PinoyMountaineer Gideon Lasco a finalist at the Globe Tatt Awards / Your votes are requested!
On June 13, 2012, it was announced that PinoyMountaineer (Gideon Lasco) is one of the finalist in the Globe Tatt
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Hiking matters #274: Hiking up Penang Hill (Bukit Bendera) via the Moon Gate Trail in Penang, Malaysia
GEORGETOWN, MALAYSIA – Yesterday, I did the dayhike up the famous Penang Hill, also known as Bukit Bendera, the highest
Read moreEssay: Outlining my vision for long distance trails in the Philippines
by Gideon Lasco The initiative to set up a long-distance trail in the Philippines has been taken up before by
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Climb Preparation: The Preclimb
by Gideon Lasco First edition, June 13, 2012 A preclimb meeting and orientation, in the Philippines simply known as a
Read moreMountain News: Mt. Bulusan now open / Halcon to reopen in March 2013 / Lumot-Sumagaya-Balatucan now closed
First, for some good news: Mt. Bulusan, in Sorsogon, is now open to hikers! This was confirmed to us by
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Independence Day Message: In the mountains, there is freedom, but with freedom comes responsibility
Essay written and published by PinoyMountaineer.com author Gideon Lasco on the occasion of 114th Independence Day of the Philippines, June
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Hiking matters #272: Mystical Mount Misen (弥山) in enchanting Miyajima Island, Japan
On our last day in Japan, we took the Sakura shinkansen from Himeji to Hiroshima in the Chugoku Region in
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Hiking matters #171: Hiking up Mount Takao (高尾山) in Tokyo, Japan with Murakami’s 1Q84
TOKYO, JAPAN – After our week-long sojourn to Hokkaido during which we did two very memorable climbs: Asahi-dake and Yotei-zan
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Hiking matters #270: Hiking up Mount Yotei (羊蹄山), the “Mt. Fuji of Hokkaido”
SAPPORO, JAPAN – As the finale in our six-day Hokkaido trip, we decided to accept the challenge of doing the
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[UP Mountaineers] Applicants’ Orientation on July 6 and 7
Our friends in the UP Mountaineers are holding their “Applicants’ Orientation” on July 6, 2012(Friday), 6PM at the UP Bahayng
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