Healing
41. The Road to the Top

Traveling for almost two hours on a plane makes me feel sleepy, Bian suggested that I sleep and rest if it is sleepy. A short nap can make the energy back fit when I wake up later, so when I get to the foot of the mountain I just have lunch and prayer duhur.

I saw Riko and Haidar also chose to close their eyes and sleep while on the plane. They all must have planned before, when on the plane was about to sleep. I accidentally took my phone and took a picture from the plane window. This was my first experience, so I don't want to waste it.

Bian smiled at my behavior, but then he took my phone and we took a photo together while on the plane.

" It's been a lot of pictures, now sleep, he said you were sleepy".

I nodded at Bian's words. I took a glance back, I saw Yoga was busy staring at the screen of his phone, while Utari had closed her eyes just like Riko and Haidar.

I close my eyes that are already very sleepy, Bian offers a backrest on his shoulders, but I choose to lean on the back of the chair that is more comfortable and not too far away.

I closed my eyes to sleep, but I heard Bian and Yoga talk, because only the two of them had not slept.

" Later we will be eating lunch at the Mbah Gono food stall, right Steve?, it has been three years we have not met Mbah Gono, surely now he is very old", bian's voice I can hear clearly.

" I heard Mbah Gono was sick a few months ago. Dedi, a student of machine learning who told me about the time we met at the JKL hotel, was asked to fill out a seminar" Yoga said.

" So Dedi has been climbing a few months ago?, I have not met the child for a long time, hopefully Mbah Gono has healed, kangen also tasted his cooking" said Bian.

" Wasn't your future wife good at cooking too?, when I play at your house, you're exhausted in masakin seblak right the same Raya?", asked Yoga.

" Hehehe, I cook for her, your guess is wrong, I love Raya not because she is good at cooking, I don't know why I like her so much, but obviously I really need him to be my life partner" Bian said.

Failing is my intention to sleep, just for the sake of listening to Bian and Yoga chat. I had to keep my eyes closed to be like a sleeping person. But I quietly listened to the conversation between the two of them.

" Have you two 'did it'?, you know by my point of question?, how could you like it more for no reason, we're fellow men so I get it, and guess like that", Yoga starts asking personal questions.

But instead Bian laughed loosely, "What do you mean to ask such a thing, not yet.we have not been that far Steve, Raya still want to take care of him until we are really officially husband and wife", answer Bian.

" Are you sure she's a virgin?, not suspecting, why she's still keeping hers until you're married?, lest she's no longer a girl", now Yoga approached and said softly near Bian's ear. More precisely whispered, but I could still hear because I was near beside Bian.

The words Yoga really make me angry and want to punch her in the face. It's just I can still hold it. I was pretending to sleep.

" You ask like that have you done it with Utari?, you both have done it yes?, you have checked Utari is still a virgin or not?", Bian asked back, asking, good that it should be, I also wonder if the two of them have had sex or not.

From the Yoga gelagat that sells expensive, and Utari who remains in love even though in cueki, it may be because Utari has given up entirely on Yoga, which is why she does not dare to turn to others.

" If you say anything, it can be slapped by Dad if I do something like that with Utari before we get married", after answering, Yoga again sat in the right position.

Finally they both finished chatting as well, since I was going to sleep but unfortunately for the sake of listening to the chat Yoga and Bian, now they are both silent, it's time I really slept after a long time closed my eyes.

I woke up when I felt a pretty loud vibration on the landing plane.

" Have you woken up?, the intention is later I wake up when the plane has landed. But it was up first" said Bian.

" Are we there now?", I saw the plane exit. Looks like the plane has landed because I saw some towers that rise not far from the plane.

" Yes, we'll be down soon, it's a mess" said Bian pointing at me.

" Not that, but the buttons on your shirt are open" Bian said, pointing to my chest.

Sure enough since then Bian continues to look this way, it turns out there is a windfall, how can my shirt buttons open like this, do I sleep by continuing to move until my shirt buttons are open, and show a little beautiful view of the twin hills that pop out.

I fix my shirt buttons, "What's been like this?, why not apply?", I asked Bian.

