Month: June 2008
The outdoor bums’ how to enjoy Lake Maughan camping
This enchanting place has swooned quite a number of outdoor lovers already. Some actually emailed me to inquire about how to go to Lake Maughan (or Lake Holon to the locals), on a pleasurable stride! Joy V, a guest blogger here posted a “joy-ish” trekking experience in Lake Holon: A lake Trek to Remember. Pinoy …...
Hard lessons earned uphill
Tragedies on mountaineers uphill always struck me as ” lessons earned in harsh reality”. Not to dampen the spirits and valor of the survivors, but negating the whispers of nature will always lead to disastrous consequences. And in mountaineering, this is “hard boiled reality”. Two members of a mountaineering club...
Not enough bonsai trees in my backyard! My Mt. Hamiguitan climbing demon.
It seem everyone in the trekking hordes have been to Mt. Hamiguitan, except of course me! Known for it’s hectares of Bonsai tree covered forest, Mt. Hamiguitan also boast of “Tinagong Dagat“, a lake with an unexplainable (take note Nat Geo!) high and low tides, a so called Twin Falls, a number of rivers (thus …...
