Part II Post: Sierra Madre Ride Via Sampaloc

Biking and good health

                    

Other photos:

Taking off from Sampaloc   (time  9 am)

                              Tito Fabay with his new red bike

                                   Joel with his wide smile

                                    Chito F with his usual thumbs up sign, Choco2 behind

                               Compadreng Luis

                                 Angel wearing the Nike jockey cap (not puritan haha)

                               Weng with V sign

On the way up to Sierra Madre Hotel




I took these pictures while riding (dangerous and difficult eh)

                                       Can you identify their butts (puwet?)

                               I used the left hand to click this one

                               I took my own picture while riding.

Richard took these pictures too while riding

This is a great picture.  Magnificent.

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                                Butt views

                                It is got to be Jorgeusbiker and Weng

                                Archie, Nolite and Gerry C

The Pranjetto Hills wall climb and zip line

                                                The wall climb

                                             Zip line ad

Sierra Madre Hotel   (time is 9: 45 and it was raining already)

                               The Laguna Lake View

We had to let the rain stop

                              This waiting shed was a welcome shelter from the rain

        It was almost l0:00 am.  We had to wait some 20 mins. more.  Choco2 had  a flat tire

                                                  The Lake view horizon

                                            What is IPLC?

                                               The Sierra Madre view from waiting shed

We took from this place by 10:20 and  there were still three hills to climb:   one before the Bureau of Soils, then before the Garden cottage downhill, and then one before Foremost Farms.

Nolite  and Gerry overtook me at before the  Garden Cottage;   Weng and Joel overtook  me at Gardem Cottage.  I was at Garden Cottage by 10: 50 and at Vics by ll.05.  I had to do away with scraps.

Waiting at Vics Bulalo

                          Waiting for the bulalo to digest before a 2 km uphill ride

                               That is another 2 km hard ride ahead and it is almost noontime

At Cogeo (we have passed Bosoboso hill and another hill) resting before Olalia Hills

                                    Allan had  flat tire here

                      Look at the streaks of water spray at the back;  spoiling the nice uniform

                               Choco2 and another boy

                                       Another self portrait;  Armin at the background

After this we  ascended Olalia Hills;  it was 2 km of back breaking hill climb.  I thought, I will not finish it.  But I did.  First time to ascend it.

Now which route is easier.  This one is without the Olalia hills.

                                At the Aquino park;  a little before l pm

I was home by l: 30.  My legs were sore.  Now it is time to celebrate Happy Mother's Day

Our Sierra Madre Ride Via Sampaloc Today, May 13, 2012

Sierra Madre Ride Via Sampaloc Tanay

The Peloton, led by Smith, going up Sierra Madre from Sampaloc.  Its is 9:19 am

Taking Sampaloc route to Sierra Madre Hotel

It is an unusual ride;  most of the time, the Sierra Madre ride is from Antipolo, Cogeo Marcos Highway, Foremost,  Garden Cottage, and then to Sierra Madre Hotel and then down to Tanay town proper, Baras, Morong, Cardona, Binangonan and then home.  This time we took the opposite route via the torturous route of Sampaloc, and then to Cogeo, Olalia highway (it was a killer hill) and then home.

Timelines

 Assembly at Maybancal

 We assembled at Simple's Lugawan.  Everybody was supposed to be there at 6:30.

Who were present:

Nolite                       
Archie Z                                                                       
Smith
Armin Z
Choco Mariposa
Tito F
Kumpareng Luis
Joel
Chito
Allan
Jorgeusbiker
Weng
Angel

 Who were not there:

Engr. June
Ben
VM (at Baguio Scouting event)
Ado G
Papa Ric
Puritan

                                                                       

                                        Kumpadreng Luis and Jorgues biker

We left at 7:00 am.  Master Edwin was not there at 7:00 am.


At Shell Station in Tanay

x                                          Gerry and Nolite

x                                            Angel and Chito F

We were waiting for Master Edwin.  It was only 7: 14.  We were early and fast.  That was  distance of about 7 km.

Struggling up at Tanay Sampaloc

                                         Weng  and Master E at the steepest portion of Sampaloc

                                        For the photo ops, they can flash a smile

     This is the last turn before the bukohan (BJ store).  Before this bend, you are tempted to stop

At the BJ store

                              Armin, the bikes, the buko nuts, bananas, avocados

                                  Pulong2, pahinga, matapos nahirapan

                             Master caught up;  he and Jorgeusbiker were not in uniform

Nolite's wife was right after all in suspecting that Nolite is up to something naughty. Large  and long....

At the Sampaloc Marcos Highway intersection:

                             Loading with coffee, snacks, and water

                                Smith and Armin

             Archie, Allan, Richard, Jorgeusbiker, Compadreng Luis and  Nolite (his shrunk?)

                                Tito, Weng, and Archie facing the camera

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