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Talang

hike | 2022-10-22
2597 m altitude, 1047 m prominence, 35.10 km isolation

I said goodbye to Dave in the morning; he flew home, and a few minutes later we met up with Rob, who had just arrived here after hiking on the island of Java. Dave and Rob nearly met, but they only missed each other by a few minutes. Next time. It was quite a late morning, with not much to do, so we chose Ribu Talang. Mountain is approximately an hour and a half’s drive from Padang.

Typical “sweet roll,” filled with sweet rice and cane sugar. 
Trailhead in the farm fields
Bamboo
Fern
Rob is balancing on the log

At the beginning, we hit a completely slippery clay path; I even wondered how we were going to climb down. But within a few hours, the trail dries out and is not as slippery on the way down. The first part of the hike was through a typical jungle. But once you get higher up, the jungle changes. more open areas and palm trees.

Fungus
Have no idea… ??

A different, light green jungle with a lot of palm trees

Trail goes through palms and bushes
First glimpse of the fumaroles close to the summit
Rob
Walking palm (Socratea exorrhiza ??)
Local hikers stopped us for a group photo
Palm leaves

A few hundred meters from the top, we enter a flat plateau. Apparently, there was once a crater here; now it is a campsite with several tents. We say hello and continue climbing. There is a lot of fumarole smoking on the slope and a slight smell of sulfur. The vegetation on the ridge is even different, with many dry trees. I guess it’s the result of volcanic activity.

Danau Talang and Danau Dibaruh lakes
Summit and fumaroles nearby
Looking back
A slight sulphur odor 
Looking back to the steep slope
There are a lot of dead or dry trees on the ridge
Local “raspberry”
Interesting red bush
Summit view

Half an hour later, we reach the ridge; ten minutes later, we reach the summit. The Indonesian flag flies at the top. And we have to figure out which of the larger rocks has the highest point. At least two are certainly very similar in height. With the help of a handlevel, Rob finds that the rock to the south is slightly higher. Peabagger’s highest point is in the same place.

Rob is approaching the summit
Indonesian flag at the top
Rob and myself at the highest outcrop
Rob identifying the highpoint
The slope is slowly “splitting” from the ridge
View down from the ridge
Danau Talang and Danau Dibaruh from the ridge
Prehistoric jungles
Road to the trailhead
Tea plantation everywhere at the bottom
A tea plantation enhances the beauty of the landscape. 

We’re going down the same path; the time flew by, and I didn’t even notice how we ended up back on the tea plantations. Tomorrow we have different plans: Rob will climb the Ribu Malintang and I will climb the Ultra Singgalang (Rob has already climbed it). It was a great day with beautiful views, and moreover, we avoided the rain.


Talang 2597 m altitude
1047 m prominence
35.10 km isolation
Ranges Asia – Malay Archipelago – Sumatra
Countries/regions Indonesia – Sumatera Barat
Distance 5.60 km up 5.60 km down
Elevation 1086 m gain 1086 m loss
Time
3h00 up
0h15 other
2h15 down
5h30 total
Trailhead 1509 m altitude -1.0211380, 100.6795830
Difficulties

muddy and rough road leading to the trailhead, but short enough to walk

Links GPX trail
  • Malay Archipelago III 2022
  • « Malay Archipelago II 2022
  • Singgalang »

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TRIPS

2023
West Africa II 2023
Iberian Peninsula 2023
West Africa 2023
Central America 2023
2022
Andes 2022
Northwest Europe 2022
Malay Archipelago III 2022
Malay Archipelago II 2022
Anatolia Mountains 2022
Iberian Peninsula 2022
Atlas Mountains 2022
North France-West Rhine Area 2022

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843 km walked, 65 330 m climbed

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