Author: Remo Aguilar

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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 …...

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Fitness & Training, Tips & How-Tos, Wilderness Medicine & Injuries

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...

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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 …...

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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...

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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 …...

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