Gunung Hitam, Selangor - 9-02-19

Gunung Hitam has become popular since Gunung Nuang (Pongsun) is closed for public.

Getting There: Waze: Gerai Ikan Bakar Sri Nikat

*better park your car here although you could drive further up – road is not in a good shape.

The starting point is Gerai Ikan Bakar Sri Nikat and walk for about 2 km to reach a bridge. After crossing the bridge keep to the left and continue walk for about 1 km to reach abandon hut within orchard. Detour behind big rock and your hike starts. The climb is very steep and continuous – it takes your breath away for next 2 km or so. Thereafter is rather easy hike before reaching the summit – the border between Selangor and Negri Sembilan. No view at the summit.

Took me 1 hour and 52 minutes to reach the summit, but I believe it can be done with much faster pace (1:15). An average hiker would probably need about 3 hours.

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/2133749898

Trans V1

Date: 11 June 2016

Team mate Subra

Start Farm Gate Blue Valley Dam

End Kinta Dam

The initial plan was to do solo Trans V1 during semester break, but Subra showed interest and wanted to join in the challenge. As the date nearing, my interest was decaying and nearing almost to no go. But finally it took place as Subra has bought the air ticket. 

Made the call for four wheel pick up at Kampung Raja. And all set to on Saturday, 06:00, 11 June 2016. 

Picked up Subra from his relation house, Subang Bestari. Arrived at Kampung Raja at 05:00 and had a short nap. The Stall opened around 05:45 and we wanted to eat breakfast - roti telur but the stall lady so busy preparing other type of food and said have to wait 10 minutes (India ten minutes). The pick supposed to be at 06:00, but Kumar not shown up so called him at 06:30 told to pick at 07:00. We finally decided to eat itali and ready by 07:00. Kumar showed up at 07:30 and head of to new trail head - Farm Gate which will lead straight to Camp Cabin. We start the expedition at 08:10 and arrived at summit of Yong Belar 12:00, had lunch for 20 min. Head to Anak Yong Belar in 44 minutes - the summit was cleared for heli maybe for rescue issue. From Anak YB to Puncak H2O was long and finally we arrived after soon after we meet camp H2O. The trail out from the camp site was not clear and not well marked but we manage to find the trail that heads to Puncak Junction. At Puncak Junction after  and had small break and grab something to eat. We were not sure with trail to take as it is a junction, the clouds is not helping and we decided to go straight. After 20 min, I realized that we are heading back to Cameron – Mt Yong Yap, as the view of Cameron was very clear, we stop and check the compass and is indeed true that the direction is wrong. As we assess, clouds cleared and we had a good view of Gayong and Korbu and the clear direction that is need to take. We turn back and heading toward Camp Cerik and we were greeted with lovely sunset right after a shower. However we can't get good view. Soon we were at Camp Cerik and Proton Junction and within minutes Gayong. The hike to Korbu was too long and it took us about 2 hours to reach the summit. We were at summit right before 23:00 and the landscape of Korbu' summit is totally transformed from Low Cost Flat to luxurious bungalow and we were not aware that there are 3 trails instead of 2 as I know. It was raining, cold and we wanted to clear the summit super fast, thus we took the trail marked with AWAS tape. As we descend the trail doesn't feel familiar and we keep saying this not familiar, but the AWAS tape was there guide us further in. We came to so call Puncak Botak, indeed it look like it but rather smaller and I had a look at Korbu summit, but it wasn't the registered image - it's too wide. But continued as nothing could be wrong or this could be the trail from Kampar site or is just another Orang Asli hunting trail. About 3 hours in trail we came to unclear trail and we spend a bit of time to search the trail and decided to turn back, but AWAS tapes again give the confident but trail floor was not clear and not been "overly used". So we turn back to continue and soon after we decided to take a short nap on the trail. My first nap in 28 hours. The rain drops still dripping from the canopy but managed to dosed off. Woke up as it was too cold. Said let head back to Puncak Botak, but Subra said let's continue so we finally continued the descend with Subra leading the way. After about 40 minutes we arrived at unnamed camp site by the river. Soon we were at the river crossing and the AWAS tape was there but it's disappear after 2 marks. Spend time to search the trail but failed to located and I told it's impossible for hiker to use this trail any further as a steep downward and upward. Decided to turn back and hit back camp site, and we went back to river and sleep till sunrise. Woke up and search for trail for about a hour yet we failed as there is no more trail. 

