{"id":4410,"date":"2013-11-18T20:48:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T12:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=4410"},"modified":"2013-11-18T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T12:48:24","slug":"waterfalls-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=4410","title":{"rendered":"Waterfalls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quite a few times, on my waterfall hikes, I have met Eddie Yap, a nature guide. We became friendly, exchanged emails and agreed that we should try to make a trip together. But it never happened, until last week. It was a nice meeting, although the actual reason was not a happy one. Recently a nature guide drowned at a remote waterfall near Bentong<\/a>, after he had first saved the life of one of his clients.<\/p>\n

We had both visited this waterfall and did not really understand why it could be dangerous. So we decided to make Lata Hammers <\/a>the target of our trip. Aric joined, as I have made it a rule now, to have at least three people on jungle hikes. Here is the upper fall, where the tragic accident happened.\"Upper<\/a><\/p>\n

As you see, the water flow was huge, because there had been heavy rain the night before. At the trail head you have to cross the Perting Pandak river, and that was NOT easy. After that it is an easy, although muddy logging road, leading in about 45 minutes to the fall. Here you have to cross the river again, and it was good that a “bridge” consisting of trees had been constructed, otherwise crossing would have been very problematic. The waterfall was intimidating, turbulent waters, strong currents, we thought it wise not to swim. It is only a short walk to the upper fall, equally strong and turbulent. Here is a short video clip of the upper fall.<\/p>\n