Mountain News: Ongoing forest fire in Mt. Piapayungan

Mr. Benjamin Alangca of DENR-Koronadal has notified us of the ongoing forest fire in Mt. Piapayungan in ARMM and is

Trip Report: First Documented Hike of Mt. Kemalugong, Nueva Ecija

Blogger’s note: In the spirit of encouraging hikers to explore more of the Philippines, we welcome “trip reports” like this one!

TUGUEGARAO CITY – From Cagua Volcano (see Hiking matters #497), we took a multicab to the San Vicente port, where

TUGUEGARAO CITY – It all began with a Google Earth search of the highest mountains in Sierra Madre. Mt. Bintuod

The “fullpack” as we call it in the Philippines, refers to the big backpacks mountaineers carry on multi-day packs. In

The next day we resumed our trek at 0745H, after the aforementioned ceaseless winds and rains that pounded our campsite

Mt. Hilong-Hilong is the highest mountain in the Caraga region of Northeastern Mindanao and one of the mountains I have long

By Gideon Lasco, MD Note: This article was originally published in Health and Lifestyle Magazine Philippines, October 2013. As a

I have very fond memories of Japan, having lived in Tokyo as part of my medical training in 2008, during

In May 2008 I went to the then-little known 2842-meter Mt. Tabayoc, at the “far side” of Mt. Pulag National Park, hoping