Finally, decided to head back to Korbu. Took about 6 hours to head back to summit. As we ascent we could see the Gayong summit still clearly visible which confirmed that we took wrong trail. Arrived at so called Puncak Botak and it's clear that's not Puncak Botak. Right before reaching summit received call, and called wife and inform that we should be by 22:00. Subra called his family too.

Arrived at summit around 13:40 called brother-law for pick up arrangement. Unloaded, ate and slept. Left summit at 14:30. All looks fine till I realized that we might be at wrong trail again as too much of mossy forest. Brain not really working well due to fatigue and finally told Subra that I will run into the trail and if I didn't return after 15 min, he should continue. As the altitude not dropping I was confident that it's not the trail and decided to turn back. We discussed and I said we should return back to summit and I will go fast infront. As I arrived to a peak, shopped and try to recall old memory and made some assessment. The mental picture doesn't gel up. Subra came and we debated and agree to continue with the trail. I told him that I will go first. To my worse nightmare, we were on the wrong trail - heading to Gayong. Shit happens. Twice. Turn back and caught with subra and we head back to Korbu again. Started to rain and I was very cold. Subra was in front and he was moving very fast and I can't keep up with him. Arrived at summit for 3rd time just before 20:00. Tried to call brother-in-law but can't get thru. Found the right trail and headed down and Subra followed, but was not confident so told him that I want to go to summit again to really ensure. Came up to summit, heavy rain with occasional lightning and thunder. Soon after at summit I lost my sense of direction and became disoriented and panicked. Composed myself search the trails and finally confident that the right one. Go down and continued. Soon after we hit the ladder - sense of relief. We continued in the ice cold rain and go down uncountable number ladders. Best thing is that as we lost the altitude, it's get warmer. We hit Puncak Botak, Last Water Point, Camp Kijang and Camp Seroja. We were at the Big Log Waterfall by the sunrise, with couples of river crossings we finally hit the TWO huge Petai Trees. I ran ahead of Subra to get the motorbike to pick up Subra. Manage to flag down a bite and were out. The Orang Asli said that not telephone reception at the dam thus he stop half way, made call to brother-in-law and told that we will wait at the stall next to dam. Hit the stall and ordered food and drink and waited.

As the waiting time increased, I

Farm Gate – Trail Head (a.k.a Camp Cabin)

FARM GATE – TRAIL HEAD (CAMP CABIN)

Distance: 1.7km

Time: 20 minutes

Terrain: Red soil road

Since the farm is privately own, we been dropped off at the gate by our pick up – Mr Kumar. Kumar told that we take right at the “T” junction (the left would be the old trail from the river crossing).

The farm is massively huge right in the middle of jungle and lots people are working. No one said anything and we didn’t say a word to them. At the trail head, there signboard showing the contact transport to Yong Belar and hiker can call anytime – this different from my regular guy, this the owner’s and is very expensive too.

TRAIL HEAD – Camp Tudung periuk

Distance: 2.2km

Time: 65 minutes (09:34)

The trail was very clear as it was very fresh marks from previous hikers. Must have been lots of hiker been on it, what caught our attention was an animal footprints – same print was on the trail till the summit. Not sure what animal was it. Could have hiked faster, but we were taking it easy and the sun was hiding making the trail dark.

Stop at first false peak and snapped some picture of Table and Chair.

CAMP Tudung Periuk – camp kasut

Distance: 3.1km

Time: 98 minutes (11:12)

Subra refilled his water supply from the stream and I had good wash of my sticky sweats and cooling down. Normal hike with lots of ups and downs. Arrived at Camp Kasut and had a short break – 10 minutes. We saw lots of cloths been left dry, a camp set and some food left hanging but beg was ripped open by animal (probably squirrels).

Camp Kasut – Yong Belar summit  

Distance: 1.1 km

Time: 42 minutes (12:02)

Going thru the mossy forest and rather wet and muddy trail due to rain. The foot prints still can be seen here. Snapped some pictures and had lunch with 23 minutes breaks. Had relatively good view of Gayong and Korbu, but soon after the massive clouds moved in blocking the views and brought the cold. Asked Subra if he want to turn back or to proceed with TransV1, and answer was proceed.

