Hiking matters #411: Mt. Mantalingajan Traverse Day 4: Crossing the mountain range to Brgy. Malis, Brooke’s Point
The view of Magringgit Peak is a visual souvenir of a challenging day PUERTO PRINCESA – Continued from Hiking matters
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Author: Gideon Lasco
Hiking matters #410: Mt. Mantalingajan Traverse Day 3 – Paray-Paray campsite and the summit assault up Palawan’s highest peak
PUERTO PRINCESA – Continued from Hiking matters #409: At Paray-Paray campsite (In 2008 I used ‘Palay-Palay’, which was how my
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Hiking matters #409: Mt. Mantalingajan Traverse Day 2 – From Cabugan to Paray-Paray campsite
PUERTO PRINCESA – Continued from Hiking matters #408: Hiking in the rainy season makes one conservative in terms of the itinerary;
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Hiking matters #408: Mt. Mantalingajan Traverse Day 1 – From Brgy. Ransang to Cabugan campsite
PUERTO PRINCESA – Six years after I first climbed Mt. Mantalingajan, the highest mountain in Palawan, I came back, this
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Hiking matters #407: The new ‘Jungle Trail’ from Sabang to Puerto Princesa Underground River in Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA – One of Palawan’s top attractions is the Puerto Princesa Underground River, and the two trails leading to
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Hiking matters #406: Mt. Bloomfield in Sabang, Palawan: The mountain at the gateway to Puerto Princesa Underground River
PUERTO PRINCESA – Palawan is truly a hiker’s paradise. Yesterday, two weeks after I did the beautiful Mt. Beaufort (Hiking
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Gear Review: Osprey Kestrel series
Hiking with the Osprey Kestrel 38 in Vall de Nuria, Spain (Jun 2013) Now that Osprey is available in the
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Hiking matters #405: Beautiful Mt. Beaufort in Puerto Princesa, Palawan
PUERTO PRINCESA – I have often lamented that I couldn’t find time to go hiking in Palawan, where the mountains
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Hiking matters #403: Hiking up Mt. Agung in Bali, Indonesia via the Pasar Agung trail
BALI, INDONESIA – After the successful hike of two volcanoes – Gunung Batur in Bali (Hiking matters #400) and Gunung
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National Mountain Clean-up Day Message: Let’s keep the mountains clean, and let’s keep cleaning the mountains
A mountaineer picks up trash from the campsite in Manabu Peak, Batangas Photo courtesy of Emerson Benoza (DBMS) by Gideon
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