Penang Hill Hike(060408)

Last Sunday I followed the A.H. group for a hike to Pg Hill, as a 'warm-up' hike before next week Malacca's hiking trip.

Now looking at this Penang Hill Hike's blog...it was actually 2 yrs back then. Hoho! paiseh ah!

Unlike last round which we used the tar road from 84 to hill top, this time we used the offroad trail from 84 to hill top, whereby the last 300m were initiated from a 'trail' beside the cabel car route.

Last round our hike started from youth park. This round our hike started from a path near the tee kong tua.

Unlike last round which I carried nothing, this round was a tough hike for me. It was my first time carrying 9kg of weight (as training wor). Pooh!

Yes, I've finally reached the hill top after ~4 hrs. My stamina was OK for the hike but definitely not OK with the ~9kg weight. I really couldn't stand the weight which kept on sinking me from hip downwards. I purposely put in the exact bottles of mineral water and weighed again when I reached home to confirm this was 9kg and not less. Argh!

Never again. I swear. :)

p/s: I met Lesa at No.39. Nice to meet u again!

Update

We managed to get the four of us in one pic too by using the auto mode. No one else was around to help us taking the group photos mah.

No. 5 to No.39 - Enjoyable part thus we still have mood to 'pose'?! No lah, we actually squatted ourselves down as low as possible due to the camera was placed in such a low position on top of a rock.

After reaching top of the hill - it's already too damn tired that we hardly smile.

Penang Hill Hike (14/01/06)

We colleagues started this all because of the Libur XPDC email forwarded by Kumar. Initially very lao juak with all the cakap & kecoh but ended up only 4 persons made it for this hike. :)

This is our first time hiking up penang hill for three of us (Ying,Tan and I), led by Kumar. Before this I personally have only been to No.5.

Foot of the hill to No.5 : No comment.
No.5 to No.84 : Enjoyable part!
No.84 to No.168 : Killing~~~ tar road! Boring! From the 2.5 m to 5.0 m distance, some parts were so steep that we could not stop cursing and cursing. :) Was that something wrong with the meter plate?! 3.7 -> 4.0 -> 4.3 -> 4.8 -> 4.9 . We hiked for so long and the meter only seemed to increase by this tiny little bit?! yao mou kao chor ah?! This part was so damn strenuous that we got hungry halfway and got to stop by the roadside for refreshment.

Reaching No.3 and No.5

Reaching No.84


Road Signs to No.84


Reaching No.168


Road Signs to No.168


Flowers & Plants


Reaching Top of the hill

We came down by cable car. Hehe! :) Some dozed off during the ride. Wah...how nice huh! Envy loh!

I always have difficulty in getting to sleep after a long strenuous sport. I discovered it last time when I first started mountainbiking. Everytime after coming back from 2 to 3 hours of riding, I was tired of course but yet staying 'awake' for the rest of the day till night sleeping time.

(This post is originally linked from here)