Hiking matters #388: Mt. Guiting-Guiting Traverse Dayhike Part I: From Olango to G2 summit
M/V MARIA QUERUBIN – The hike should have started one day earlier, but Tropical Depression Basyang forced us to take
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Author: Gideon Lasco
Hiking matters #387: Mariveles Range (Pantingan Peak to Tarak Ridge) Traverse Part 2 – To Tarak Ridge
The imposing peaks of Mariveles as viewed from the other side of the rim Continued from Hiking matters #386: We
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Hiking matters #386: Mariveles Range (Pantingan Peak to Tarak Ridge) Traverse Part 1 – Pantingan Peak
I am not sure if it can still be called a dayhike, but it was certainly a very long day:
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Hiking matters #385: The Calauit Trail to Taal Volcano and Crater Lake
For all its fame as one of the world’s most notable and active volcanoes, Taal Volcano in Southern Luzon is
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PinoyMountaineer Top 10 Hikes of 2013
Continuing my tradition of choosing ten hikes that represents best the adventures I had in the past year, I offer
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Hiking matters #382: A beautiful morning in Mt. Batulao
It’s great to be back home — naturally, being reunited with loved ones is the main thing, then there is
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Christmas Day post: Famous trees in Philippine mountains
LOS BANOS, LAGUNA – Christmas trees remind me of some of the iconic trees that we encounter in some Philippine
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Hiking matters #377: Hiking up Mont Salève, the “balcony of Geneva” in Rhône-Alpes, France
By the cliffs of Grand-Gorges in Mont Saleve CHICAGO, IL – From Leo Oracion’s house in Valais, Iron Lady Jo
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Hiking maters #381: Delphi, Greece – the site of ancient Oracle on the slopes of Mt. Parnassos
AMSTERDAM – A day after the relaxing walk in Cape Sounion (see Hiking matters #380), Mai and I went to
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Hiking matters #380: Cape Sounion in Greece – Mythology, beauty, and the Aegean Sea
Cape Sounion at the tip of Attica, Greece, with the Temple of Poseidonat the background Last weekend, I went to
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