Venue : Bukit Beruntung
Hare : Jake Win
Co-Hare :
Scribe : John Dodgson
As I drove up the highway through a torrential downpour I had visions of last week’s visit to the Bukit Beruntung area and was glad I had brought my floaties with me. However by the time we got to the toll it was dry, which was lucky indeed. The access road, particularly the last stretch up the hill, proved to be a challenge for those who do not have four wheel drives. Particularly if your Nissan has the full body kit. Looks the part on Friday night in Bangsar but made you wince as it scraped its way up to the run site.
Normally the only thing punctual in Malaysia is the start of Petaling’s runs but today we were late. This suited me as I had arrived late escorting a two wheel drive guest but meant before I got to the first check someone had called On On above the track on the Palm Oil terraces. Clambering up 6 terraces I am now among the FROPs feeling great that I have benefited from an excellent short cut. The feeling did not last long as it turned out to be a Falsie. Having climbed all those terraces I was reluctant to go back down the hill so waited in the hope I had not wasted too much energy. As usual the check was broken the opposite side of the check to me which meant by the time I caught up with the pack I was behind the walking talkers and stuck on a single file section of the run. The second check over the bridge had been long completed by the time I got there. While the run site was new to me the old hands were now starting to mutter about which way round the hill we were going to go and the general lack of bridges to get back.
The third check was a circular which left the FROPs in a confused bunch standing on top of the hill. Hearing a faint On-call forward a group of us followed the paper hoping we were not being suckered into completing the circular. However the trail was good and we ended up first at the forth check half way up a hill. Having climbed the hill we started checking at the same level only to hear the On-call back at the bottom of the hill. Most of the pack had now gone through and it was a question of catch up again.
The next part of the run was through open terrain and dirt roads. Being well back I now lost track of the checks. Due to an injury from the previous week I was not travelling very fast but after 1 ½ hours was dismayed to see the previous week’s run site across the river and realised there were still miles to go to get back to the beer wagon. So we followed the tracks till we crossed the river again at an even more dilapidated bridge. I was assured it had been fixed since the last time the Hash was in the area. Completed the figure of eight circuit and got back to the run site after well over 2 hours.
I did not attend the On-On but heard the Hares got an On-down for their efforts.
Posted by onsec at November 2, 2004 06:18 PM