Penang Jamboree 2006

It's been a busy end of the year for me. And last weekend it was the time for Kayuh Lasak Penang Jamboree. Yup… myself and friends went butt in, joining the Penang Jamboree this year. My first time but not for Andi. His second one and he was the culprit who influenced me to take part this year. A decision that I 'regreted'. Hehehe. The tagline for this year's jamboree was "Can U Survive?!". The tagline ajer dah send a chill into your spine... but nevertheless we managed to finish 4check point out of 5.



Enjoy the pictures.



Sampai jer penang pi carik cendol ngan jeruk dulu… tak sempat nak pekena Nasi Kandar... takut esok asyik nak ke toilet masa bashing, susah lak...



We registered under D'Rojak group. Easier for administration and at least ada member la nanti masa ride tu… takde lah boring sgt. In the picture were Andi (blue), Asri (red) and Zaidi (grey). Mcm dlm citer Power Rangers lak. We were at the starting line. Pagi lagi, tu yg boleh senyum.



They blew the horn and off we go. Estimated around 500+ participated in this year's jamboree. First part, we need to cycle on tarmac for about 3-4km towards the temple area, kt bawah Bukit Bendera.



Managed to stay in the front pack by the time we reached the climbing session. It was surely a long, long, long, long way up…. The high-power one can still climb at this level. But we only got the taste of our first downhill 2 HOURS after we started. Too much pushing….



The first casualty in our team. Robert (the right most) had his chain snapped and the technical team quickly trying to fix it. (managed to fix his chain but not for long, he ended up with nom chain at all even before CP2.


We thought we already reached the 1st CP, but we surely been fooled by this uncle and wife. Dia siap boleh jual 100Plus lagi tu… and surely he had a lot of customers that morning.



After 2 HOURS of pushing the bike… and only a brief session of downhill (less than 5 mins) we had to push our bikes again. Dah berapa kali menyesal join the jamboree pun tak tahulah… hehehe.



The first taste of downhill.



Here, more pushing… and sometimes it was more than 40degree angle. Why? Oh why am I here?


We were quite surprised to rejoin with Zaidi as he was really fast during the earlier part of the race. He misjudged the first section of the downhill, felt from his bike, scratch his elbow big time and almost fainted. He still managed to finish the jamboree together with us. Mamat ni mmg Superman of the group lah…



This was taken after CP2, a breath taking view from top of Penang Hill overseeing the main land. You can clearly see Komtar on my right and penang bridge on your left. This was the reason why you participated in this jamboree?! I guess not… it was more than just beautiful scenery, isn't it?



The three stooges posing with their Olympus camera. After this kitorg boleh minta Olympus tolong sponsor lah…


This was at CP4, where I had my first bite of solid food… BANANAS… we were promised to have Chicken Pie at CP2 but they were all gone when we got there. I was so totally hungry as I haven't had my breakfast and didn't pack any food for this race. A BIG MISTAKE!!!


A downhill ride on tarmac from PC4 to finishing line. It's more than 5 mins video.



And from CP4, the route to CP5 had been closed. It would be easily another 1.5hours ride from here. We took the bailed out road through tarmac downhilling pretty fast and reached the finishing line at around 3pm. I don't have the picture of us with the medal, perhaps andi boleh tolong upload kan…

Overall, we had superb experience. With the non-stop pushing and also the never ending downhill section. There were some parts of the technical downhill that really pushed us and our bike to the max. I stopped counting how many times that I hit the dirt. I also stopped counting how many times that I regretted myself and swear that I will never join this jamboree again next year but yet when you crossed the finishing line, with only 4 tags instead of 5, deep inside your mind, the plan for next year has already took place. If I trained a bit harder I can surely finish this jamboree. Perhaps… next year.


ps: I even had to take a day emcee becuase of diarrhea. I guess my body just gave up on me after long hours of not enough supply of fluid and solid food.