On a recent public holiday, I decided to join the RLC Hash Run in Serendah, which started at about 5pm, an hour earlier than it would normally kick off on a regular weekday. Hashing is a road/trail/jungle run that typically covers a distance of 6km to 7km. The objective is to chase the “hare” (the …
I have always wanted to do a waterfall hike, so when a fellow hiker shared his trip to the 208m high seven-tier cascading Kanching Falls, it was a simple decision picking it as our destination for the weekend. All of us in the group were eager to see the much-photographed and much talked-about waterfalls. Kanching …
Winter Cliff Top Walk In a bid to walk off some Christmas excesses, we braved the wintery weather on Boxing Day and headed for the Sussex Heritage Coast in southern England, between the towns of Eastbourne and Seaford, to see the finest example of unprotected chalk cliffs in Britain. The white chalk is the result …
It was my first trip to Bukit Besi, accessed by way of Alam Damai, Cheras. Getting there via a drop pin locator was relatively simple. After parking, we started our exploration of this new hike site from a tarred road at the junction of Persiaran Alam Damai and Jalan Alam Damai. The short tarred road …
It is possible to access Bukit Gasing from Pantai Dalam by taking the Kerinchi exit from the Federal Highway. From Jalan Kerinchi, take a left into Jalan Pantai Permai and keep driving until you see the Lembah Pantai Community Centre. From here, Gasing Hill is on your right and a trail will lead you directly …
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Bukit Dinding is a hill nestled between Wangsa Maju and Setiawangsa. The path is wide and clear, making it suitable for hikers of all fitness levels. It is also a favourite spot for mountain bikers who like to challenge themselves by going up the 2.6km access road or the many trails which circle its way …
Bukit LanjanThe plan was to hike north, adjacent to the transmission line route, on a narrow strip of green nestled between Kota Damansara and Damansara Perdana. Somehow the mention of high-tension cables does not conjure up images of lush greenery but I couldn’t be more wrong. From the moment we got onto the trail, my …
It was a scorching 35°C when we started the hike up to Lagong Peak, which stands at 575m above sea level, from the Taman Botani Kepong west entrance of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM). The return trip would take 5 hours with possibly some jungle bashing, as we would be traversing a virgin forest. …
If like me, you love hiking, you would probably have asked yourself how you could persuade your children to enjoy hiking and the great outdoors as much as you do. My breakthrough came when my brother-in-law needed to train for his expedition to climb Mount Kinabalu and decided to bring his seven-year-old along. Bukit Putih …
Walking up Sri Bintang proved to be one the shorter hikes I have been on, covering a distance of just 3.3km in just under 90 minutes. Nonetheless, it was a good workout with 3 ‘peaks’ of 150m woven into the route. The trail is referred to as Sri Bintang by nearby residents as the trail …
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