I didn't expect to happen to be the most hard core ride every which left me cold as dead due to excessive exhaustion. But anyways it was an experience worth jumping into it.
That morning all our mountain biker buddy gather around the cafe table behind the bike shop to plan for our bike trip for this noon. I order some beef noodles, a few cans of coke drinks in the morning and plates of heavy salad chiken rices to fuel up for later ride. So we decided to venture into lonely trails at Marudi cross over jungle trails.
By 3.30pm we reached there and start riding at normal pace. Not much of fast rider around because the hot legs left exhausted at home due to last Saturday lag of competition so not much or rivalry race throughout the journey. By 4.30pm we already deep deep into the jungle already passed the oil palm plantation district. We came across hilly trails and the off-road path become much narrower and more steep as further we go in but expect a loop trails going out exit back to our finishing point by few kilo distance. 5.30pm its getting dark so we choose the nearest trails to exit the open forest and into the path where we begin the most terrifiying up and down the hill ride. We began to decent up and down at high speed hitting lot of dangerous bumps holes and deep ravine. We haven't finished 40% of the trails and one of the rider accidently hit the huge gap of pot holes down the hil and tumble 180 degree fly shoulder first hit a near by boulder beside the hardpacked soild and fracture his shoulder bone wit two bone twigs pike out buldging the skins. The accident happens few centimetre away from me as i'm just right behind him. Luck him i manage to grab his bike which flown direct infront of me quickly grabbed and avoid his bike from pounced againt him. Everyone stopped and helped him to assist medical aid. Being way deep inside the jungle with limited access via normal transportation to reach the injured and the days getting dark we were lucky enough to have a cellphone signal coverage still roaming high and manage to turn our mobile phone to contact several near by rider who are closest to the finishing point to grab a 4 wheeler and drive to the emergency spot. Its 6.pm, days getting darker, several rider have to depart from the location leaving several riders behind to accompany the injured till the 4 wheeler arrive to pick them up but it will take few hours to reached there.
I'd expect it going to be short duration to reach the finishing point making assumption were just going to pass 3 to 4 steep off-road hills in just 1 hours at fast pace. But we were wrong. Heck it was more bizzare ride then ever, after passing several long steep hill climb then going down, the up, down up , down the hill i felt this journey getting endless as if the forest cursing us leading to bogey path, i also spot one of the Miri most highest hill climb ever...seeing the hill stertching way up like 200 storey high was like "holy crap!!! my legs going to explode!"". But nothing much we can do but to continue ride all the way up to exist the hellish forest...using the smallest high torque gear we paced like snail climbing up the hill. I hardly see the path as the sun already sunked behind the horizon...all is blue gloomy light lit well by bright moon and stars. My body was very very cold and stomach getting pretty empty. The sweat getting lest at the muscle almost at cramp level a sign that i'm all 100% heavily exhausted, critically low energey level, food and water. Event we just reached the peak of the hill i can see over the top horizon we have to passed at least 7 more hills climbs to exit to the main dirt road were it exited out from the oil plantation district. Guided by instict and gloomy blue rays of light shines the murky white path i speed though the trails cautionly avoiding the side which i couldn't figure out if its a bush or drak deep ravine. I was behind a guy named William but when i look back behind me there no one follow us except we were both on our own reaching to the finishing point. Others probably left behind clueless or slow down due exhaustion.
i felt time went stand still as we haven't exited the path yet. It was soo dark but the trails still can be seen through naked eyes except i can't differentiate between holes, huge rocks bumps or even huge crack of holes in the middle of the path so i just push my luck speeding down and just follow the guy infront hoping he don't get and bad accident else we;re the one ended stranded in the dark forest.
As we got the feeling geting nearer to the finishing point the sky was getting very clearer, the moon and the star are much brighter like white blue illuminating like diamond something you rarely seen from the city except at country side. Firefly start to blinks its bright lite body like spark of fire or christmas light bulb blinking around the forest flying gently like faries of the forest. Even though i'm tired but i was happy to experience those beautiful sights not many city slickers going to watch it once in a blue moon. Wow!
Few minutes later we reached a huge path that looks like rough open roads judging from the gloomy bright color of the soil under the night sky. Ah! we've reached the main truck road that leads to the exit point. At ETA 35 minutes through long flat and going all the way down the rocky road cautionly we reached our destination as we manage to see bright lights at near by car park just beside the hut. Home!! We reached there and shocked to see its just around 5 people including us hit the finishing spot while it'll take another hours to wait a dozen rider to return in the dark nights. Anyways after long wait everyone gathered completely at almost 8pm greeted with nice cold sweet isotonic drinks to comfort our tired body. Well not everyone in a good shape, another guy just also caught in accident under the dark night as he feel from his bike on the bridge and rip his buttock flesh out...eeeewwww...not going to tell much about it but that's one heck of a Sunday ride.
When i reached home, i took bath, grab my sedan car keys and drive all the way to KFC restaurant and much aways huge packs of dinner plate size fried chicken to flush out my frustration and hunger after the activity drain off my energy, Yaahhhhh, what a meal!
