Hiking matters #388: Mt. Guiting-Guiting Traverse Dayhike Part I: From Olango to G2 summit
M/V MARIA QUERUBIN – The hike should have started one day earlier, but Tropical Depression Basyang forced us to take
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Hiking matters #387: Mariveles Range (Pantingan Peak to Tarak Ridge) Traverse Part 2 – To Tarak Ridge
The imposing peaks of Mariveles as viewed from the other side of the rim Continued from Hiking matters #386: We
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Hiking matters #386: Mariveles Range (Pantingan Peak to Tarak Ridge) Traverse Part 1 – Pantingan Peak
I am not sure if it can still be called a dayhike, but it was certainly a very long day:
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Hiking matters #385: The Calauit Trail to Taal Volcano and Crater Lake
For all its fame as one of the world’s most notable and active volcanoes, Taal Volcano in Southern Luzon is
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Hiking matters #382: A beautiful morning in Mt. Batulao
It’s great to be back home — naturally, being reunited with loved ones is the main thing, then there is
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Hiking maters #381: Delphi, Greece – the site of ancient Oracle on the slopes of Mt. Parnassos
AMSTERDAM – A day after the relaxing walk in Cape Sounion (see Hiking matters #380), Mai and I went to
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Hiking matters #380: Cape Sounion in Greece – Mythology, beauty, and the Aegean Sea
Cape Sounion at the tip of Attica, Greece, with the Temple of Poseidonat the background Last weekend, I went to
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Hiking matters #376: A loop hike up La Dôle (1677m) in the Jura Mountains, Switzerland
NEW YORK CITY – Last weekend, I went to Switzerland to meet with Iron Lady Jo Steven and Everest climber
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Hiking matters #375: The hike up Mt. Vesuvius and a visit to Pompeii, Italy
AMSTERDAM – On the last day of my short trip to Rome and Naples, after two memorable days in the
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Hiking matters #374: Hiking in Capri Day 2 – Via Krupp to Marina Piccola
On the morning after my island walk that took me to Monte Solaro (see Hiking matters #373), I woke up
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