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 matters #637: Finally, Mt. Balatukan! A great mountain in Northern Mindanao
In May 2012, after doing the first-ever Sumagaya-Lumot dayhike, my friends and I were face to face with Mt. Balatukan,
Read moreHiking matters #638: Mt. Salumagayon dayhike in Alubijid, Misamis Oriental
I really had no plans to climb that day, but when I accidentally bumped into Dean Tony Gutierrez in Cagayan
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Hiking matters #633: Mt. Mitake (御岳山) and Mt. Hinode (日の出山)
It was late autumn in Tokyo and I wasn’t sure how cold the mountains have become so to test the
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Hiking matters #634: A late autumn hike up Mt. Ryokami (両神山) in Saitama, Japan
TOKYO – Capping off my year of hiking in Japan, I managed to push for a hike up the 1728-meter Mt.
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Hiking matters #630: Mt. Kibuwa via the ridges of Impasug-ong, Bukidnon
More and more hikes are emerging in Mindanao, not just the grand multi-day climbs up the big mountains, but dayhikes
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Hiking matters #632: Mt. Amagi (天城山), the highest peak in Izu Peninsula, Japan
TOKYO – A day after climbing Mt. Daibosatsu, I continued my weekend hiking by heading down to Izu Peninsula and climbing
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