Sunday, February 23, 2025

SACF "Camel Drinking Water" Outline Hike

Location: Carpark C and Peak Garden areas;

Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2025;

From WikiLoc:

Distance: 7.2km;

Elevation gain: 633m;

Highest point: 213m;

Round trip: about 4 hours (with 30 min of refreshment break at Peak Garden)

Trail Lead and Outline Created By: ah Lek 哥;

Team Lead: KC Leong.

Click Here for WikiLoc trail map.  

Photo courtesy of 小強, Carrin Kan, Lina Loh

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Setia Alam Community Forest
At Peak Garden
SACF "Camel Drinking Water" Outline Hike

I was chatting with Ah Lek gor while taking a breather this morning in the SACF hike. With a few other hikers, we chatted that this is Version 1 of the Camel Outline, and can be improved upon. Ah Lek gor suggested that I draw the outline with the trail map, then he will figure it out.

So I told him that I have analyzed the SACF trail map, but I just could not draw an outline based on existing trails. 😀

In the above map, the faint white lines are the existing trails in SACF.
A funny story - When we were ready to leave this station to return to carpark, Lina hurriedly asked me to take a photo with them. So I sat down, someone swiftly took the photo. I did not even realise that the bare-top guy (from another group) was still within the frame of the photo 😀. And then I was also a bit 'keng cheong' when leaving, I took his bamboo stick by mistake; then he said that was his... 😀

By KC Leong

Sunday, February 16, 2025

T-REX Outline Hike at Bukit Kiara

T-REX Outline Hike on Sat 15 Feb 2025 (anti-clockwise direction):

Distance: 12km;

Elevation gain: 666 meters; (another Apps recorded 720 meters)

Total duration: 5 hr 20 min;

Arriving at Starbucks: 2 hr 25 min (with 30 min refreshment break);

Starbucks to carpark: 2 hr 20 min. 

Trail Lead: Vince Khor;

Team Lead: KC Leong.

CLICK HERE for WikiLoc T-REX trail map. Tap on waypoint icon for location photos.

Kudos and appreciation to the person or team that first created this T-REX outline shape.

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Group photo before the start of the T-REX hike (photo by Tony)
Photo at Starbucks (photo by Fernny Chan)
The outline of a T-REX created by GPS Apps based on the hike
T-Rex Trails Analysis (anti-clockwise direction):

1. At 2K Loop, it is used to draw the hind leg of T-REX outline, but the same loop is used to draw the tail of Unicorn outline;

2. At guardhouse located at cross-road junction - this is the part that draw the hind leg (but look slim);

3. At Simpang 5, route uses Yellow Flowers Trail to Starbucks;

4. From Starbucks, route goes down via Steepest Slope to Starbucks (SSS); passing by the Lone Durian Tree. At the junction T (a small sandy clearing), it is on top of the Penchala Link tunnel;

5. At D (Deforestation), the entire forest (marked in black line) is being cleared for construction;

6. At Met 2, not far ahead is the Look-up Point (overlooking Sri Bintang hills);

7. We returned via the Skirting trails (running parallel with the main trail to Ayuria, marked in blue dots).

Posted by KC Leong

Sunday, February 02, 2025

CNY Chor 4 Loh Sang Hike

Gong Xi Fa Cai 🙏 ... CNY chor 4 loh sang hike on Sat 1 Feb 2025 at Bukit Kiara ... special thanks to George Siew for sponsoring the nice yee sang; Datuk Steven for sponsoring the firecrackers.

Do CLICK HERE for photos taken by yours truly, KC Leong.

Special thanks also to the following hiker friends:

(1) KK Lim and Joyce Lee who provided the CNY red banners / calligraphy;

(2) Tong SH and Rose Cheong - to direct and choreograph the loh sang procedure; with Ivy Wong for assisting in the decoration of food and Starbucks Corner, and also other hiker friends who assisted in the effort; 

(3) Chong YF who brought portable gas stove to boil water for making hot drinks;

(4) Michael and TanJH who helped to clear up the debris of firecrackers (and restored the clearing to its original natural environment);

(5) hiker friends who contributed the fruits and food;

(6) finally, thanks for joining in this joyous loh sang hike.

The Year of the Wood Snake pose 
Coffee corner
A joyous moment taking the group photo
The fun of loh yang
A lot of other food contributed by the team members
Michael and Tan - who help to clear up the debris and restore the natural environment 


Do
Click Here for the previous loh sang hike at Starbucks clearing, Bukit Kiara.

Posted by KC Leong