Air Itam Dam, Hillturn, Ngor Hean & Blue Hill

Date: 26/Dec/2009 (Saturday)
Riders: Ang, Freddy, Ong & Ch'ng
Distance: ~28KM
Duration: 7:15am ~ 12:00pm
RideTime: ~ 3hrs
Route: Parkview > Paya Terubong > Kek Lok Si foothill(Breakfast) > Air Itam Dam > Hilturn > Ngor Hean > Hillturn > Kayuh Lasak Trail ?!! > Blue Hill > PayaTerubong(Lunch: ChickenRice) > Parkview

New member HC Ong join us for the first time.

Ang, Freddy & Ch'ng start off from Parkview at 7:15am and meet up Ong at Paya Terubong Shell Petrol Station. From there, we ride to Air Itam Kek Lok Si foothill coffee shop for breakfast.

After breakfast, we start our ride up Air Itam Dam. As usual Ang arrived first, followed by Ch'ng, Freddy & Ong. We took a short rest & some photos and start our ascend up to Hillturn.
Surprisingly, I made it all the way to Hillturn without stopping. The last time I went up Hill turn via Balik Pulau, I have to push quite a distance.

From Hillturn we decide to go up to Ngor Hean. It took us about 10 - 15mins to reach there. It was my first time there and the view of Balik Pulau was breadthtaking. We have a few photo shots and descend back to Hillturn. From Hillturn we took the path of the recent Kayuh Lasak trail towards Blue Hill. From the start, we have to push our bikes as the trail was very narrow, steep and slippery. Ocassionally, we got to ride a short distances when the trail is a little forgiving. It took us thru dense jungle, narrow tracks, dense vegetation tracks, thru vegetable farms and also some bee house along the way.

I was surprise to see such awesome sight of hillside vegetable farm, flower farm, orchards and breadthtaking view of the valley.

We the descend to Paya Terubong ending our downhill at Taman Oriental in Paya Terubong. The track was fantastic with wide cement road. The downhill was fast & furious and it was really a very long downhill. Both my hands were numb & I can feel my joints aching. But it was really thrilling.

From there, Ong decide to head home as he stays nearby at Bukit Awana while me, Ch'ng & Ang head for our favourite Chicken Rice shop in Paya Terubong for lunch.
After lunch, we all head back to Parkview and it was already noon. Me & Ch'ng wash our "machines" and head home.

Video: Hillturn



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Hillturn from Air Itam Dam



















Hillturn going towards Kayuh Lasak Trail









































Hillturn going towards Balik Pulau


















Hillturn towards Ngor Hean



































































































































Ngor Hean Temple











































































































View from Ngor Hean Temple




































Ch'ng's Bike


















Kayuh Lasak Trial












































































































































































































































Trail to Blue Hill



























































































































































































































































































































































































Trail to Paya Terubong from Blue Hill

Kayuhan Warisan Taiping 2009

Woei Chyang and me joining this Jamboree in the spirit of supporting our home town MTB club. Woei Chyang even take 2 days leave just to join this. Although I'm relatively new in joining Jamborees, but this KAWAT 2009 is worst among all jamborees I've attended.

Few short falls, and I think even some of it is risking MTBer's live:

1) no water refilling as promised for 16km and 25km. A lot of peoples take it easy due to low difficulty of KAWAT 2008, thought this year will be makan angin trail as well, so doesn't prepare at all in term of water and food.

2) no medic after down hill sections, I gave first aid to two guys who have minor scratch on legs and hands after crash during down hill course, but that already ~3km away from down hill trail. If got broken bone, don't know how to settle. Come to think of it, BM jamboree is the only Jamboree that every check point got medic.

3) big lies, I ask for water at CP2, they tell me CP3 got water which is only 1km away. I like what the fxxk, CP2 and CP3 only 1km a part

4) doesn't station helper at those slippery area, a lot of people including me, just throw the bicyle down, slide down than only pick up the bicycle. for god sake, there is few children involve as well, bicycle is bigger than their body, how they going to carry the bike like adult.

5) CP closing early, in fact, only less than 100 riders finished the course. I only cleared between CP2 and CP3. Imagine, I only covered 25km in 4hrs! And I'm pretty sure for first 6km on tar road, I'm doing not less than 30km/hr speed.

6) "good" lunch, only have curry ayam and one vegie. that it. Chicken portion is small, I can settle all the chicken in one mouth.

7) Riders need to knock on people house asking for water !

Other good things (not the organisers):
--> one chinese family offer water to all riders when we pass through their back door. I think they become life saver to a lot of bikers.

woeitong

Hillturn, Blue Hill & Nan Shan Temple

Date: 20/Dec/2009 (Sunday)
Riders: Ang, Woei Chyang & Ch'ng
Distance: 35 ++ KM
Duration: 7:30am ~ 12:30pm
RideTime: around 3hrs
Route: Parkview > TunSardon > BalikPulau(Breakfast) > Hillturn > Kayuh Lasak Trail ?!! > Blue Hill > PayaTerubongNanShanTuaPekKongTemple > PayaTerubong(Lunch: ChickenRice)
> Parkview(Ang)
> FarLim( WoeiChyang)
> AyerItamTmnLumbaKuda(Ch'ng)


"A picture is worth a thousand words"
Enjoy it.

The beauty of nature.