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Hiking matters #272: Mystical Mount Misen (弥山) in enchanting Miyajima Island, Japan

June 6, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 1 Comment International climbs, Japan, misen

On our last day in Japan, we took the Sakura shinkansen from Himeji to Hiroshima in the Chugoku Region in

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Hiking matters #171: Hiking up Mount Takao (高尾山) in Tokyo, Japan with Murakami’s 1Q84

June 6, 2012October 12, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment International climbs, Japan, khumbu, takao, toky

TOKYO, JAPAN – After our week-long sojourn to Hokkaido during which we did two very memorable climbs: Asahi-dake and Yotei-zan

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Hiking matters #270: Hiking up Mount Yotei (羊蹄山), the “Mt. Fuji of Hokkaido”

June 4, 2012October 12, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment hokkaido, International climbs, Japan, yotei

SAPPORO, JAPAN – As the finale in our six-day Hokkaido trip, we decided to accept the challenge of doing the

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Hiking matters #269: Asahi-dake (旭岳) in Daisetsuzan, the highest mountain in Hokkaido, Japan

May 25, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 1 Comment asahidake, daisetsuzan, hokkaido, International climbs, Japan

HOKKAIDO, JAPAN – I am back here at Asahikawa, the coldest city in Japan, after a successful ascent of Asahi-dake

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Hiking matters #268: Mt. Tapulao dayhike, up the High Peak of Zambales

May 19, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment Tapulao

Mt. Tapulao in Palauig, Zambales, at 2037 MASL, is one of only two dayhikable 2000+ meter mountains from Manila, the

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Hiking matters #267: Hiking up Mt. Buntis and visiting Mt. Nagpatong in Andres Bonifacio’s Maragondon

May 16, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 7 Comments Buntis, Historical Trails, Nagpatong

Today, Coby Sarreal (@cobysarreal) and I decided to visit Maragondon, Cavite, to see what possibilities lie in that historic town

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Hiking matters #251:The Holy Ridge (雪山聖稜線) Day 5-6: Dabajianshan and the end of the Holy Ridge

May 14, 2012September 6, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment holy ridge, International climbs, taiwan

It was a very cold night at the nameless shelter where we stayed (see Hiking matters #250); I was especially

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Hiking matters #265: Mt. Batulao in the aftermath of the tragic February fall

May 13, 2012October 12, 2015 Gideon Lasco 1 Comment Batulao, twin dayhikes

Batulao is now a much quieter place in the aftermath of the tragic fall last February that claimed the life

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Hiking matters #266: This time, a verdant (but still hot) Mt. Talamitam

May 13, 2012October 12, 2015 Gideon Lasco 2 Comments Talamitam, twin dayhikes

In Part II of the Twin Dayhikes trip I did with Trail Adventours yesterday, we headed from Mt. Batulao’s trailhead

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Hiking matters #263: The Sumagaya-Lumot Traverse Dayhike

May 10, 2012October 12, 2015 Gideon Lasco 0 Comment Lumot, sumagaya

CAMIGUIN – I have always thought that any mountain that can be done as an overnight climb can also be

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