Luweng Jomblang

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Luweng Jomblang(29-30 October 2011)

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Cave Jomblang or in the local language called Luweng Jomblang, located in theVillage Jetis, Semanu District, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. Luweng Jomblang diameter is30 meters and has a depth of 40 meters. The bottom of luweng Jomblang is little forestwhich is restricted by karst rock at the edges.

(doc: Widya Amandha)

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The character of this cave is a combination of vertical and horizontal cave, to enter the caveterrace we must rappeling to the bottom, to reach the Jomblang cave requires bravery,especially for first timers. But not only bravery you needed but also a bunch of equipmentssuch as Carabiner, Rope (Caremantel),Croll, Hand Ascenders, Stop, Seat Harness, Omni,Helmet and Head lamp, Dry Bag, Boots etc.

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(a). Croll (b). Hand Ascenders (c). Stop

(a,b,c ref:http://www.petzl.com)

(d). Seat Harness (f). Omni (g). Helmet and head lamp

(d,e,f ref:http://www.petzl.com)

This pictures below illustrated how using standard equipments:
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Back to the itinerary, after our instructur (Mr.Lancar and Mr.Anto) check all equipment, the

journey to the bottom of Luweng Jomblang begun. The first volunteer from our team was

mas Bas, second was mba Indah, third was Me, and the fourth was mas Dida. Remember

always keep in our mind that these phrase trust the intructor, trust the equipment, trust

the belayer and trustyour self. And now we can yell as loud as we can cowabunga, jump

now, think later.....auo...auo..auo.

(Mas Bas in action) (Mba Indah in action)

(Iwing in action) (Mas Dida in action)

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First mision totally completed and here we are the pathetic four at the bottom of Luweng

Jomblang.


when we reached the bottom of the cave, all the fatigue and fear will be replaced by a sense

of awe of the beauty of Luweng Jomblang.
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After take a rest for a while, the journey was continue. We walked or dry trekking to

underground river at the bottom of Luweng Grubug.


It doesnt cross waterways, nor does trough the mud because there has been composed of

concrete blok as stepping. It took approximately 15 minutes to the Luweng grubug, we

heard the sound of gurgling water from underground stream before were arrived at the

underground river.


Gradually, we saw the light of sun that looks like tinge of light that falls from the top of

Luweng Grubug to the bottom of underground river.
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Finally we arrived at the bottom of Luweng Grubug which are located at 80 meters above

us, 20 meters under us is underground river. The first scene that we saw was the light

falling to the flowstone. This is one of the most interesting object.



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Another interesting object was flowstone, our intructor explain a little brief history about

these stone.



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This cave has 15 meters of diameter and 100 meters depth, there are stories from the past

that Luweng Grubug is the disposal of political prisoner. Their bones were found in 90s, it

was kinda spoky is it?. At 12:00-13:00 PM we take a rest and also enjoyed the

extraordinary view of Luweng Grubug, we also didnt forget to took a siluet picture among

us.


After 2 hours in Luweng Grubug its time to came back to Luweng Jomblang, to reach the

surface we must ascending Luweng Jomblang by rope. It was be difficult in the first time,

but it will be easier when try the ascending process periodically.
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(ref:http://www.petzl.com)

It needs about 20-30 minutes for climbing by rope for the beginner, but for the expert it

takes only 15 minutes for climbing Luweng Jomblang.

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The main challenge for a caver in ascending time is confidence. Be brave and trust ourself.

Just lost our scary feeling and then trust everything on your caving instructor and the cave

equipment, so we can face the challenge safety.

(Sweet victory by iwing, this is not about conquer the nature but how to conquer our ego)(doc:http://www.equator-indonesia.com)
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After all caver were being on the top of Luweng Jomblang, we took a rest in the resort. We

can clean ourself there, took a bath and anything we should do before enjoying the food and

beverages in the evening.

Caving Jomblang has been finished, see you in another adventure......

CNC Lab IT Telkom - Bolang Crewhttp://pinguin.ittelkom.ac.id(Indah, Dida, Bas, Iwing)

Ref:

[1].http://www.petzl.com[2]. Our parther in adventurehttp://www.equator-indonesia.com

Spesial thanks to Mas Jarody Hestu, Mas Anto, Mas Lancar, Mas Pitiek, Mas Jay, Mas Raihan, and Mr.Masaki

Ps: dont took anything except pictures, dont leave anything except footprint, dont killanything except time and dont tell my mom because she would said Harry what the hell

are you doing!!!, peace mom b^_^d.
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