Sunday 9 April 2017
Interesting name, Puncak Sapu Tangan. It was actually located inside Taman Botani, Shah Alam where you have to go through Section 8 and passed through Bukit Bandaraya entrance. Pay RM3 parking charges and another RM3 to enter Taman Botani.
Me and Suraya actually joined Tini's JK1M's group as we don't know the way. There are 8 of them in a group wearing a pink/purple shirt. However Suraya managed to outrun all of them and ended up hiking with a monkey instead! Hahaha
We started late at around 9 am having to wait for all the members to reach the entrance. From the entrance, we go to the left, slowly going up on a tar road. When we reached a junction, we go to the right, going uphill until we reach another junction that says: Bukit Sapu Tangan 1.8 kilometer
As usual, I took my own sweet time at my leisurely pace but managed to be in the middle group with Tini and her son Aiman. I think my stamina had increased a bit since I started exercising. I can now climb the staircase to my office at 5th floor, eventhough still panting, but less time taken to reach the 5th floor.
I remembered my first climb to Bukit Gasing early of the year, I nearly fainted I think.. I can actually see stars coming out of my head.
Going up the hill, seeing the tar road leading to the peak, i cannot deny that it is a daunting task, but I managed without any drama this time. We reach the peak with the wooden tower 1 hour after we hike. In total it took us about 2 hours and 20 minutes to complete the hike. It was a good sweat and I had soto at Restoren Zai Section 8 after that with Tini & Su.
By now I really enjoyed hiking and looking forward to the next hike at Bukit Gasing with the gang.
