Hiking matters #528: Training climb – Tapulao dayhike!
After my 10-volcano expedition in Central America, I was eager to climb my home mountains again and what better way
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Hiking matters #529: PanTarak – Our repeat Pantingan-Tarak Traverse Dayhike
Almost two years after doing the epic Pantingan-Tarak Traverse Dayhike (which has since come to be known as ‘PanTarak’) as the
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Hiking matters #531: A fun afternoon hike in Mt. Maculot’s Rockies
Weather is usually great right after a storm, and when it became clear that Typhoon Nina had safely left Luzon,
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Hiking matters #522: Volcan San Cristobal, highest in Nicaragua
ANTIGUA GUATEMALA – From Managua, I took a van to Leon, and immediately headed to the Quetzaltrekkers office to ask
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Hiking matters #521: Volcan Concepcion in Ometepe Island, Nicaragua
ANTIGUA GUATEMALA – After the enjoyable hike up Volcan Maderas, I arranged for a hike up its taller, tougher counterpart, the
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Hiking matters #520: Volcan Maderas in Ometepe Island, Nicaragua
GUATEMALA CITY – Continued from Hiking matters #519: From San Jose, I decided to proceed directly to Nicaragua. I took
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Hiking matters #519: Trekking in Volcan Irazu (3432m) in Costa Rica
GUATEMALA CITY – Continued from Hiking matters #518: From Boquete, Panama, I went back to David and took the Tracopa
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Hiking matters #518: Volcan Baru (3475m), the highest mountain in Panama
BOQUETE, PANAMA – Central America is replete with volcanoes, which, like the ones in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia, are part
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Hiking matters #517: Raizan (雷山), one of Fukuoka’s nice dayhikes
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – Unfortunately I only had four days in Kyushu, and I had to devote one day to
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Hiking matters #516: Hiking up Hikosan (英彦山), Northern Kyushu’s sacred mountain
FUKUOKA, JAPAN – As soon as we started to ascend through the stone staircase surrounded by the torii, temples and
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