{"id":3515,"date":"2013-08-19T21:59:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T13:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2013-08-19T21:59:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T13:59:04","slug":"penarikan-recce-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=3515","title":{"rendered":"Penarikan recce – part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an earlier post<\/a> I have reported about my friend Chadel’s plan to paddle in his canoe from Muar to Pekan, using the Muar, Jempol, Serting, Bera and Pahang rivers with a portage (penarikan) at Bahau. In that post I described our recce from Bahau to Muar.<\/p>\n

This time we started again in Bahau, but now we followed the Serting river as closely as possible. The Serting river is a small one, running through palm oil plantations and Felda land. Chadel had bought topo maps of the region.<\/p>\n

\"Topo<\/a><\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>During our traditional breakfast in a mamak near my condo, we studied the maps and found a meandering route that would cross the Serting river as many times as possible.<\/p>\n

Here is the Google Earth map of our route (in red). The rivers are marked in blue<\/p>\n

\"Penarikan_2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In Bahau we first checked the two locations chosen by Chadel for the Pull Out and Put In. The original penarikan was from the Jempol river to the Serting river, a distance of about 500 meter. Chadel is considering to take the canoe out a bit earlier, from the Muar river. Considerably longer distance, about 2.5 km, but he could then use existing roads, which would make the portage a lot easier.\u00a0Here are the Pull Out and Put In places.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>

Pull Out , Muar river<\/p><\/div>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>

Put In, Serting river<\/p><\/div>\n

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After lunch in Bahau we started the actual recce. Altogether we crossed the Serting river seven times. We took pictures at each crossing; when you click on a marker in the map below, you will see the correspondig picture. All the way, Serting remains a small stream, at least in this time of the year. \u00a0Often trees have fallen in the river, a potential risk of puncture when you are paddling over them.<\/p>\n