Ever since I got hooked with the outdoors, I usually go trekking alone or with a few friends out in the wilderness. Sometimes though, I just wish my whole family is with me. I mean, if the rigors of the outdoors would allow, I will gladly drag them all, along. Like what I did  when …...

“What is that tent on your car’s trunk for?” SuperJoy, my perennial travel (and heart) cahoots asked me when she learned I keep a tent (and some mountaineering gears) in my car. A bit surprised, I suddenly grappled for answers. “I’m going to sleep in a tent should my car break down during long drive”....

One good friend from abroad told me about two days ago that he had a hard time booking flights and scheduling his supposed to be vacation travel somewhere in the north. His travel agent got skunked and went off caput suddenly with travel booking and accommodations gone hay wire which resulted in domino delays on …...

Mt. Hamiguitan, already unique because of its well known “pygmied” inhabitants, is not your usual outdoor climbing destination. The area around this bonsai fields lay host to a number of equally fascinating sites that will hold your imaginations in awe. The Cawa-Cawa Pools, the cascading river rapids, the dazzling mossy...

I just came home with mixed emotions from the 14th Mindanao Forum and Climb in San Isidro, Davao Oriental. Sanctioned by the Mountaineering Federation of the Philippines (MFPI), the Mountaineering Federation of Southern Mindanao(MFSM), the Department of Tourism and hosted by two local clubs in partnership with the DOT-XI (San Isidro),...