MERBABU TREKKING: Misty-Rainy Days Lats January ( Part 2 )

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MERBABU BASECAMP: Trekking Equipment & Logistique
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At trekking basecamp, as usual we met other member of basecamp owner's family, cheated while having a glass of warm coffee to drink, discussed the plan with other trekking patners in our team,checked out the tent and cooking equipment as well as rechecked the sufficiency of loqistique such snacks and mineral water, then two of us go out to dialed with entrance tickets.


We bought some snacks, bottled mineral water at basecamp since the basecamp has the stall selling daily needs either for local villagers or trekkers visiting Merbabu.We informed our trekking plan to basecamp owner as well as our decision to bring steamed rise from basecamp to minimize cooking activity at camp site.it then prepared and packed by basecamp owner for us.At night, we have our dinner at basecamp.

We have time two hours to sleep at basecamp before commencing the trek. It was rain at night, and we decided to wait it stop.We commenced the trek when the rain stopped already on 10:20 pm. As other mountain environment, the temperature get cooler by 1 c every 100 m / 330 ft of altitude we gain.How ever, at rainy season, night temperature  at Merbabu is warmer than dry ones.We didn't bring our short weather predictor, so nature indication such star always be our weather prediction reference to adapt our actual trek.(2016)