Gasing Hill Trail Run

Trail running at Gasing Hill with Real Ho and group on Thursday, 24 Dec 2015 -- the start of a 4-day long holidays.

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 At the trail head of Bukit Gasing ... the wooden arch collapsed and is under construction

 Runners in red (since the following day is Christmas)

 At the outside of Indian temple

 At the staircases area

 Nice to see the jumping pose again

 Lana and Shu-Lin

En route to the concrete bridge

Another name where it is commonly called is the "San Francisco" bridge  :-)

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Gasing Hill Trail Run

Trail running at Gasing Hill on Saturday 7 Nov ... Thanks to Real Ho, Raymond Ng and Lim Hoe Yin for leading the pack traversing the many uphills and downhills. Connected by trails, the group went to Indian Temple, Zig-zag Staircases, Hiltop Park, concrete suspension bridge, etc.

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Group photo at the main entrance

At the Indian Temple

 Zigzag staircases

Time trial for running up the steps

Graceful levitation in motion at hilltop park

Sunny day and blue sky ... Lana, Adelyn, Ivy Wong

At Kerinchi Park

 Concrete suspension bridge

Another angle at the suspension bridge

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Gasing Hill Trail Running

Trail running at Bukit Gasing on a hazy Sunday morning, 13 Sept 2015. Though the haze situation is not encouraging, the condition of air quality is OK when surrounded by trees.

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 At Gasing Hill wooden arch main gate

At Kerinchi Park of Bukit Gasing

Concrete Suspension Bridge of Bukit Gasing

View from below

The park area of Gasing Hill

Staircase leading to Gasing Hill Concrete Suspension Bridge

Run back to the standard Gasing Hill loop ... Adelyn, Lana and Shulin

 The ladies in jumping pose

 The ladies in jumping pose

The ladies in jumping pose

At Indian temple of Bukit Gasing

After running for about 9.5km, the team is almost back at the trail head

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Bukit Gasing Trail Running

Trail running with a small group of runners at Bukit Gasing on Sunday, 19 May 2013. The mission: ChongYF and I recce and try to get a better understanding of the various trails of Gasing Hill. Total distance: 6.6km in 2 hr 30 minutes. 

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 (left) Chong YF, Ya Hooy, Eric, Phoebe, TanHC, KC Leong

 At Kerinchi Park area ... look at the amount of rubbish left behind after the picnic by the public

 Look at the sweat

 At the side of Indian Temple

Ya Hooy refreshing at a stream

The route: From Bukit Gasing cross over to Kerinchi Park; returned to Gasing Hill passing by the 3-Bench route, then 2-Bench route to Suspension Bridge; return to Watch Tower via the Fencing Area. Cross over Indian Temple Hill; continue to Sewage Plant, passing by Reservoir and return to the Gasing Hill Main Entrance.

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2013 CNY Chap Goh Mei Trail Run

2013 CNY Chap Goh Mei Trail Run at Gasing Hill on 23Feb2013 covering 5 hills for a distance of 9.3 km in 2 hour 45 minutes. Thanks to Raymond Ng for leading the pack meandering through the many split trails.

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 Gong Xi Gong Xi ... Patricia Yap, Debbie, Michelle, Agnes Yew: passing by bungalow with nice and auspicious CNY decoration ... house address 8 (fattttt ) some more ... :-) 

Gangnam Style running ... Raymond Ng, the Team Lead (left) for this trail running

 At the Suspension Bridge ... Back, left: Alain Wee, Agnes Yew, Swee Kiah, SC Yong, Charles Frew, TeeEK, Michael Wong, Michelle Looi, Raymond Ng ... Front: George Seow, Debbie Tan, Keanhui Ng, Patricia Yap, KC Leong

 Running at Kerinchi Park Area

 Up and down the hills

Kerinchi Park

 A sunny day with blue sky at the hilltop of Indian Temple

 Prevention for further soil erosion

Now you don't see it ... This is amazing, we were here one month ago, there was still a mini hill here ... do click here to view

Filepix ... one month ago on 19 Jan 2013 with Raymond Ng and Jason Loh

 Another group photo at Kerinchi Park

 At the Bungalow Hill Top

Gong Xi Gong Xi ... may everyone in The Year of the Snake in the pink of health with the great outdoors!

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Gasing Hill Trail Running

Listen! Listen! Listen! There are no cows, no goats, no chickens at Gasing Hill, and there is tiada masalah (no problem) having trail running there also on 19 January 2013, Saturday.

Let me speak! If one thinks Gasing Hill is easy, then it is wrong. If only you could traverse beyond the standard Bukit Gasing loop, trekking or trail running at Gasing is tough – never mind, still there is no problem ... :-)

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 A unique starting point … some say this chicken rice, though very famous, is not nice; then some say the one next to it that is equally famous (on the left of photo), Satellite Chicken Rice, is also not nice … :-)

The Team Lead for this long-haul trail running is Raymond Ng who knows the terrain well. Definitely, the starting point for this event was a bit unique. It was not the usual “park by the road side near to Gasing Hill” type. Instead, we parked our cars in front of the famous Ipoh Chicken Rice Restaurant along Jalan Gasing near to EFP Building. The good thing of parking there was that there were ample parking bays and after the run, the restaurants for refresh and refreshment were just there. The only catch – it was more than 1km to Bukit Gasing. Anyway, there was still no problem as trail runners are supposed to run for long distance, whether on tarmac or in the hills.

 (left) Agnes Yew, Michelle Looi, Phoebe, SooMChing, Debbie, Yvonne Teo, Raymond Ng, Jason Loh, Michael Tham, KC Leong … Suspension Bridge behind.

After running passed the housing area, the first landmark of Bukit Gasing unfolding before our eyes was the Suspension Bridge.  Not far from the bridge, then we tackled the first steep ascent. We then passed by an abandon house en route to Kerinchi Park. Here we were greeted with another mother-of-all hills in Bukit Gasing. It was as steep as Apek Hill, Cheras, but with a shorter distance.

We emerged from the jungle and were surprised to see there was a function at Taman Rimba Bukit Kerinchi. The photographers there were also quite surprise to see us and started clicking away while we passed by the area.

 Continue with another segment of uphill run …

After some twist and turn, we finally return to the Watch Tower – the usual landmark in the standard loops of Gasing Hill. From there, we started our ascent to the Indian Temple and the transmission tower high above another hill. Going up there was tough and the final steps were steep with the loose yellow earth below our feet. If it takes a slip and the fall would be 50 meters rolling down the hill.

 At Taman Rimba Bukit Kerinchi

We then ran downhill passing by a huge sewage treatment plant. As informed by Raymond Ng, there is one piece of land where the developer is building many units of bungalows that were greeted with much protest from the nature-loving people. I think the purchasers of the bungalows are not aware that their prize property – nestled within the greenery of Gasing Hills – is only half a hill behind the huge sewage treatment plant.

We then ran passed a reservoir en route back to the usual trails of Bukit Gasing. Crossing the red wooden bridge, that indicated the outer boundary of Gasing Hills and the end of our trail running.

Total distance for this challenge was 9km that took 2 hr 45 minutes to return to car park.

 The ladies are unfazed with whatever Raymond Ng sees …

 At the Indian Temple on top of Gasing Hill 

 Going down a trail traversing to another hill 

 Earth-based rock climbing … Michelle Looi, Phoebe and Debbie.

 Bungalows to be built here at Bukit Gasing

Going down another treacherous slope

Bukit Gasing trail map charted by Garmin FR610 GPS-enabled watch;

Total distance: 9km; time taken: 2 hr 45 minutes.

Posted by KC Leong