Author: Remo Aguilar
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 …...
Second Kapatagan Ecotourism Festival
My mountaineering buddies have been stalking me for months about this Second Kapatagan Ecotourism FestivalMay 30-June 1, 2008 Camp Sabros, Brgy, Kapatagan Digos City Spearheaded by Department of Tourism Region XI, Mountaineering Federation of Southern Mindanao, Camp Sabros and Brgy Kapatagan, this is a congress of mountaineering groups...
Summer’s top beach-for-the-buck list of Talakudong Mountaineer!
“Rainy days are here already, but summer ain’t over yet!” This summer was quite unique for me for a number of reasons. Save for that grueling Dulang to Kitanglad Traverse Climb I survived last march, all my other wanderings where in some body of water. The fact that I spent most of my outdoor bumming …...
Rediscovering Samal’s hidden paradise!
“We’re going back to Samal one of these days! We haven’t explored even half of these beautiful paradise near us!” I swore about a month ago, when me and joy just came home from exploring Cannibad. Bringing our usual “house on your back” necessities, we head to falls and beach hopping on the Island...
Talakudong Mountaineer: Mountaineering gears and equiptments as a personality cult.
Mountaineers and backpackers are fanatic individualist to begin with. Having a “replica” amongst their horde seems like a curse to mountaineers. They hate looking like somebody else when they are on the road or up there in the mountains , where only a handful of people is around. Thus, the sucker for individuality is...
