Friday, 16 July 2010, 9am, as planned, Man, Zam and me started riding from Simpang Pulai Bomba Station heading to Tanah Rata.
It was all climbing after 5km. After 15km, Zam turned back to starting point and drove the car up. Zam turned from rider to support. TQ for all the drinks.
Our first goal was to reach Kampung Raja. 60km ride took everything out of us. The first peak is 1,500m and then 7km downhill to Kg Raja. We finally reached Kg Raja at 3 pm and had our lunch.
Then 10km slow ride to the highest peak of 1,629M at Equatorial Hotel and finally we were rewarded with downhill to Tanah Rata.
Driving at this route is tiring enough, imagine riding 10km per hour average with never ending climbing!
Some facts from my garmin:
Distance: 81.20km
Start time: 9.03am | Finish time: 5.50pm
Total ascent: 2,092m, descent: 687m
Calories: 4940 (the most burned in a day to date)
Weather: Hot, cloudy and some drizzling. 3 liters of water and 2 bottle energy drink.
Bomba Station – spacious place to park. Nice food stall just in front of it.
After 20+ km, Nasir stopped us and feed us with Nasi Lemak
Enjoying nice scenery.
Highest point = Equatorial Hotel
At the registration point of Thompson Trail Fun Ride.
July 19th, 2010 at 12:06 am
begitu…
July 19th, 2010 at 9:44 am
x solat jumaat ke?
July 19th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Musafir…. Dibolehkan…
July 19th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
X solat jumaat. Kami musafir sebelum subuh jadi gugur jumaat. Kalau sampai tinggal yang wajib, baik tak kayuh.