Adventure trail fever is endemic among residents. One of those who experienced trail fever was Zidni Ilham Nafia. Old youth 29 this year just joined the IOX series in Sulawesi.
SHULHAN HADI, Tegalsari
that afternoon, the sound of the call to prayer from the Darussalam Blokagung Mosque was heard very clearly when several female students scattered in and out of their house. Along with it, from the stairs that connect the living room with the second floor, Gus Zidni appeared wearing a T-shirt and gloves.
that afternoon, Gus Zidni has just arrived at the pesantren area which is located at Karangdoro Village, Tegalsari District. Understood, he had just come from Malaysia to witness the Moto GP championship at the Sepang circuit with a few other people.
In her home, There were several vandels and auto show participation trophies, especially adventure trails. Besides watching Moto GP, husband of Puji Ariani, 29, just joined the series Indonesia Off Road Expedition (JOKE) who traveled the distance reached 18.000 km from Kendari to Makassar in time 15 day.
“My motorbike hasn't come yet, still packaged,” he said starting a conversation with Jawa Pos Radar Genteng, yesterday.
In the IOX series, Gus Zidni was the only participant from Banyuwangi. During the expedition, the man who manages a Korean language training institute admits that he gets a lot of training such as meeting new people, new culture, or a new place.
“For days we didn't see the village because it was in the middle of the forest. Meet the village is also very isolated,” he said.
Hundreds of photo files on his smartphone kept documentation during the IOX series. Starting from crossing the river until one of its members had an accident is in the photo.
Almost all points of the route are extreme routes. One area that is very difficult to penetrate and has very extreme paths is the beauty of Rampi.
To enter the District which is in North Luwu Regency, the South Sulawesi, The available road access is only a narrow footpath. Access to the location is via a route adjacent to the ravine.
In South Sulawesi as well, he had the opportunity to see Posi Na Tanae in person (the center of the earth), namely a stone located in a remote hamlet in Umpungeng Village, Lalabata District, Soppeng Regency which is claimed to be the center point of Indonesia.
“I also had the opportunity to stop by a village that was claimed by local people in the middle of Indonesia,” he said.
Interesting, during this expedition, almost all of the people met have a different local language, although the distance between the two locations is not too far. Nevertheless, among them all still understand and can communicate using Indonesian.
"It is inconceivable if there is no such thing as a unified language, Indonesian, maybe like abroad,” floor Gus Zidni.
His participation in the trail world is no stranger, especially among off-roaders Banyuwangi. Gus Wafa's second son began to get to know the automotive world in 2010 ago.
At that time, the man who has been familiar with the pesantren environment since childhood has the desire to experience the world outside of his everyday life. This man who has been blessed with two children then made a choice in the world of trail adventure.
Gus Zidni's trail hobby is also supported by his family. This hobby is expected to have a positive impact and can connect the world of Islamic boarding schools with the outside world through trails. From there, it was then sparked to introduce Islamic boarding schools to trail bike enthusiasts.
He has held at least four adventure trail events in Islamic boarding schools. “I have held a trail event four times. Everything I do in the boarding school environment, the name is also Darussalam Adventure Trail,” said the father of Azma Nabila Zidni, 6; son of Mecca Zakiya Zidni, 1 this month.
From association with crossers or offroaders from various regions, little by little Gus Zidni was able to introduce his pesantren background to his environment and community. This way like this turned out to have a positive impact. A number of his off-roader friends became interested in entrusting their children to Islamic boarding schools.
What's even more touching, one of Gus Zidni's friends even provided maximum assistance to one of his employees who had children and was studying at a boarding school.
“My friend is the chili boss, Due to lack of funds, the employee's child is assisted,” floor Gus Zidni. (radar)
