Hiking matters #605: Mt. Amorong in Umingan, Pangasinan

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

Hiking matters #604: Hiking up Mt. Daisen (大山) in Tottori Prefecture, Japan

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

Two and a half years after doing an Akiki-Ambangeg dayhike of Mt. Pulag (see Hiking matters #441), I returned to

Mt. Banahaw is a complex volcano with a U-shaped crater that faces south; on the West lies Unang Dungaw which

TOKYO – Springtime in Japan is nice when it’s sunny, and there is the additional anticipation of the arrival of

A decade ago, the Sierra Madre was seemingly beyond the reach of mountaineers, for many reasons: insurgency and lack of

CHRISTCHURCH – From Queenstown we drove the 500-km stretch of roads to Christchurch but we took “hiking breaks” along the

QUEENSTOWN – Because we’ve been doing so much tramping and driving the day after Ben Lomond was intended to be a

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