Tag: Mountaineering
3rd Pinyahan Festival Mt. Matutum Invitational Climb
Southern Island Mountaineering Society(SIMS) in partnership with the Brgy. Cannry Council invites mountaineers to join their 3rd Pinyahan Festival via Mt. Matutum Climb on August 27, 2010 to August 29, 2010. Mt. Matutum is that majestic, almost perfectly coned stratovolcano rising 2,293 Meters ASL of the pineapple fields in Tupi and...
What’s knee pain for hikers?
No. This is no Hiker’s itch of course, but Hiker’s pains. If you have been a hiker for a decade or if you have been going outdoors every week since last year or worse, banged your knee somewhere in the woods (from a fall or what), then you must have experienced “knee pain” at one …...
My personal bucket list of grueling treks to accomplish in Mindanao
“The coolest climber beats the hardest trails.” “I scaled those god darn peak and I’m still alive.” “I thought I died when my hand slipped holding on to that ravine!” Words coming from climbers surviving an arduous trek. Some pretty scared, others totally wasted. A few are jubilant at what...
Mt. Apo Summer Climb 2010 via newly opened Bansalan Trail
(Update March 25, 2010: Mt. Apo via the Region 11 entrance Bansalan Digos and Sta Cruz ARE ALL OPEN THIS SUMMER 2010 according to DENR Region 11. Read the story here.) Background: Local radio stations DXMS/DXOL news announced the closure of SOME trails enroute to Mt. Apo- Philippine’s highest peak. Legislative councils of the...
I survived our Mt. Matutum summit ascent!
“If this will be my last day lord, please take care of my love ones.”- words of Almost The Late Great Dokie, “Ugat-Ugat Trail”, Mt. Matutum 6 pm May 19, 2007 “Tuloy natin yung Mt. Matutum Dokie! Kahit anim lang tayo” These was the excited words of Sir Joy when we talked over the …...