Gunung Semangkok - Day Hike

Gunung Semangkok - Advance Day Hike

Mount Semangkok (Gunung Semangkuk) is the highest point is the state of Selangor, standing at the height 1824 metres (5984 feets). This mountain was not accessible for a long time thus the exiting trail had over grown making it impossible to reach the summit. Previously, hikers can only reach up to camp helipad – the trail is very clear from the Pine Tree peak, but after this camp the trail fades away. I don’t really know why the mountain becomes so unpopular, till lately when groups of hiker recce back the trail. Now the trail is well marked by the “AWAS” tape.

The trailhead for Mount Semangkok is the same as for Pine Tree. After the Pine Tree, the trail descends with lots of ups and downs until Camp Sungai Merah (river). From here the trail ascends to Camp Helipad and the final part again has lots of ups and downs. Comfortably, 3 days and 2 nights would be an ideal hiking pace to scale this mountain for average hikers. However, it’s possible to do it as day hike which may requires up to 20 hours of continuous hike.

Mount Semangkok Profile (Thanks to Alex @KLHiking)





Twin Peak sunrise




Mount Semangkok Summit with Subra

The Time Split

Ascend

Start: 05:50 (20^th October 2012)

Twin Peak: 1:14:26; Rest - 7:16,

Pine Tree: 16:28; Rest - 26:25,

Camp Sg Merah: 1:16;22; Rest (5:12)

Summit:  2:12:22; Rest - 35.13

Total Ascend Time: 5 hours 38 minutes and 33 seconds

Descend

Camp Helipad: 1:13:56; Rest - 24:26 (catching up with Md Farid)

Camp SgMerah: 1:02:07; Rest – 4:40

Pine Tree: 1:44:08; Rest - 9:52

Twin Peak; 22:32

Trail Head: 1:35:47

Total Descend Time: 6 hours 37 minutes and 21 seconds

TOTAL TIME: 12 hours 51 minutes and 17 seconds

For More Details Refer to:
http://www.meetup.com/KLhiking/events/83979712/

For GPS Data Refer to:
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1835630

For more personalized experience email
munintaran@yahoo.com


Munintaran Sundram @ Leopard

Mount Korbu and Mount Gayong

Gunung Korbu and Gunung Gayong - Advance Day Hike

Mount Korbu  or Gunung Kerbau is located in Perak, Malaysia. It is the highest peak of the Titiwangsa Range, the southernmost section of the Tenasserim Hills. The Mount Korbu is also the second highest peak in Peninsular Malaysia (7^th in Malaysia), standing at 2,183 metres (7162 feet).  Mount Gayong is standing at 2173 metres (7129 feet) is the fourth highest in Peninsular (9^th in Malaysia) is also located in the Titiwangsa Range.

An average climber would need at least four days and three nights for a return trip to Mount Korbu and Mount Gayong. Thus, a reasonable level of physical fitness is required to conquer Mount Korbu and Mount Gayong and it is strongly not recommended for first timer, amateur or beginner climbers. A local guide is needed to scale this mountain as the route is unmarked or poorly marked hence, making the climbers getting lost easily.

Mount Korbu and Mount Gayong can be hiked from Kinta Dam (Empangang Sultan Azlan Shah), Kinta or from Blue Valley Dam, Cameron Highlands. If starting from the Kinta Dam, valid hiking permit from Forestry Department and Kinta Dam entrance approval from Perak Water Department are compulsory. However, these documents are not required if starting from the Blue Valley Dam (Trans V1 – Mount Yong Belar, Mount Gayong and Mount Korbu). The approval from LAP is necessary if drive in to the trail head otherwise, orang asli ride (motorcycle) can be engaged at RM25 per person for one way. The orang asli will be waiting at the stalls near the dam entrance. The road from the dam entrance to the trailhead which is about 8km is well tarred enabling sedan car to drive in.

Pushing the limit is my passion thus my 2012’s wildest hiking dream is to conquer Mount Korbu and mount Gayong within a day. The target was to complete the round trip hiking within 18 hours. It’s tough, crazy, impossible and possibly stupid but, my calculation clearly showed otherwise.

