Up until 2017, there was nothing at the summit of the Genting Sempah climb. Anyone wanting to buy a drink or a snack had to continue down the other side of the mountain to the Genting Sempah R&R (and face the average 7% gradient 1km climb back up to the flyover) or turn around and go back down to the roadside restaurants 16km / 10mi away.
That changed after Encik Mohd Najib Hashim, helped by his family, started selling cold drinks out of the boot of his car which he parked under the flyover. His signature drink is kurma madu, which he makes himself from dates and honey. Most refreshing.
Over the last two years that enterprise has blossomed to include bananas and fresh cut fruit, cookies, Snickers bars and the like.
Mohd Najib also sets out plastic chairs and stools so cyclists and runners can rest their legs.
To top it off he also brings a pump and a set of tools. He has created a full-service feed zone.
Mohd Najib has become an advocate and campaigner to make Jalan Gombak safer and more attractive for cyclists and runners. This includes resurfacing the road and cleaning up the illegal rubbish dumps on the roadside.
He is now collecting signatures for a petition to the state government.
I don’t know very much about Mohd Najib. I’ll have to be nosy and ask him to tell me a bit about himself the next time I ride to Genting Sempah.
I have discovered that he is a photographer, specializing in wedding, landscape and macro photography. He is good.
Thank you Encik Mohd Najib Hashim. I am sure I speak for all cyclists and runners when I say that your presence under the Genting Sempah flyover is very much appreciated.
Save a bottle of kurma madu for me.
Old Roots, New Routes 
Most memorable. Is that where I crashed?
Hi Henry. You came down at Janda Baik. On the slopes the other side of Genting Sempah.