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Hiking matters #262: Trekking in Taipei’s Four Beasts Mountain (四獸山) from Elephant Mountain (象山) to Jiuwufeng (九五峯)

May 1, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment elephant mountain, four beasts, International climbs, jiuwufeng, taipei, taiwan

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – I am about to conclude my fourth hiking trip in Taiwan, very happy after having done three

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Hiking matters #260: The short trek up Mt. Zhugao in Qingtiangang Scenic Area (擎天崗), Taipei

April 30, 2012October 12, 2015 Gideon Lasco 1 Comment agot isidro, International climbs, taipei, taiwan, yangmingshan, zhugao

As a short sidetrip after our Mt. Qixing traverse dayhike (Hiking matters #259), Agot Isidro and I took the Park

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Hiking matters #261: Hiking up Mt. Guanyin (觀音山) in Taipei

April 30, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment agot isidro, guanyin, guanyinshan, International climbs, taipei, taiwan

While at Mt. Qixing yesterday (Hiking matters #259), Agot and I noticed a prominent mountain, which was identified in the

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Hiking matters #259: Mt. Qixing (七星山) in Yangmingshan National Park, a great dayhike from Taipei

April 29, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment agot isidro, International climbs, qixing, taipei, taiwan, yangmingshan

Today, after sending off the participants of the Snow Mountain Expedition, my friend Agot Isidro and I headed to Yangmingshan

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Hiking matters #258: The outdoor shops at Zhongshan Road North in Taipei

April 28, 2012October 12, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment outdoor shops, taipei

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – I find myself back in Taipei, for the fourth time in less than a year — all

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Hiking matters #250:The Holy Ridge (雪山聖稜線) Day 4: The precarious crossing of Mt. Sumida

April 25, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 3 Comments holy ridge, International climbs, taiwan

Day 3 (Hiking matters #249) of our six-day Holy Ridge hike saw us successfully cross over from 369 Hut to

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Hiking matters #256: Tagapo and Sembrano in one day – Part 1: Mt. Tagapo revisited

April 22, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 1 Comment Tagapo, twin dayhikes

Mts. Tagapo and Sembrano are the two prominent mountains to your right if you are passing through SLEX on the

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Hiking matters #257: Tagapo and Sembrano in one day – Part 2: Mt. Sembrano Revisited

April 22, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment Sembrano, trail adventours, twin dayhikes

ANTIPOLO, RIZAL – After spending the morning hiking up Mt. Tagapo (see Hiking matters #126) and taking the pumpboat to

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Hiking matters #255: In between two mountains, Tagapo and Sembrano

April 21, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 1 Comment Tagapo

BINANGONAN, RIZAL – We are in transit, in between two mountains, having finished Mt. Tagapo and now just waiting for

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Hiking matters #254: Mt. Kinabalu Expedition 2012 Day 2 – The summit assault and back

April 18, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment kinabalu, kinabalu 2012

No matter how comfortable Laban Rata was, the time for sleeping was very limited; we had to wake up at

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