Hiking matters #39: Happy new year!

2008 – the old year – was a very momentous one for the mountaineering community. I am glad that more and

Hiking matters #38: Christmas in Kinabalu

KOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA – Merry Christmas, everyone! I’ve just returned to our hotel in KK after a climb up Mt.

After Tirad Pass, my next adventure was a traverse of Mt. Cristobal, from Dolores, Quezon – to – of all

TIRAD PASS (by hand) – So this is it; the place where the “Battle above the Clouds” was fought; where

BASCO, BATANES – I’m sure a lot of people are still on the trail – or on the road right

Recently, there was a proposal to make a Ternate landfill which will transform parts of Mts. Palay-Palay / Mataas na

Do you know Mijan Pizarro? The hardcore Mindanao explorer, steward of Kitanglad Range, mountain guide who introduced many Luzon climbers

I spent a big chunk of the weekend finally unlocking my blog template to add a footer section – check

Less than a month after I tried the new trail of Mt. Batulao, I had no choice to come back

As a clerk (fourth year medical student) in PGH’s notorious Internal Medicine rotation, it has finally become difficult for me