Climb Mahameru and be the Highest Man in Java

In case that you haven’t known, Mount Semeru is a volcano located in Lumajang and Malang Regency, East Java Province. This is the highest mountain in Java Island with altitude of 3,676 masl (meters above sea level). Semeru is the fourth top mountain in Indonesia, after Cartenzs Pyramid in Papua (4,884 masl), Mount Kerinci in Jambi (3,805 masl), and Mount Rinjani in Lombok (3,726 masl). The mountain is a trending topic now. You know, a movie titled 5 cm is booming in Indonesia. It’s an adaptation of a novel with same title. The story is about a bunch of youngsters who decided to climb the summit of Mount Semeru: Mahameru. As we could guess, that successful fiction then drives a lot of people to do the same. Hence, Mount Semeru was full of climbers, be they’re skilled hikers or just tourists. Seems like everybody wanted to celebrate a new year on Mahameru. Yanuar Firdaus, Arif Pratama, Miftachul Chandra, and Erwan Wahyudi were among them. And this is their brief note. Ranu Pani (2,200 masl) The first step to conquer Mahameru is always here: Ranu Pani, Malang Regency, East Java. This is where you’ll have a license to climb. Ranu Kumbolo [...]