My last destination for this field camp was Big Sur, California. There was no mapping project here, however, I had my final examination here ; individual mapping. What was so funny here, I met with surf dudes and real hippies here! Not funny enough? We were having a regional geology tour one day when a pick up truck stop by our vehicles. Turunlah sorang mamat ni, tak expect pun dia seorang hippy. He then interfered my professor's enthusiastic explanation about the regional geology of the area:
"hey yo, wassup! where you guys from?"
Ya rabbi, not just that, he also said "So we agreed that we should protect this area right? no rock hitting etc?. Yeah or Neah?" Professor yang sangat bengang toleh kat dia sambil buat apa entah - senyum kambing kot. He then pergi dari situ. Okay, during the individual mapping pulak, I was stopped by a surf dude "Hey, what's this point on your map?" sambil pointing at one of the mapping boundary in my map. "Sibuk je dia ni, dah la my map tengah chaos warna berterabur sana sini". When we get back to our base camp, lagi banyak cerita i heard from other people "Don't you have rocks in Arizona?". Ewah,ewah, we meant no harm, we came here to study, not to destroy the environment ok, just because you found this place best for your surfing hobby, doesn't mean that you can make the place exclusively yours. The other pakcik who stopped me and my other friend on our way up to the vehicle said tak boleh upload gambar kat internet etc, the area pun takde dalam mapping area, secret katanya (aigo pakcik, kalau rahsia, takkan lah saya ada topo map ni ohh!) tak kisah, nak upload gak! hehe
eh, forgot to cerita yang ni! view taken from the top of Mt. Morrison @ 10k feet above sea level
It took me five hours to climb up (bukan hike up! steep sangat!) then I spent good 1 hour nap here and called emak and ayah to wake them up for sahur hehe. SubhanaAllah, cantik sangat this view, the place where I was sitting on, tonjol kepala tengok bawah dah nampak valley (sangat steep oo, siapa tak sayang nyawa try terjun)
Ni area big surl - foggy!
Khyusuk taking notes while professor explaining on the regional geology
oh, yang ni sangat menarik! obvious uplifting event here with the beach deposits deposited on one of the formation (dah lupa nama dia)
We don't get to see this is Tucson - appreciate this moment
During the individual mapping - i touched the pacific ocean, sending my love through it, hoping that it will reach the South China Sea, to Malaysia then to the one I love back then in Malaysia - jimat lah gini tak yah call mak hari-hari haha but, it will take 1000 years for any germs in my hand to reach there (distributed evenly everywhere in the world)
Finally - leaving Big Surl for berbelas2 jam driving back to Tucson! Depart @ 6.00 am (kononnya) ruapanya janji mat saleh kalau lambat memang lambat habis hehe tapi still foggy - rasa macam kat london la pulak ye
Begitulah hikayatnya seorang pengembara menjejak kesan-kesan sejarah pergerakan Bumi selama hampir sebulan dan akhirnya beliau sudah benar-benar jatuh cinta pada Geology, pada ciptaan sang Pencipta.
Balik ke kampung jalanan pada August 13th 2012
UA Field Camp '12
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