Are you a mountain climber?
What if I tell you the story of my climb on Mount Burni Telong?
On Tuesday 09 November 2021, I along with my climbing team set out to climb Mount Burni Telong. Mount Burni Telong is the name of a mountain located in Indonesia, in the province of Aceh. More precisely, Mount Burni Telong is located in Bener Meriah district, Mount Burni Telong is one of the highest mountains in Indonesia, Burni Telong has a height of 2,617 m. The amount of time taken to reach the top of Mount Burni Telong is 6 hours. Starting at the foot of the mountain.
My climbing team and I started our journey to the foot of Mount Burni Telong from the house where we lived, about a distance of 15 Kilometers at 15:00 in the afternoon, and arrived at the foot of the mountain at 16:00 in the afternoon, we chose to climb in the afternoon because so as not to easy to get tired and can stay at several posts on the way to climb later. On the way to climb Mount Burni Telong, I found 3 lodging posts that were deliberately made by local residents for climbers to rest, In these 3 posts climbers can set up camp or beds to rest for a while before continuing the journey to the top of the mountain, each post the inn is approximately 1 hour of climbing, so in the 6 hour climb to the top of Burni Telong, my climbing team and I got 3 good breaks, so at 22:30 at night we arrived at the top of Burni Telong, and then me and my climbing team immediately set up camp and rested at night, so that the next morning we have stamina and good body condition, and can enjoy the morning sun rising above the peak of Mount Burni Telong.
The peak of Mount Burni Telong is one of the peaks which is said by the Acehnese people to be an earthly paradise, the view above the peak of Burni Telong is really very beautiful, the most beautiful thing that my team and I can find on the top of this mountain is the beauty of the sunrise, the light is so beautiful. yellowish, really warms my body, plus drinking a cup of coffee. It feels more excited. Tiredness due to climbing is paid off by the beautiful morning view on the top of this mountain. Not only the scenery, on the top of this mountain there are purple Edelweiss flowers, this flower does not bloom anywhere, this flower grows and becomes a miracle on the top of this mountain.
Geographically, this mountain is a volcano, which is declared still active by the local government, but Mount Burni Telong last released lava on December 7, 1924, and until now, this volcano has never again issued lava. So it is safe when climbing and for local residents. This mountain climbing path is classified as very difficult, there are lots of terrains or trail angles that are sometimes invisible beside there is a ravine, this is what makes me and my climbing friends not too pushy in climbing, when we are tired, then we choose to stop and rest first, because after all we still have to go home safely.
This is the story of an extraordinary climbing trip that I have done together with my climbing friends, this story is a memory for myself and my climbing team.
Thank you for reading the story of my journey in climbing Mount Burni Telong. Hope You Are Inspired
