Hiking advice: Eight pointers for hiking in the rainy season
by Gideon Lasco, PinoyMountaineer.com HO CHI MINH CITY – Climbing season 2011 is over, and while off-season hiking in the
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Author: Gideon Lasco
Hiking matters #162: Hiking up the summit of Mt. Masaraga
For the seventh and final climb of the ‘Bicol Express’ – a week-long hiking trip in the Bicol peninsula I
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Mountain News: Mt. Halcon reopening update from Sialdang Mountaineers
BACO, ORIENTAL MINDORO – Mt. Halcon, or Mt. Sialding, is undergoing a lengthy process of dialogue and planning before the
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Hiking matters #159: Mt. Mayon dayhike via the “new” Torel trail in Bacacay
The jurisdiction and discovery of the new trail, or Torel trail, or “Apparition trail” might be in dispute, so it
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Announcing the PinoyMountaineer Mt. Kilimanjaro Expedition on December 2011
I am organizing a personal expedition to Mt. Kilimanjaro this December 2011. As the highest mountain in Africa, at 5895
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Hiking matters #158: Hiking up the old lava flows of Mt. Mayon
Last weekend, as the third climb of the ‘Bicol Express’, I joined Trail Adventours in their premiere Mayon Volcano trip,
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Makiling Trekathon 2011 on April 30
The Makiling Trekathon is a fun trekking and fund raising campaign. The event is part of the centennial celebration of
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Mountain News: Palanan – Sierra Madre Expedition Honoring Leonard Co to commence tomorrow
Last November 15, while he was cataloging plant species in the forests of Kananga, Leyte, the great biologist Leonard Co
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Hiking matters #160: A dayhike of Mt. Pulog in Bacon, Sorsogon
LEGAZPI CITY – For the fifth climb of the ‘Bicol Express’ that Iron Lady Jo Steven and I are doing
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Hiking matters #157: Mt. Malinao, one of the three peaks of Albay
As the second mountain of our ‘Bicol Express’ – a week-long journey across Bicolandia involving several dayhikes – Iron Lady
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