Filipina mountaineer Lalaine Hablado in TLC’s reality show, “Fun Taiwan Challenge”! Go Lalaine!
The PinoyMountaineer Visayan Voyage Team (2009) is the first PinoyMountaineer Team to be assembled, and was composed of nine persons,
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Hiking matters #214: The Third Annual Charity Climb: Perfect weather up Mt. Pulag!
The decision to postpone the Third Annual Charity Climb in Mt. Pulag, from a stormy weekend early in October to
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Announcing the PinoyMountaineer Team 2012!
I am pleased to announce that I am will be forming a PinoyMountainer Team 2012, for which there will be
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Hiking Advisory (November 2011): Mt. Apo’s Kapatagan Trail is off-limits to hikers due to security concerns
PinoyMountaineer.com periodically issues “Hiking advisories” as a form of warning to fellow climbers as regards conditions in various mountains. However,
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Hiking matters #209: Successful ascent of Snow Mountain (雪山), 3886 MASL, Taiwan’s second highest peak
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – I am about to return to Manila, but before leaving this beautiful country, it is with great
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Hiking matters #198: Third Annual Charity Climb: Mt. Ugo summit traverse to Itogon
TAIPEI – The traverse of Mt. Ugo is an all-weather climb, because its beauty lies not in the views, but
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Hiking matters #202: Outdoor shops in Osaka (大阪), Japan
After my three dayhikes in Kansai., I stayed in a hotel near the Osaka Main Station (大阪駅) in Umeda (梅田),
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Hiking matters #208: A nature walk in the scenic hot spring village of Wulai (烏來) in Taipei, Taiwan
TAIPEI – Today, on our first day here in Taiwan, we headed off to the scenic hot spring village of
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Hiking matters #207: More outdoor shops in Davao City
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – After our great Talomo-Apo Traverse, Javi and I went around Davao City for outdoor shopping (or, more
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Hiking matters #199: Yamanobe-no-Michi (山之辺の道), the ancient trail in Tenri, Nara, Japan
From October 7-9, 2011 I was in the Kansai region in Japan, basing myself in Osaka, to do three short
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