During the recent Hari Raya holidays, my friend, Elaine asked me to stay over at her house so that she can bring me for a hike at Bukit Dinding near her place. It sounded exciting as I have not been hiking since the pandemic. So off I went to spend a night in her house and next morning we woke up pretty early and left the house at 7am.
Bukit Dinding is a short drive from her place. That morning was pretty cooling and quiet as it was the Raya holidays and not many people went hiking.
This colourful wall greeted us when we arrived at the entrance. What I did not expect after we passed this is an uphill climb for about 15 minutes or so. My friend did not tell me what to expect and I thought this hike on the tarmac and cemented road is an easy walk. Well, to her is easy peasy because she is a pro hiker who joins marathons and ultra-trail marathons.
Going up, up and up. I was hoping that this ascending path would end after passing the corner but it did not! I was literally gasping for air here.
Alas, after 45 minutes or so of climbing, we reached the peak of Bukit Dinding which is a telecommunication tower
This climbing trail has a length of about 4.7km and an elevation of 246m. After snapping a few photos, we went down. Elaine took me the other hiking trail that she goes to. I wasn’t wearing a suitable pair of hiking shoes and it was rather slippery the forest trail. I fell down while making my way down some rocks so we decided to turn back out.
We also saw a wide forest trail for bikers and for safety reasons, hikers are not allowed to go into that trail as the bikers may be careening down and cannot avoid the hikers
I was pleasantly surprised to see that we almost did 10k steps that morning.
Saw this beautiful tall tree while coming down.
After we were done, Elaine brought me to a coffeeshop for some coffee and breakfast. Overall it was an enjoyable hike and we got to catch up on our chat. I hope to follow Elaine to explore the forest trail at Bukit Dinding or Bukit Pau nearby.
