CANYONING ?? Siapa Takut.....

Holiday is coming for college student and every of us make the target for the long holiday. My holiday is about 1 month. My second trip on my holiday after climbing to Sindoro Mountain is canyoning. I will tell my expedition to Kembang Soka waterfall in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta is the real of adventure city, i think. There are many places to visit and explore especially for people like me which like andventure so much, whether it is beach, mountain, waterfall, caves, shopping store, culture and etc. Everything we can find in Yogyakarta.

Kembang Soka is one of waterfall in Kulon progo, Yogyakarta which is still natural and not too familiar. Coincidentally, i know that place from one of the personil of Mapala UMY, named Kak Irul. I met him on my trip to Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat. He invite me to join his trip for roaming the river and canyoning. Every of us has to paid 100.000 rupiah, include ( guide, helm, life jacket, lunch, photos, ticket, canyoning, and roaming the river ). If we can get one team minimaly 10 person, we will paid more cheap, for about 75.000 rupiah.

The panorama is totaly beautiful all the way to the basecamp. The cool air is companied our journey. Arriving at basecamp, we immediately enjoy the hot ginger and Lemper. After preparing all the equipment, exercise, and praying we started our journey for roaming the river first. The terrain is quite extreme and we must be careful, because the way is slippery and quite swift flowing water. For about 3 hours we are exploring the river and after that we take a rest, have a lunch and continue our trip for canyoning. I feel afraid because this is my first time, but one of the quide named unyil support me and gave me the direction how to tread down the waterfall with no panic and safe. When we go down we should be able to adjust the speed of the rope with our right hands and feet that can find a suitable place for a foothold. This is very extrime because the water which is falling down is quite swift, but when we already go down it feel happy and unimaginable.

After having fun for about 5 hours, we back to base camp for taking a bath, cleaning the body and dont forget to pray. Even we enjoy the adventure, but we may not let to pray. Our adventure is not stop until that. On the way to come back to jogjakarta,one of the motorcycle in our team is strike and we have to push it. This is where we cooperate how to help each others. Alhamdulillah there is a car that helped to pull the motorcycle and eventually all end up with drink a cup of hot tea together.

Thanks for Linggar, Isna, kak Linda, Kak Vita, Kak Jabar, Mapala UMY ( kak irul, unyil and team ), and all of which i can’t mention.