Invitation to Ilocos #2: Mt. Linao and beautiful Lake Linao
PinoyMountaineer presents “Invitation to Ilocos”, featuring the newly-documented mountaineering destinations of Ilocandia. This new column is by Agnes Fidelis Gloria-Pinzon,
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Author: Gideon Lasco
Hiking matters #59: Banahaw, my first major climb
Photo with my cousin Franz Lasco, at Durungawan I (Peak of Mt. Banahaw), April 16, 2003. Year after year, many
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Petzl: unanimous headlamps of choice
Gear review by Cecil Morella (AMCI)Equipment Adviser, PinoyMountaineer.com We all get our first headlamps at the home improvement shop– heavy,
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Final update: Pico de Loro Climb for the Environment
Thank you to everyone who submitted their registration forms for the Pico de Loro Climb for the Environment on July
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More BMCs this season: UPM and EMS
The UP Mountaineers will be having their Basic Mountaineering Course (BMC) soon, and I was informed that the Applicants’ Orientation
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Hiking matters #58: Break in Boracay
STATION 1, BORACAY – Five days after the Visayan Voyage and five days before I enter medical internship in PGH,
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Hiking matters #57: Visayan Voyage 5 – Majestic Madjaas!
The final mountain of the Visayan Voyage was no less than Mt. Madjaas, the legendary highest mountain in Panay island
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Environmental Alert: Stop the illegal logging in Mt. Pulag National Park!
Nalulungkot ako sobra. It is very sad to report that illegal logging is currently, progressively, and mercilessly being done right
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Tadpole tents compared: Jetstream, Apexus, and the original TNF
Gear review by Cecil Morella (AMCI)Equipment Adviser, PinoyMountaineer.com As you build up your vertical mileage in mountain-climbing, you learn the
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Hiking matters #56: Ilocos exploration / first ascents of two mountains
LAOAG, ILOCOS NORTE – I have just arrived here from Solsona, Ilocos Norte after a successful first ascent of Mts.
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