407 - 15/08/10 - Sg. Long

Detoxfication Sunday
15/8/10: SH4 – Sungai Long

We arrived late as YM had a visitor just as we were to get into car. Luckily, the stopover was short and we arrived just about few minutes late just enough time for YM to catch up. Toxin built up since last night’s Sepang H3 do that has to be sweated out.

What looked like a reverse run of the last run here; InTrail was on the crusher run road uphill and to the clearcuts on top and the back road next to Admiral Park; down to the ‘Datuk’s’ house and on the left trail towards the rubber estates; just about on the first downhill bend, the paper trail went on downhill through the bushes with the back pack lining up for their turn; not wanting to queue, I took the path and just round the bend met the middle pack back onto the path and crossing the river; and uphill climb by the orchard and all the way to the lower terrace highway to head eastward; a little skip, the trail went up into hill for a climb and what a climb! Killer!; the climb was not without anything, a humungous piece of rock greeted us almost halfway up; just about the top, the paper went down on some very risky slopes and that was no easy thing; slow and steady to ensure safety, we finally got back on the ‘wide track’ to reach the left ‘end track’ for another jungle downhill till the path by the river; just about reaching the rubber hill the paper went right into the shiggies and a short climb up the rubber tree hill and down back to the trail; crossing the bridge and towards Ah Pek’s shed the trail paper went up the hill through the jungle slope; instead of doing that, I went on the path to Ah Pek’s shed and to the top to see trail papers again; the hare and co-hare didn’t have enough and brought the pack through some long climbs and downhills, through some 3 more medium hills, through some thick fern growths, thicker fern shiggies, thick fern downhills, back on some familiar trails, through the last rubber tree hill climb and down zig-zagging on the terraces; finally the quarry was in full view and the home trail through the flattened land; the less than 1km tarmac run had us back in 1hr 40mins. YM was back around 7pm while the last was around 8pm with a little help from a 4WD.
 
*** NoHair ***
 
这是我第四次Miss了Sg. Long这个充满挑战的山。非常可惜。最近,GM好像受到刺激。这3次的RUN都要FROP在一个半小时才能到终点。平时是一小时左右。这就爽了FROP而让新手和SWEEPER叫苦连天。听说,这个RUNSITE 风景特别优美。幸好没有下雨。不然,这山路将是由滑又危险。相信这条路对SH4来说是没问题 。下星期见。ON ON！
 
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