Aksasais Compass Marching

~ Group 13 in action ~

In PALAPES, there are 3 categories of training: Latihan Tempatan, Latihan Berterusan & Annual Camp. Our Latihan Berterusan was arranged to go to Camp Kongkoil in Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan. Camp Kongkoil owned by UPNM, a camp by roadside. UPNM always send students to there for study camp, military training camp, even lecturers also have their activities at here. HAHA, so pity. We went to Camp Kongkoil for our military training for 5days. This was better than our annual camp. At least at Kongkoil, we get to bath everyday, sleep in tent; can wear sport attire, and no dirty mud. But, don’t know why, maybe I haven’t get my mental set before went there, I felt very uncomfortable at there.  

~ Got tent leh, so good ~

~ Line up for breakfast ~

~ Breakfast together ~

~ Ransom ~

15 April 2013, early morning after breakfast, we gather and released to start our mission – Aksasais Compass Marching. This is my very 1^st compass marching experience. A group with 10 people, with a map, a compass, some “explosive bom” and ransom, everybody carry a backpack and a steyr AUG A1, Yeah, start mission.  Compass Marching, we have to solve every obstacles we face to reach the destination. Either in front you is a high mountain / river / underbrush / mud, you have to cross it, MUST. Walking at the rubber estate, mosquitoes always follow us, ouch..!!! Beh tahan leh. Mosquitoes keipo than us. Yo….. Walk depends on the map and compass, will lost or not? When we walk, we have to hide ourselves by passby passenger, especially our officer. If found by our officer, we have to restart our mission from beginning. 

~ 1^st pit stop ~

~ Great to see small river, rest for a while for recharge energy, drink tea, cooling tea using river ~

~ Fish pond that we passed by ~

~ Scary ~

Well, my group was the last group released from starting point, it was about 12 noon. We were so hungry under the hot sun. From our starting point, is a high mountain, yes, CLIMB!!! Everybody can’t go with empty stomach, so eat our lunch at a place which we don’t know where is it. Until the half way, everybody give full co-operation to the team. A lot of obstacles that really out of our expectation. Hot sun, heavy backpack, heavy gun, can’t find correct direction, what else you want??? 

~ No direction ~

~ Obstacles ~

~ No more energy, tie the rope at tree and pull ~

~ Too hungry ~

Around 6.30pm, sky turned dark, we still can’t find our checkpoint, can hear for car sound, but we were at high peak of mountain, can’t find a way out, really LOST, LOST, LOST. We contact base camp by radio set, can’t hear anything, take out handphone, no line!!! Don’t know what to do, we decided to find a place to setup our tents. We follow a route, like a route can pass by car. We really hope for help and wish can meet someone, but NONE. We walked follow that route, it’s a circle going down to downhill. Turn, turn and turn, we saw a house!!! Is a simple wooden house, our hope!!! We knock the door and unfortunately, nobody inside, the house just like a pit-stop-place for rubber tappers. We overnight there, did a campfire to avoid from mosquitoes, cook for dinner, and atleast lit up some fire for us. 

~ Radio set ~

Actually is a fault to come down the hill, we were in the right middle of the jungle, surrounded by mountains, that’s why can’t receive signal. We used the explosive bom to give signal to base camp and shoot few shots to inform officers we were there, but no response, maybe they can’t hear our shots and they can’t see our emergency explosive bom. OMG, so helpless. We slept outside that house and take turn to guard our place. 

~ Miniflare and ThunderFlash used in emergency ~

~ The house we overnight ~

Another morning, we are so pleased to see rubber tappers came to that house, and they point the road for us. OK, we continue our journey to complete the mission. Actually we already know got road outside just by walking distance. But, we are not going to give up like this. We continue our journey to find the checkpoint. Nothing landmark can be seen, just a peaceful and mystery rubber estate. We depend on the bearing of the compass, but can’t find the checkpoint also. Thirsty and hungry stomach made us no patience, plus my face and hands also swollen because of wild mosquitoes. I hate you la mosquitoes!!!

~ This called mosquitoes ~

We slide down to downhill, then walk follow river, then one of our member nearly get beaten by bee. Then don’t know direction already, and finally we gave up, due to safety comes first. We walked to the roadside and try to contact base camp, still no signal. Luckily, our truck passed by there and picked up us. We didn’t complete the mission and for sure get punished. An unforgettable experience, lost for 24 hrs, luckily I’m still here today. And here came our punishment…But I cannot show you la. 

~ Dinner for the night , rice and fish ~

~ Eating maggi mee ~ 

~ Part of training, serious when comes to serious matter ~

But next second….what happens?

~ Everything will be fine after serious ~

Is it a good ending or a bad ending?

Good is they found us, we are safe now, bad is we failed the mission!!!

~ Swollen condition for 1^st day ~

This is just 1/5 level compare to Annual Camp.

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Written On 10 November 2013