Eulogy: Edwin Gatia, pioneering mountaineer and community builder (1954-2020)
Today, the mountaineering community wakes up to the deeply saddening news that Edwin V. Gatia, one of our great heroes
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Today, the mountaineering community wakes up to the deeply saddening news that Edwin V. Gatia, one of our great heroes
Read moreI really had no plans to climb that day, but when I accidentally bumped into Dean Tony Gutierrez in Cagayan
Read moreOver the past few years I have gone up and down Baguio City and while I would normally hope for
Read moreIt was late autumn in Tokyo and I wasn’t sure how cold the mountains have become so to test the
Read moreTOKYO – Capping off my year of hiking in Japan, I managed to push for a hike up the 1728-meter Mt.
Read moreMore and more hikes are emerging in Mindanao, not just the grand multi-day climbs up the big mountains, but dayhikes
Read moreTOKYO – A day after climbing Mt. Daibosatsu, I continued my weekend hiking by heading down to Izu Peninsula and climbing
Read moreTOKYO – The summer rains drenched my plans to make a Hyakumeizan run – I ended up with 5 instead of
Read moreMy fifth and last summer hike in Japan – after the rains drowned my prospects of more – was Mt. Azumaya
Read moreMALAYBALAY, BUKIDNON – This province is known for towering giants – most especially the peaks of the Kitanglad and Kalatungan
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