Date: 23 February 2014
Distance: 26km (long ride)
Hares: Ying How, Mike Kwan, Rebecca Thomason, Ai Ling Kevin Vincent Phang, Albert Chua and Mark Lim
For this trip, I was joined by my friend, first timer hasher Zahid along with veteran hashers Johan and Jazlan. As we were cycling towards the bash tent for registration, everybody was already cycling the other way. ON ON!
As I brought someone new to the bash, I felt that it was my duty to make sure he survive the torture that bash ride could bring. I strongly advised him to bring two bottles of 1.5 liters drinking water and snacks for the ride which he reluctantly obliged. First, we were riding on tarmacs through industrial factories before we got into super dried palm oil estate. 30 minutes into the ride, we reached a crossroad where the long and short ride parted ways. By this time I already lost sight of Johan and Jazlan.
After passing the first tunnel, we enjoyed a long downhill only to realized that there were no papers the entire way. We stopped after reaching the very bottom and made the cycled back up. Went back to the tunnel where 3 other riders were looking for paper trail. We looked everywhere but couldn't find it. Finally one of the rider decided to call the number behind the KLMBH tag. Someone picked up, got directions, and off we go. End up the paper trail continued before the tunnel and on towards the highway.
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The Newbie |
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When I'm not riding, pushing, crossing rivers, peeing, vomiting, or dying... I sit |
After another hour of smooth rolling ride in the palm oil estate, we reached another crossroad whereby Reza was stationed to cut off any riders who would want to opt the chicken loop rather than towards the only major climb that the ride had to offer. After the ride I heard there was another cut off to another major climb where Ying How was stationed. So, we rode our bicycle up and pushed when our legs gave up. Then, we did some hiking down on the other side of the hill. After that, we reached a rubber estate area which I failed to conquer. So more hiking for me -_-"
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Found out who had been holding the traffic up... MR. KELOLO |
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How riders read this - "Danger to walk, safe to ride" |
Reached back at the car after 3 hours of riding. Collected last year's KLMBH "Spiderman" jersey. Great job hares! It was a really enjoyable route. Good way to attract and motivate riders into riding bashes early in the year before the tough ones comes later.
