Hiking matters #489: Mt. Talamitam Traverse to Mt. Apayang
Last week, I did a Mt. Talamitam to Mt. Apayang dayhike – these are actually two peaks in the same mountain, or
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Hiking matters #488: A dayhike traverse of Mt. Napulak in Iloilo!
Finally, I was able to climb Mt. Napulak in Igbaras, Iloilo – a mountain that I had been planning to climb
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Hiking matters #481: Scotland’s West Highland Way from Drymen to Balmaha via Conic Hill
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – The highlight of my short trip here would have to be the section of the West Highland
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Hiking matters #482: Scottish Highlands – Cow Hill Circuit
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – As my final hike in Scotland, I did the Cow Hill Circuit in Fort William, the gateway
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Hiking matters #484: A loop hike of Le Luisin (2786m) in the Swiss Alps
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – To say that the Swiss Alps are a great hiking destination is an understatement, but my eagerness
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Hiking matters #486: The via ferrata ascent up Monte Cannone in the Mediterranean island of Tavolara, Italy
SAN TEODORO, SARDINIA – Today I joined a group of Italians on a dayhike up Monte Cannone (565m) in Tavolara
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Hiking matters #483: A return to Mont Saleve, the “Balcony” of Geneva
AMSTERDAM – Almost two years after my first visit – on a rainy November 2013 day – I returned to
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Hiking matters #478: Big Bend National Park, Texas Part 3 – The famed “Window”
AUSTIN, TX – Our third and final hike in Big Bend was another ‘moderate dayhike’, this time to the famed
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Hiking matters #473: Introducing Mt. Tumanoktok (1260m) in Mayoyao, Ifugao
MAYOYAO, IFUGAO – One day after the trek up historic Mt. Nagchajan (see Hiking matters #472), I was joined by
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Hiking matters #477: Big Bend National Park, Texas Part 2 – Lost Mine Trail
At one of the viewpoints in the Lost Mine Trail with the East Rim of the Chisos Mountains at the
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