I spent my National day holidays at Mt. Batu Putih (白岩峰), the 8th highest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia, with another 14 friends. We sang the national song, shouted excitedly when we saw the rainbow clouds at the summit. It was the stary night. I saw a meteor but not able to make the wish in time. :p That's the rewards for spending the 2 days time to hike up 2131m above sea level.
29 Aug after work, we drove to Tapah and spent overnight there. 30 Aug early morning, we proceed to Kuala Woh. After passed through the Kuala Woh dam, we reached the aboriginal village. That's the starting point of our trek. We were on the trail along the riverbank for about 45 minutes, then it led 
to a bamboo bridge that helped us for the river crossing. The trail was getting steep after that. Hai Poh chose to camp at The Cave because there is water stream nearby. The Cave is not the real cave. It is the campsite that shaded by a big rock. I reached The Cave at 5.30pm, after 7.5 hours hike. Actually, Lai, Hai Poh, Liow, Tack and I should be able to reach earlier. But we had missed the junction that lead to The Cave, almost reached the botak hill campsite. I had spent 1.5 hours to make this U-turn.
31 Aug around 10.20am, we continue our hike to the summit. About 1.5 hours later, we reached the botak hill campsite where a white vertical rock face came into sight. Out of my expectation, I reached the summit around 3.15pm. Besides us, there were another 2 groups of hikers there. The peak of Mt Batu Putih was bustling with noise and excitement at national day 2008. 
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