Letter to a young mountaineer XV: Tell them of the mountains
TELL THEM of the mountains that changed your life; Tell them of the rivers that crossed your heart; Tell them of
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Letter to a young mountaineer, XII: Unfollowing one’s self in social media
You opened a Facebook account and people started ‘following’ you, amazed by your adventures. Slowly but steadily, your number of
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Letter to a young mountaineer, XI: The friends inside your backpack
by Gideon Lasco Friendship is not a word one would normally use with non-humans, let alone non-living things, but it
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Letter to a young mountaineer, X: What beginners can teach us
You were a beginner once, but now beginners are looking up to you for advice and inspiration. They ask you
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Letter to a young mountaineer, VIII: Treat her well, the girl who climbs mountains
You mentioned a girl who joined you in your hikes and although you spoke of her in passing, I feel
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Letter to a young mountaineer, VII: The calling
You thought that the mountains will always be there, but slowly, you realise that they are not as changeless as
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Letter to a young mountaineer, VI: The Philippines that I know, the Philippines that I love
YOU READ AN article somewhere, in which someone writes about how much he or she hates our country because of
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Letter to a young mountaineer V: Wise words from an old man
NOW I WILL tell you the story of a young hiker who met an old man in the mountains. Learn
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Letter to a young mountaineer, IV: A difficult situation
YOU KNEW it was tough, but you never expected it to be that tough. You thought that because you had
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Letter to a young mountaineer, II: “Why do accidents happen?”
Now, you tell me you are afraid, you have heard of an accident involving a hiker, and you realize that
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