Many says it is impossible and no one ever done it before (not sure about this). Too many river crossings, steep climbs, bad weather (raining session) and many other warnings were said and given. The river might swell making impossible to cross thus bring extra food, dry cloths and rope is a mandatory. But again…

The team members are

1.         Munintaran Sundram (Leader)

2.         Charles Frew

3.         Subramaniam Ponnuvelu

4.         Prem Kumar Ramadas

5.         Foo Kam Miew

6.         Tan Zhi Hng

Mount Korbu and Mount Gayong Profiles

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The Start - Car Park 05:10 
The Team

Mount Korbu from Botak Hill

Mount Gayong from Botak Hill

The Mount Korbu Summit with Charles, Subra and Prem (Foo and Tan not in the picture)

Mount Gayong

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Advance day hike- completed within 14 hours.

The Time Splits

Start at 05:10 (3rd November 2012)

Camp Seroja: 3:03'27" Rest - 12'16"

Camp Kijang: 44'27"; Rest - 10'56"

Botak Hill: 1:18'51"; Rest - 3'33"

Korbu: 51'51"; Rest - 8'46"

Total Time is 6:25'22"

Gayong: 1:10'20"; Rest - 26'10" {Total – 8:10'38"}

Return

Korbu: 1:11:56; Rest - 14'14"

Botak Hill: 46'14"; Rest - 6'19"

Camp Kijang: 52'08"; Rest - 7'29"

Camp Seroja: 46'50"; Rest - 3'11"

END 1:40'58"

Total Time is 5:49'21

END at 19:00 (3rd November 2012)

The success of conquering both Mount Korbu and Mount Gayong has earned the team member the title of "EDHS – Extreme Day Hiker Specialist".

EDHS has broken the mind barrier and making it possible for other hikers who endure the speed to attempt and to conquer the toughest mountain to scale in Malaysia by day hike.

For More Details Visit

http://www.meetup.com/KLhiking/events/86204742/

Forestry Department

YM. Tengku Mohd Ridzuan Bin Tengku Ibrahim)

Penolong Pegawai Hutan Daerah

Pejabat Hutan Daerah

Kinta/Manjung

Jalan Bemban

31000 Batu Gajah

Perak DR  (Tel: 05-3661228; Fax: 05-3651679)

Lembaga Air Perak

Pengurus Besar LAP (Att: Hj. Ishak Abdul Rahman)

Lembaga Air Perak

Jalan St John

30200 Ipoh Perak 

For More Personal Details email munintaran@yahoo.com

Munintaran Sundram @ Leopard

Testing

Sample for Quiz

1. What is Data Modeling?
Data modeling is the act of exploring data-oriented structures. Like other modeling artifacts data models can be used for a variety of purposes, from high-level conceptual models to physical data models. From the point of view of an object-oriented developer data modeling is conceptually similar to class modeling. With data modeling you identify entity types whereas with class modeling you identify classes. Data attributes are assigned to entity types just as you would assign attributes and operations to classes. There are associations between entities, similar to the associations between classes – relationships, inheritance, composition, and aggregation are all applicable concepts in data modeling.
Traditional data modeling is different from class modeling because it focuses solely on data – class models allow you to explore both the behavior and data aspects of your domain, with a data model you can only explore data issues. Because of this focus data modelers have a tendency to be much better at getting the data “right” than object modelers. However, some people will model database methods (stored procedures, stored functions, and triggers) when they are physical data modeling.
How are Data Models Used in Practice?
Although methodology issues are covered later, we need to discuss how data models can be used in practice to better understand them. You are likely to see three basic styles of data model:
· Conceptual data models. These models, sometimes called domain models, are typically used to explore domain concepts with project stakeholders. On Agile teams high-level conceptual models are often created as part of your initial requirements envisioning efforts as they are used to explore the high-level static business structures and concepts. On traditional teams conceptual data models are often created as the precursor to LDMs or as alternatives to LDMs.
· Logical data models (LDMs). LDMs are used to explore the domain concepts, and their relationships, of your problem domain. This could be done for the scope of a single project or for your entire enterprise. LDMs depict the logical entity types, typically referred to simply as entity types, the data attributes describing those entities, and the relationships between the entities. LDMs are rarely used on Agile projects although often are on traditional projects (where they rarely seem to add much value in practice).
· Physical data models (PDMs). PDMs are used to design the internal schema of a database, depicting the data tables, the data columns of those tables, and the relationships between the tables. PDMs often prove to be useful on both Agile and traditional projects and as a result the focus of this article is on physical modeling.





