More BMCs this season: UPM and EMS
The UP Mountaineers will be having their Basic Mountaineering Course (BMC) soon, and I was informed that the Applicants’ Orientation
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Hiking matters #58: Break in Boracay
STATION 1, BORACAY – Five days after the Visayan Voyage and five days before I enter medical internship in PGH,
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Hiking matters #57: Visayan Voyage 5 – Majestic Madjaas!
The final mountain of the Visayan Voyage was no less than Mt. Madjaas, the legendary highest mountain in Panay island
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Environmental Alert: Stop the illegal logging in Mt. Pulag National Park!
Nalulungkot ako sobra. It is very sad to report that illegal logging is currently, progressively, and mercilessly being done right
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Tadpole tents compared: Jetstream, Apexus, and the original TNF
Gear review by Cecil Morella (AMCI)Equipment Adviser, PinoyMountaineer.com As you build up your vertical mileage in mountain-climbing, you learn the
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Hiking matters #56: Ilocos exploration / first ascents of two mountains
LAOAG, ILOCOS NORTE – I have just arrived here from Solsona, Ilocos Norte after a successful first ascent of Mts.
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A mountaineer’s prayer
We wish for success and safety for all the hikers who will be climbing this long weekend. We will be
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Mt. Sembrano and Mt. Talamitam climb advisories lifted
It is time to move on from the problems of the past. As a result of the reported theft in
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Camp Recipes by Fish: Beef Tap-aah!
by Chef Louie Lee Castro (UPM) Starting June 2009, Chef Louie Lee “Fish” Castro of the UP Mountaineers will give
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