Tag: Mountains & Peaks
30th MFPI National Congress and Climb in Bukidnon
It’s official. The 30th MFPI National Congress and Climb will be held in Bukidnon come April 16-19, 2009 and will be hosted by Northern Mindanao Mountaineering Society (NORMMS) Ecological Foundation Incorporated. I wasn’t able to attend last year’s National Congress and Climb in Mayoyao and is quite excited this...
Our Mt. Hamiguitan climbing demon: A marathon trek of fun, laughter and fulfillment
Author’s note: I should have wrote this piece sometime ago, right after our Mt. Hamiguitan climb last November. Admittingly, I was there for the peak climb, since the previous planned Hamiguitan Trek (my birthday climb, with Onin and Felix) didn’t pushed through after I pulled out for some security reasons. The numerous...
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...
I survived Mt. Dulang-Dulang to Mt. Kitanglad Traverse Climb!
Our first attempt at Mt. Dulang-Dulang to Mt. Kitanglad traverse climb didn’t push through last year. It took Team DaClavBuDiGurong a year to make this dream climb come true. Finally, last March 14, 2008, fifteen climbers from all over Mindanao and Luzon converged in Lantapan, Bukidnon, to climb Mt. Dulang-Dulang, make a...
Mt. Dulang-Dulang to Mt. Kitanglad Traverse Climb: Five rules on Take Two
“Just what the heck are you guys up to? You’ve done that traverse climb last year, didn’t you? You even climbed the two mountains (Mt. Dulang Dulang and Mt. Kitanglad) separately. Whats so special about this traverse climb?”-Nice Dude Frankly, it’s not a heck were up to. You see, the last time we attempted...