The average weight in kilograms for girls of various ages in the United States is given in the table below

Age in years .5 1 2 3 4 6 8 10
Weight in kg. 7.2 9.1 11.3 13.6 15 20.4 25.4 31.3

REMEMBER TO Clrlist BEFORE YOU BEGIN

1 TO GRAPH A SET OF DATA
press STAT
choose 1:Edit
enter the data in the lists
press ENTER after each piece of data
x-values in one list
y-values in another
be sure that both lists have the same number of
entries
press 2nd Y= (STAT PLOT)
press ENTER
select On
Type: scatterplot
XList: L1
YList: L2
Mark: whichever you like
(the + works best)
press ZOOM 9
You should have a graph

2. TO FIND THE EQUATION FOR THE REGRESSION LINE
press STAT
select CALC
select 4: LinReg (ax+b)
you will want the calculator to graph this along with the data
points you already have graphed
with the cursor as in the picture at the right
press 2nd 1 , 2nd 2 , VARS
select Y-VARS, select 1: Function, select 1: Y1
press ENTER
the equation is given in slope
intercept form where a is
slope and b is the y-intercept
Press Y= to see that the regression equation is
already in the function menu
press GRAPH
your line will be drawn in the
scatterplot

3. TO PREDICT A VALUE NOT GIVEN BY THE DATA
For example: We want to know what a 7 year old girl would be expected to weigh.
press 2nd MODE (QUIT) CLEAR
this will put you back on the regular work screen
input your value on the work screen
press 7 STOX,T,n ENTER
press VARS
select Y-VARS
select 1:Function
press ENTER
select 1:Y1 this is the regression line you defined
press ENTER
press ENTER again to display the value calculated
using your regression line
So a girl 7 years old weighs 23.255 kg



1. In a laboratory experiment on the growth of insects, there were 74
insects three days after the beginning of the experiment and 108 insects
five days after the beginning of the experiment.
a) Find an exponential model for the data algebraically.
b) Find the number of insects at the beginning of the experiment.
c) Predict the number of insects that will be present on the 8th day.

2. The data below was obtained from the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget. The data show that the national debt of the United States has
been increasing significantly since 1965. Use your graphing calculator to
find an exponential model of the form y = abx to represent the data in the
table.
Year Amount of debt (in billions)
1965 322
1970 381
1975 542
1980 909
1985 1818
1990 3207
1995 4921

a) Write the equation for your model.
b) Use your model to estimate the debt in 1982. Since this value falls within the data we have this process is called interpolation.
c) Use your model to estimate the debt in 2005. Since this value is beyond known values of the data, this process is called extrapolation.

Day 0 1 2 3 4 5
Price 350 340 320 290 250 200

The data in the table below shows the average weight gain of three pigs on a hog farm. Twenty-four pigs were each given a dietary supplement in the form of pellets. The pigs were randomly selected to receive a daily dosage of pellets ranging from 0 to 7 pellets, the average weight gain of the three pigs receiving the same dosage is summarized in the table below.
No of pellets Percentage of (daily dosage) weight gain
0 10
1 13
2 21
3 24
4 22
5 20
6 16
7 13

i) Draw a scatterplot of the data in the table
ii) What model fit the data well. Explain your answer.
iii) Find an appropriate model for the data.
iv) Determine the best dosage to give to the hogs based on the data.



Based on tests made by the Bureau of Public Roads, below are the distances (in feet) it takes to stop a car in minimum time under emergency conditions.
Reaction time is considered to be .75 seconds.
Speed (mph) 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Stopping Distance (feet) 19 42 73 116 173 248 343

Make a scatterplot of the data.
Find an appropriate equation to model this data. Write the equation.
Using your model fill in the expected stopping distances for each speed listed in the table below.

Speed (mph) 15 25 35 55 75 90 100
Stopping Distance (feet)

Im Back

Finally I manage to solve the unsolved. So, now I have one less possibilities from the infinite possibilities.