Mountain News: Mt. Halcon and Mt. Banahaw status updates
Mt. Halcon: No definite opening date yet. I texted our usual sources in Baco, Oriental Mindoro and a town official
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Author: Gideon Lasco
Sweet Sixteen: The Sixteen Prominent Mountains in the 16 Regions of the Philippines outside NCR
The distribution of the Ten Highest Mountains of the Philippines is skewed, with most of the mountains belonging to the
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Alto Peak: First Annual Climb on January 28-29, 2011
PinoyMountaineer.com supports the initiative of the Eastern Visayas Mountaineering Club to organize the first-ever open climb of Alto Peak –
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A mountaineer’s appeal to save Mt. Timbak
Blogger’s note: PinoyMountaineer.com is publishing the full, unedited article relayed to us by Adonis Lloren, veteran outdoorsman who has previously
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Hiking matters #108: The descent from Alto Peak to Lake Danao
We camped at the summit campsite of Alto Peak after an impressive, challenging. Although the elevation was modest at 1332
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Hiking matters #107: The ascent to Alto Peak, Eastern Visayas’ highest mountain
For my 7th climb in the Visayas, I climbed Alto Peak in Leyte, again as a guest of the Nalda
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Gear Review: Deuter Futura Vario field-tested in a Mt. Apo Traverse
There are two paradigms in backpacking, and they are seemingly paradoxical. One is the art and ability of being “self-contained”:
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Hiking matters #114: My personal encounters with snakes
Growing up in the College of Forestry housing in UP Los Banos, our house was my jumpoff when I would
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Hiking matters #109: The rivers of Samar and the natural beauty of Sohoton Cave and National Park
After our two-day climb of Alto Peak, the highest mountain in Eastern Visayas, the Nalda Family, our gracious hosts, brought
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Invitation to Ilocos #8: Mt. Bullagao, the Sleeping Beauty of Ilocos Sur
PinoyMountaineer presents “Invitation to Ilocos”, featuring the newly-documented mountaineering destinations of Ilocandia. This column is by Agnes Fidelis Gloria-Pinzon, PinoyMountaineer
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