" Dare not, worry touch the inside, later can even wake up 'mine', can be critical if asked for service on the plane" whispered Bian. I patted his arm hard enough. Bian only chuckled when he received my punch.

The plane had stopped, I walked out of the cabin with the others. Two hours on the plane is quite tiring, but because it is carried to sleep makes the body a little fresher.

" The car we are going to ride is outside the airport, so later from the airport we walk out first" Bian said as he carried my backpack. And I'm the one holding his backpack that's not too heavy. Back then when we got out of the plane cabin, we did agree to exchange luggage, because Bian's bag was not too heavy, compared to my backpack which was so much luggage. Understand that women's equipment is more than men.

I nodded in understanding, the six of us walked out of the airport and approached the black pickup that would take us to the foot of Mount Rinjani.

Turns out the trip to ride a pickup car is also quite long, about 3 hours more, even longer than when on the plane earlier.

But the trip in the pickup car was really fun. Because we could see the beautiful green scenery of Mount Rinjani, making the journey from the airport to the foot of Mount Rinjani pleasant, we passed through winding asphalt roads, forests, agricultural fields, and so on, and even a beautiful sea view from a distance.

Farm fields are spread neatly, planted with vegetables at levels. The thick rustic feel is felt especially when seeing farmers doing their activities in a traditional way.

Upon arrival at the foot of Mount Rinjani in Sembalun Village, other natural scenery is waiting to be admired. In addition to green by trees and mountainous vegetation, this village is almost surrounded by magnificent rock cliffs whose slope almost reaches 90 degrees.

Bian said, the stone wall was formed from the freezing of eruptive material or lava that spewed Mount Rinjani hundreds of years ago. In some parts, the appearance of moss and grass coating the rock adds to the charm of its beauty. The fresh air of the mountains filled my lungs, fresh and natural. What an exotic and very memorable tropical natural feel and scenery.

" In addition to storing the charm and beauty of the natural panorama, as the entrance begins the ascent of Mount Rinjani, Sembalun Lawang Village has an important role as a place to stop and gather energy before challenging yourself to conquer Mount Rinjani, so later we eat and pray first, before we go up" said Bian.

Along the way Bian seemed like a tour guide who explained various things to me.

In this village, there is a Posko Rinjani Information Center (RIC) Sembalun, which is a kind of information center and also a registration place for climbers. Lodging and homestays are also widely available in this village.

The six of us just stopped by for lunch and Dzuhur prayer. After that we started to go to the top. Along the initial path of climbing, savanna and the contours of the path up and down and winding. Several times we had to cross the cold lava path.

We arrived at post 1, a floorless hut nestled in the middle of the prairie area. This post has no water source. We continued from post 1 to post 2, we crossed open grasslands, some lava flows, and dry rivers, the road had begun to climb. I kept walking in the guard by Bian who was purposely walking behind me, Bian said worried in case I was left behind if Bian were to walk in front of me.

The distance from post 2 to post 3 is about 1 hour drive. In this post, there are facilities such as springs and toilets. The six of us deliberately fill our drinking water supplies that have been used up to be fully filled, do not forget we took the time to go to the toilet first so that when we go up again later we do not need to find a toilet.

We went back up, from Pos 3 to Plawangan Sembalun about 3.5 hours with a path in the form of climbs up a terraced hill as if inexhaustible. This is really what is called mountain climbing.

We arrived at Plawangan Sembalun, located at an altitude of 2639 masl which is a fairly wide plain. Since it was dark, we set up a tent and spent the night before reaching the top of Mount Rinjani. It turns out that from this place the scenery to Lake Segara Anak looks clear and very beautiful.

Highlight the orange sun that began to set behind the hills, very beautiful. It pays to feel tired and tired after passing through the uphill, dusty and slippery land by looking at the sunset and the beautiful children's lake.

" We spend the night here, and tomorrow we can continue the journey to the top" said Bian as he took his backpack and took out a small tent, stringing it with others, for where Utari and I slept tonight.

Utari and I were busy taking pictures of the beautiful scenery here, it was unexpected to get to the top, even though it had not reached the top. But we were both very proud of our first climb.