Remo Aguilar

Remo Aguilar is a hiker who enjoys exploring the outdoors with a camera in hand and a curious mind. His writing uses trails, photographs, and everyday encounters as starting points for reflections on life, change, and the stories we carry with us

The Waterfalls Are Calling Me Back: Eighteen Years After I Bled on Penek Busay

October 29, 2025

Recovery

“Penek Busay this weekend. You in?” The ad popped up in my feed three days ago, and I swear my knees twinged in response. Not pain —more like muscle memory wrapped in

Climbing Mt. Apo via Digos-Kapatagan Back trail: A Mindful Hiking Experience

June 6, 2025

Essays

“You don’t conquer the mountain. You conquer yourself.” The Trail Inward Begins For many, summiting Mt. Apo—the highest peak in the Philippines—is a bucket-list adventure. But for me, this trek via the