Nomad Eco-Challenge; Batu Dam, Batu Caves, Selangor
4th July 2010
My partner and i decided to join the challenge and surprisingly he really looking forward to take part in this event. Great combination; young buddy with "experience man".
I have to prepare all the equipments since my partner stay far away from KL. I just told him to prepare his MTB and medical kit for our team. I try my best to get all the harness, etc. At the same time, i bought my new MTB! OMG...i never go for off-road cycling and this will be my first MTB activity.
3rd July 2010; @Batu Dam; we checked our equipments as instructed by the organizer. We did simple abseiling checking, kayak test and it was end with short briefing by the organizer.
Pagi Ahad, semua dah ready..my partner and i took very light breakfast; a cup of tea and 2 slices of bread..it is enough for 1 whole day event? I don't know...but in our bag, we brought some light food..
Started with MTB..we need to cycle around Batu Dam area and turn back to starting point. Then we started to cycle in the HUTAN...off-road dude! I explore my first experience..ehehe.. My partner was at the back together with other participant. Tunggu la kejap..since aku partner dia..so tak elok aku meninggalkan partner aku sorang2 kat belakang... He shouted to me; "daus GO!...pegi dulu". Apa lagi, aku terus kayuh and push myself to the limit, try to get back to the front.... cycle.cycle.cycle. up, down, mud, etc...haiyo. Luckily, we only need to go to 1 loop only, another 2 route has been cancelled by organizer due to safety reason.
I put my bicycle aside..wait for my partner and after 15minutes, he arrived with his smile.. Let's go Daus.. "i'll go first, you are stronger than me..you will catch me kejap lagi".... and he left me behind.
Before i arrived at our first CP, we did our downhill, it was tough for me. I felt few times..alamak...bit difficult for me. As new cyclist, beginner.. i realized that i need to learn a lot if i really want to be good MTB rider.
At 2nd CP2,we took some isotonic drink. Huh..best giler beb...dah la kepenatan..dapat plak isotonic drink yang sejuk...mmg best. We shoot to Batu Caves! UPHILL....too high. I need to push myself lagi...ehehe... i did not really bother my partner since i believe he is better and stronger than me... and yes, he did it..He managed to climb the stiff hill without any problem. And he smiled to us.
At Batu Cave; we did caving and jungle tracking before we need to run at different path; 9a and 9B. My partner ran to 9a and i ran to 9b. My abseiling was not very high; 30m only but he need to abseil down from 100m height.
We met again at the Batu Cave starting point, and i need to do wall climbing.
Done and we cycled back to Batu Dam and straight to Taman Rekreasi Ulu Yam. Up and down under the sun..adoiii..panas nyer..Letih dah ni. We arrived at Taman Rekreasi at 2pm..
Now we need to run back to Batu Dam. Left the bicycle to the organizer... i thought we can ran but i need to say NO because my partner condition was not really good. Aku paham, at his age, his stamina is slightly kurang compared to me. We walked all the way but sometimes we ran.
My partner help me to "pow" rokok dr one of the campers yang kitowang jumpa kat tepi sungai...ehehehe...ran..ran..ran.... sampai la kat Batu Dam.
Start our kayak..Row, row, row the boat...tp kejap ke kiri..kejap ke kanan... My partner bit marah sekarang...but aku cuba kasi dia cool laa...we need to find 2 passwords..and i think we got both.
At the end, after 8hrs 16min we finish the race.
Thanks to my partner. I really thanks to you and apology if i did any wrong sepanjang 8jam 16min dlm event ni... Big salute to my partner; Cgu!
