Bandung - On her Instagram, she is known as "Mamak Pendaki". It has been recorded that she has climbed a number of mountains in Indonesia, even though she is no longer young.
60 years old is certainly not young anymore. However, the desire to adventure like the archaeologist in the Indiana Jones film did not hinder the passion of "Mamak Pendaki" to walk the steep path.
The fatigue did not discourage her, she wanted to keep climbing and climbing. That is the figure of "Mamak Pendaki" whose real name is Lilie Wijayati.
In her status on her Instagram wall, she wrote "Forever Young? Just following the forever young trend... But I also enjoy collecting photos from the past until I laugh at myself. A little meaningful happiness when we can accept our situation and all our conditions as they are, right?"
"It's funny to see photos of 18 year olds hiking wearing basketball shoes, cotton pants and jackets as is, still poor in this day and age. They don't have money to print photos. Even with gear like this, they can get sentenced to death..."
"Nostalgia when I graduated from high school and had to join the military, I was trained there before starting my civil service education at Telkom. It's funny, in the transportation center we were the lowest rank. So we had to respect the non-commissioned officers, and be careful if there were any Akmil kids, lol, it's funny.... So don't be surprised if you're brave. Because you've been trained in military education, guys."
"The time working at Telkom. And the time when I didn't like walking the streets the most. When girls dressed like adults, now they're old and dressed up as young people, hahaha...."
"It's also nostalgic for my dating days, having kids where all the interiors were Olympic. We often moved our lockers around. So it was safe to dismantle and reassemble Olympic. Now, I've moved up a bit... Ikea hahahaa...."
"And I was also fat at 48, I weighed 68 kg. I went to the gym for 3 years and then it stabilized... I started hiking again at 50. When my children had started college, and were busy with their own affairs."
Starting hiking with a limp, injured, bleeding at first. But persevered, that's the story.
Then he wrote "TORANG INDONESIA: Different but one."
At 59 years old, I am still climbing. Every step I take is a reminder of the struggles of the heroes.