, then to Reked Meligan (Church Camp). However, due to heavy rain, our guides (Jaren & Lavister) decided against it, and take the shortcut on the left, towards Reked Meligan, due to how slippery the staircases can get. So they decided to play it safe, and promised us that we will go to Batu Lilanit, then to the Bario junction on Day 03. I personally believed that it is a good decision, seeing how steep the staircases is. One slip, and it is forever goodbye.
Intersection
7,091 ft
Reked Meligan (shortcut)/Batu Linanit's Junction
Reached here by 13:34 The original plan was to go to Batu Lilanit 1st, then to Reked Meligan (Church Camp). However, due to heavy rain, our guides (Jaren & Lavister) decided against it, and take the shortcut on the left, towards Reked Meligan, due to how slippery the staircases can get. So they decided to play it safe, and promised us that we will go to Batu Linanit, then to the Bario junction on Day 03. I personally believed that it is a good decision, seeing how steep the staircases is. One slip, and it's forever goodbye.
Wilderness hut
6,803 ft
Reked Meligan (Church Camp)
Reached here by 14:17 Leeches: Rare, but possible. Got 1 bite, just for walking around Water Source: Rain Catchment System. There's streams, here and there, but the locals preferred rain water for cooking, and used the tannins-stained water for washing, toilet and whatnots Shelter: Huts So, this is where we'll be staying for the next 2 nights Standing at 2050m asl, Reked Meligan is essentially an uninhibited enclave where the Kelabits and the Lun Bawangs of Christian Protestant faith (Borneo Evangelical Church/Sidang Injil Borneo) built houses to accommodate their biannual pilgrimage to the sacred Mount Murud and Batu Linanit
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