Hiking matters #647: A dayhike up Cerro Ajusco (3930m) in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY – I arrived here in early April 2021 primarily to pursue research and independent studies, but of course
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Author: Gideon Lasco
Hiking matters #646: The Mt. Mulawin Trail in DRT, Bulacan
Right before the ‘second wave’ of COVID-19 caused a new round of lockdowns in ‘NCR Plus’ and beyond, my friends
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Hiking matters #645: The so-called Mt. Zamatam in Subic, Zambales
Intrigued by news of a ‘new hiking destination’ in Zambales (thank you, Simon Adriano, for the information!), my friends Daryl,
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Hiking matters #644: Mt. Batolusong dayhike in Tanay, Rizal (2021)
I’ve always known Mt. Batolusong to be a pleasant dayhike and when I found out that it had reopened I
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Hiking matters #643: Manabu-Malipunyo traverse, revisited (2021)
It’s been a tough 2020 and after a fantastic hike up the highest mountain in Ethiopia, Ras Dashen, the pandemic
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Hiking matters #642: Mt. Pinagbanderahan in Quezon Protected Landscape, Atimonan
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced upon us a (re)appreciation of the local and the proximate, and in fact, because the
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Hiking matters #641: Mt. Arayat’s Pinnacle Peak
I’ve hiked Arayat many times since 2007, when I headed up South Peak with my classmates Julian and David, fulfilling
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Hiking matters #640: Mt. Kalisungan, my lockdown mountain
Despite the fact that the outdoors are a safe space during the pandemic, and people should actually be going outdoors,
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Hiking matters #639: Mt. Sutot (Sawtooth Peak) in Iba, Zambales
I couldn’t write this for a long time because shortly after this hike, the lockdowns began and the world as
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Hiking in the Philippines during the pandemic: Guidance for mountaineers
Happy New Year, everyone! 2020 was very challenging for all of us and this site has been inactive since the
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