Sori Bara

Day 8 of Sumbawa moto-trip (905km behind): Tambora hike is over (2722 masl) and I must say it was the most brutal hike I've ever attempted in my life (so far) because:
✔️ The distance turned out to be 44 km up and down with elevation gain 1980 meters instead of 34 km making it my new record after 42 km in a single day of hiking to Ala-Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan with elevation gain 2147 meters
✔️ Each major elevation gain was followed by at least 30% elevation loss making total elevation much more than 1980 meters by straight line
✔️ The track was full of fallen trees of different sizes laying at various angles and heights, sometimes up to more than 20 logs in 2 meters
✔️ Heavy rain on the night before and afternoon made clay/soil trail more slippery than the fastest waterslide in amusement parks
✔️ Walking the last 8 km down in total darkness hitting head against the fallen trees, breaking flipflops by hitting hard invisible roots in thick grass whilst almost running down & fixing them with wire from key rings, being eaten alive by leeches and whatnot else
🤗 But 17 minutes at the rim and the whole experience were very worth having all the above! Mount Tambora let me in by giving and taking 🙏 I'm grateful 🌞Read more