Vicky's first taste of trail mud came courtesy of La Mesa watershed trails. La Mesa, which is 2000+ hectares of protected watershed, supplies most parts of Metro Manila with drinking water. It is open for recreational outdoor activities like camping and mountain biking. For mountain biking, it'll set you back 200 pesos: minimum of 5 persons in a group, each group is assigned a trail master (or trail guide). Not bad, considering you have access to medical help and a pick up truck (to pick you up hehe) if decide to call it quits in the middle of the trail.So last Sunday we did not hesitated when one of our PMTB contacts invited us for a ride.
PMTB folks taking a breatherThere is an abundance of scenic routes and tricky downhill single tracks. Mud is plentiful this time of the year. There are easy routes for the newbies and if you want something more technical just ask your trail master and he will happily oblige.
Going to the lakeThe loop we took that day was relatively short (just about 20km) compared to our usual Sunday runs. But I guess it was the quality of the trail that made the big difference. The outdoor photographer in me kept wishing I brought some serious photo equipment.
lots and lots of greensOverall it was an OK day. I did not regret parting with my 200 bucks. My advise to those who want to try the La Mesa trails is to bring lots of drinking water (at least 1.5 liters). Although its a watershed, there is no source of drinking water along the trails (quite ironic hehe). Lots of streams though if you don't really mind hehe.
Oh, Vicky did well btw.
Dalawa pala ang blog mo... Never tried to ride a bike sa isang nature or mountain trail. Medyo accident prone kse ako sa bike ;)
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