Hill Tour

I've been busy for the last 3 months actually. Though not riding, I managed weekend warrior stuffs with family and friends from the neighbourhood. Not the extreme ones but rather some light exercise in the rhythm of my falling stamina as age crept in.

We trekked a lot actually, well actually four times at four different places to be precise. I kind of fond of the exercise since it fits the time table and the commitments just about nice. It can be done not so early in the morning so I can still perform Fajr solat at the surau. Though the trekking starts at 8.30 a.m. and ends almost noon, we still have the shades of tree canopies. Best of it all, everyone are free to bring along their family and kids.

The first one was Bukit Broga.  Of course the first one should be the shortest and the most doable for almost everyone. It was great to have kids around with their buddies, racing to the top. It builds stamina, strength, endurance and abundance of confidence for them. And the fathers can slowly walk behind creaking our backs as we watched them hurdling up like Barry Allen.

The sweat and glory became complete with a nice breakfast of lempeng and sambal tumis at Semenyih with the family of trekkers. You guys should try it. The lempeng I meant, after the hike it taste awesome.

With the adrenaline still lingering, we planned for the next trail. Bukit Apek or Bukit Segar as the place is named by its frequenters. So close to our place, we started a bit late to let the weekend crowd dispersed. Crowded trail is not awesome especially when humidity is high and the trail is inclining most of the initial time.

Bukit Apek was a revisit for some of us but that was few years back. The sudden rise of ground gave a very morphological result to our body, trying to catch our breath and at the same time synchronizing our climbing legs to the task. And, do not forget those young climbing legs whom races to the top, allowing fathers to yell out to them once in a while with our snoring voice. It was not pretty I tell you.

Then we scale up Bukit Gasing. I've been longing to be here but I don't have the slightest idea how does it feels to climb a hill in the center of PJ busy town. This majestic green only can admired every time I used the NPE.

OK this green is perfect for PJ folks and it's nearby population whom find it too far to travel to a more vast greenery like Hulu Langat. It got the proper built path, a small stream which at times hardly seen flowing under fallen trees and shrubs, and it has those short and bursting climbs ending at view towers.

The final leg of our hill tour is a long trek to Kem Lolo. After assessing our gathered stamina from previous so called 'training' which was merely reasons to whack nasi kandar post activity, we are confident to hurdle deeper into Hulu Langat Reserve for more adventure. And of course, we do brought our kids along to share the experience.

Broga Hill with younglings from Al-Ansar

Bukit Apek @ Bukit Segar, 5km from our homes

The subdued moment above PJ greenery

Overlooking PJ State, NPE & Klang Lama

Gateway to Mount Nuang, Hulu Langat

Dip-pool at Kem Lolo after an hour hike

Old abandoned local dam

Last kopek before heads home