Fitness & Training
Situation Critical: Bailing Out of Mountaineering Accidents and Injuries
This heading for a series of posts about surviving accidents or injuries while trekking, cross my mind while I was languishing in my sick bed. I have my share of unfortunate accidents during climbing expeditions I felt it might be wise to share them and learn from my mistakes. For us mountaineers and especially newbies …...
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...
A personal view on physical conditioning and fitness program for mountaineer
(Author’s note: This a repost from an article in my medical blog, The Orthopedic Logbook. I think my mountaineering friends would be interested in reading this article too.) The author with a few trekking pilgrims to Mt. Apo, post for a group picture while at camp at the highlands of Makalangit, New Israel. This camp …...
