thanx Dan, im not going alone there. I’ll go with some friend (hope they have enough courage hahaha).

Hatihati Ricky, you definitely need another 1 or 2 people with you to help. It would be very difficult if you tried to do it alone. Some of the guides at Garung know the way but they don’t go there often.

I’ve been climbed this mount 3 times but only reach puncak buntu. My last effor to reach the real summit is stoped at the ridge (i haven’t confident enough hehe) Next month i will try to reach the highest point.

The hike from Cepit has an advantage. You will have to walk through the Segarawedi (Sandsea) caldera before the summit. Segarawedi is surrounded by 200m cliffs and the air is mythical. In the dawn, the cliffs are blue and in the early morning they are gold colored. Just unforgettable. You would miss a unique beautiful place if you hike from Garung and do not descend to the caldera. If you plan to hike G Sumbing, I recommend an ascent from Cepit and descent to Garung.

I recommend Ragil (081328096081) as he is a superb guide.

hello, i’m Indonesian..I live in Magelang,not far from Sumbing Mountain. Sumbing is nice mountain, you can climb it from Kaliangkrik Basecamp(Magelang).From this road you will be able to see nice scenery and many of waterfall. so, if you want to go there, you can contact me. I will accompany you to get the nice experience.not as guides or porter, but the partner..

Thanks for letting us tag along Dan! It was a GREAT experience, a lovely mountain and a sweaty climb!
Merbabu and Lawu were a breeze after the race to the true summit of Gn Sumbing!

Successfully reached the rarely-visited true summit yesterday morning. It’s a bit difficult but with help from others to – quite literally – give you a hand on the awkward drop between the highest and second-highest peaks on the rim most confident hikers should be able to reach the true top. The views are much better. Merapi was smoking more than usual but we didn’t see any major activity.
The guides (from Garung basecamp) were very good, but we did have the usual problems – having to wait around for them to get ready even though we had arranged to start at a particular time, asking for more money for the second guide (even though we had specifically asked for just one and the second guy had come along presumably to try to get us to pay them more!). But they knew the routes well and helped us get to the true summit – something you definitely have to specify in advance! Not bad for a late October hike – good luck to Liz and Zubs who are continuing on to Sindoro, Merbabu and maybe even Lawu too later this week…

Been there, but didn’t have a chance to get to the summit due to weather condition. I was there on December 2007. It was rain a lot! the fog was quite thick, and it was windy and very cold , but you know what, that was i call experience!!! So, don’t miss climbing this one!

It’s nice mountain.. i’ve been there twice… ^^