Hiking matters #616: It’s Rafflesia season in Mt. Makiling!

There is more to each hike than the summit; there are lots of wonders waiting on the trail for those

Hiking matters #615: Hiking up Mt. Hibok-Hibok’s New ‘Itum’ Trail

MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN – Camiguin – the “island born of fire” – is certainly one of the Philippines’ most captivating islands

Because of its vastness and the fact that many of its peaks have a similar height, it is hard to

I have been dreaming of Mt. Capoas (also spelled as Capuas) ever since I saw it from Mt. Bloomfield in 2014

Continuing our protracted – and oftentimes delayed – series of hikes in the Sierra Madre, my friends and I hiked Mt.

After exploring Mt. Amorong (see Hiking matters #605) we retraced our route back to the Rosales-Umingan Road and headed to

Pangasinan is not well-known for its mountains, but there are actually a number of peaks in the province – from

HIROSHIMA – Continuing my Hyakumeizan journey in the late autumn after a productive summer which saw me do a solo Daikiretto,

As one of the paramount peaks in the Sierra Madre range, the 1903-meter Mt. Mingan (sometimes pronounced minggan) has always been high on many

LONDON – I have fond memories of trekking in Scotland’s West Highland Way, and when my colleague Maureen and her