NIM : 1300207
Class : 1A1
Word Count : 868
Not Only Fun But Also Useful
When I was in senior high school I decided to join Adipura Club. This was because my school was one of the best schools that cared the environment in Garut and I cared too. I learned many things about environment in this club.
This club might not be popular in my school because when I joined it in my first grade, the members were about fifteen people. But it became much more popular by other students when I was in the second grade because the activities became more interesting. It was not only interesting, but also dangerous such as hiking, rafting, caving, climbing and diving. I did not join all those activities because I had a weak body. The school also did not permit all of it, so we just went hiking because it cost less money and less dangerous. This club did not only give me fun but also a knowledge like how to find edible food in mountain, species of plant and animal that lived in mountain, how to survive in nature etc.
When final-term holiday of the second grade, other members and I went to Guntur Mountain. Guntur Mountain was one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia, it was one of the most active volcanoes in 1700s-1850s. The last eruption was recorded in 1847 and it had erupted more than ten times.
Hiking required experience, athletic ability, and technical knowledge to maintain safety. We did not have those criteria so we required someone who had it. Even though the height of the mountain was not really high and the journey might be short but we still had to be careful because we did not know what might happen in the mountain. That was why there was a professional club with us who already had experience, athletic ability and technical knowledge.
Before the other members and I started to climb, the instructor told us about many important things. He told us that when we went hiking, there were several things the climbers had to be