Is there a ‘Seven Summits of the Philippines’?

by Gideon Lasco

If there’s such a thing as ‘Seven Summits of the World’, which our compatriot Romi Garduce is now on his way to completing, is there a ‘Seven Summits of the Philippines’? As in the global list where there’s a problem on how to classify Australia and Oceania (hence the Messner and Bass lists), there’s also a problem on how to classify it in the Philippines. For one, there’s no significant mountain in Samar, so we made it Samar-Leyte. But the first list will leave out some very nice peaks like D2 and Mayon — in this sense, the second list is more inclusive.

Anyway, whichever way you classify it, PinoyMountaineer gets a score of 6/7!

PHILIPPINE 7 SUMMITS, BY ISLAND
ISLAND MOUNTAIN
Luzon Mt. Pulag
Mindanao Mt. Apo
Negros Mt. Kanlaon
Samar-Leyte Alto Peak
Palawan Mt. Mantalingajan
Panay Mt. Madjaas
Mindoro Mt. Halcon

PHILIPPINE 7 SUMMITS BY CLUSTER

CLUSTER MOUNTAIN
Northern Luzon Mt. Pulag
Southern Luzon Mt. Mayon
MIMAROPA Mt. Halcon
Western Visayas Mt. Kanlaon
Eastern Visayas Alto Peak
Northern Mindnao Mt.Dulang-Dulang
Southern Mindanao Mt. Apo

THE 7 HIGHEST MOUNTAINS IN THE PHILIPPINES
RANK MOUNTAIN
1 Mt Apo
2 Mt. Dulang-Dulang
3 Mt. Pulag
4 Mt. Kitanglad
5 Mt. Kalatungan
6 Mt. Tabayoc
7 Mt. Ragang

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5 Comments on "Is there a ‘Seven Summits of the Philippines’?"


Guest
12 years 9 months ago

with sir Romi's 7th Summit @ Vinson, I believe this article deserves a re-post @ the Facebook page 🙂

Guest
12 years 9 months ago

i will do this 7th summit.. one at a time…haha

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Gecarl
13 years 2 months ago

I agree with Sir Gid… Kalatungan is the 5th highest… Our last recorded GPS reading for Kalatungan is 2896masl while Kitanglad is 2904masl… although I already climbed Tabayoc, we didn't have a GPS that time.
About Ragang… I think it's piapayungan not ragang as the 7th highest. Both this mountain are located at the same mountain range.
These two mountains remains unexplore…

How about Maagnaw which reads 2767masl… GPS reading in our last holy week triple traverse.

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Anonymous
13 years 2 months ago

Good AM, Gid pakidouble check yung 7 highest mountains mo, nacheck ko narin sa ibang websites, based dun sa artciles nila, eto ang highest mountains sa pinas : APO, DULANGDULANG, PULAG, KITANGLAD, TABAYOC, KALATUNGAN at RAGANG. mas mataas ang TABAYOC kaysa sa KALATUNGAN.

Guest
13 years 2 months ago

gandang araw..nice post..
siguro masbauti muna mag7 summit muna sa pinas hehehe…
taga ElBi ka pala sir gid?taga brgy.lalakay lng aq,nga pala sir ung pinost mo about sa summer training camp,kailan po ba yun?at pwede ko ba kunin isang slot?
more power sa blog site mo..isa aq sa mga sumosoporta sa layunin mo…
God Bless You..