First Climb of Mount OPHIR, aka Gunung Ledang

[@MudbloodWizard]

Thanks for your awesome video! We wanted to climb Kinabalu but got scared off by all the videos. Guess we better start with Mount Ophir first

[@nordi_official]

Gunung Ledang is a highest mountain in Johor.Enjoy the scenery.Continue to upload awesome video🥰🥰

[@outdoorextrovert]

thanks! i plan to climb more mountains in Malaysia :)

[@nordi_official]

@@outdoorextrovert Share pleasr another awesome hiking location🥰

[@cheongsoon]

Wow, I don't remember there's concrete steps when I climbed Ophir more than 20 years ago. Back then, we also don't need a guide. 🙂

[@shananarocks]

On 23 Sep 2023, I was having cramps and unfortunately one so-called Malaysian Chinese "expert" wearing a cowboy hat and yellow socks eagerly directed me to take the "short cut" route which is the descend route up. He asked me to keep walking and that he would catch up with me. But this never happened so I was walking for half an hour alone till I met another hiker ahead. So I was pretty suspicious about the so-called expert. As mentioned by the author for this article "It is also possible to ascend using this path, though it would be more difficult" (see link below). I totally agree since the KFC route is much easier as the body strength is fairly distributed to the arms using a series of ladder and ropes. On the contrary those directed to this "short cut" route better have very strong legs and fingers since the area is meant for descend and the soil is well worn out raising the steepness of the terrain. Coupled with lack of ladder and ropes you have to grasps the tree branches or roots to ascend. To prove my point, perhaps the next group of hikers can be diverted to this "descend" route to prove that some will not make it to the top. I guess the "expert" have not been updating his terrain knowledge and why many ladies can easily overcome the "difficult" KFC route but I see none attempting to climb the "descend route. Hmmmm.... fromheretonowhere.com/asia/malaysia/climbing-gunung-ledang-mount-ophir#comment-3818

[@syumassh]

Do you really need to hire a guide????