hash :: mar12 : #210 klmbh: kemensah

email from bashweb@klmbh.org::

Is your bike ready? Good... are your legs ready as well?
It's this Sunday and it's Kemensah so be prepared for a tough Bash! No newbie, no young kids, no kidding...

Orbea Concept Store in Sri Hartamas will support us again with providing free bananas, best leg fuel so far.

Bash #210 - Kemensah, Ulu Gombak
Ah, Kemensah. The dramatic Melawati ridge, her slopes draped in dense jungle, with the crags of the world's longest quartz ridge* soaring above. Tapir, python, monkey, hornbill, boar and even some larger cats call this area home, less than 10 km from the bright lights and Gucci stores of downtown KL. This is some of the last truly wild forest close to the city - but maybe not for much longer. The much-maligned KL Outer Ring Road is planned to come straight through this area, and will destroy all this heritage forever. Have you signed the petition yet?

KLMBH last bashed around this area in 2009 and your committee decided that we were well overdue for a return visit. So, they instructed a crack team of hares to get to work with GPS and parang, fighting thorns and donating blood to the mosquitoes and leeches for the sake of your enjoyment at Bash #210. (* At least, that's what the Malaysian Book of Records says, and who are we to argue with a publication which also includes such august feats as the world's largest mass circumcision?)


Date: 25th March, 2012
Time: 0920 for briefing, 0930 SHARP for ON ON!!
Hares: Phil Manfield, Leigh Foreman, Ronan Jezequel, Toby Stewart & Dangerous Mike Davies, with guest appearances on recces by Knut Bakke, Piet Moeleker and (we hope) one or two others

This will be a fairly tough bash. The Kemensah area is dominated by a steep ridge which means that there are not many options to set an "easy" ride. So, the long and short rides will both include several long, steep climbs. Please be honest with yourself when deciding whether to ride the long or the short - don't overestimate your fitness and if you have any doubt, choose the short. After a little bit of pusing-pusing through the streets of Taman Melawati, the ride will pass through steep terrain either side of the Melawati ridge. This area is true secondary jungle - this is not a fast-flowing ride in a palm plantation! The trails will not be technically difficult (no Kiara triple-terraces on this ride) but all riders (long and short) should be prepared for lots of climbing and some very steep trails (we figure around 800m of ascent for the long, and at least 400m of ascent for the short ride). On the recces we have done so far, every one of your hares has been off his bike on several of the big climbs, pushing, sweating and swearing at the mosquitoes... please keep this in mind and be ready for quite a lot of pushing, especially if it is wet. If you've not ridden a long ride before, this will not be a good choice for your first "long" experience. Parents please note: the "short" ride will be quite a lot tougher than on some recent bashes. If your kids aren't fond of pushing their bikes up steep hills, this might not be the best ride for them.

For the long ride, EYE PROTECTION should be considered MANDATORY. The hares will do their best to clear thorns and overhead bamboo hazards from the trail, but we can't guarantee we will get to it all - and we'd like everyone to go home from the bash with the same number of eyes they arrived with. Did we mention that this will be a tough bash with steep trails and long climbs, both on and off the bike? I'm sure we did.

Meeting point: GPS Coordinates N3.211089, E101.751895 / +3° 12' 40.04", +101° 45' 7.30"
Does anyone read these directions any more? It's 2012, people! Click the link and look at the map!
But just in case you can't:
1. Get on the MRR2 and make your way to the Taman Melawati exit.
2. If coming from Ampang, *do not* make the U-turn on the slip-road else you will end up going to the Zoo Negara.
3. From the MRR2 junction, drive North on Jalan Taman Melawati for about 400m. You will go through one set of traffic lights (go straight).
4. You will see a Caltex and a BHP petrol station on your left. Turn left and then immediately left (or right) to drive around the garage forecourts. The meeting point for the bash is in the parking area for the shoplots directly behind these two petrol stations - please park considerately. Do not drive through either petrol station to get to the parking area (unless you intend to stop and buy fuel!).
On On!

attend: 300++ akma, khairi, sahak, amer, angah, naon, cicak, abg joe & aku

organise: http://www.klmbh.org/main/
klmbh report: http://www.klmbh.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=221

lokasi;
start: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.2111771&lon=101.7519705&z=14&l=0&m=b
zone: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=3.2324724&lon=101.7757456&z=14&l=0&m=b

pics;
ronan jez
1: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150768703107216.474050.741247215&type=1
2: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150770467737216.474374.741247215&type=1

vince ng: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150766359410429.464001.528390428&type=3

acong: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.347770128593539.73703.100000816656695&type=3

bc kelolo: https://picasaweb.google.com/100224456191284305811/KLMBHHash210Kemensah?noredirect=1#

0727 | noli stall
  

loading
  

tragedy in d'memory
  

old titanium
  

mr naon
  

q-up
  

register | guess rm15
  

supliment: pisang
  

chat
  

park
  

break1
  

with bc kelolo
  

two hollowpoint
  

his luv this
  

front side
  

groupo
  

back view
  

recall
  

garmin luver
  

announcement
  

8
  

farewell for pat
  

leave malaysia
  

with pro
  

untitled
  

others
  

listen
  

team marshall
  

for long trail
  

team member
  

0930 | on on
  

tarmex
  

turn right
  

mr khairi
  

wide
  

tanah merah
  

take turn
  

coution
  

push
  

view contruction
  

ms ina
  

off road
  

minah
  

rideable
  

bunny
  

to singletrail
  

downhill
  

keep pedal
  

under
  

teknikal
  

carefully
  

1121 | 1st loop
  

last kg.kemensah
  

relaxing
  

1024 | on on
  

leisure
  

with other
  

double trail
  

simple climb
  

test
  

bawah
  

atas
  

test climb
  

serai
  

back
  

huh
  

1050 | take five
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keep cool
  

1105 | malaysia
  

hanging
  

the rest
  

at top
  

1109 : on on
  

last
  

to kolam
  

after turn right
  

left or right?
  

follow the crowd
  

<- chiken
  

-> long
  

meeting
  

1130 | single trail DH
  

open
  

1135 | peak
  

smooth trail
  

hot
  

1150 | wrong trail ->
  

single
  

model
  

1200 | almost at DAM
  

marshall
  

along river
  

mr johari
  

mr sahak
  

ms maria
  

me
  

push climb
  

down
  

#233
  

bamboo zone
  

1257 : take 5
  

after long climb
  

rideable again :-)
  

wide trail
  

<- turn all rider
  

follow paper
  

view
  

defender
  

back trail
  

farmer
  

new slr
  

nice
  

roboh
  

last offroad
  

construction
  

cement
  

1339 : tanah merah
  

home | all rider
  

santai
  

house lot
  

canopy
  

tarmex
  

mosque
  

last | almost | finish 1350
  

hash kemensah trail.jpg