Mt. Klomono and Marawir Peak: Mountains in Sultan Kudarat
Sultan Kudarat is not really well-known for hiking but local officials are beginning to explore and promote their mountains.
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Special Features
Cebu: your next dayhike destination
“Sea to Summit” or vice versa– is a phrase which has become one of the travel goals in exploring a
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The joys and blessings of hiking with my family by Raquel Cordero
by Raquel Cordero Special feature for PinoyMountaineer.com Memories in the Mountain “I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into
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Art Feature: The mountains of Fernando Amorsolo
Fernando Amorsolo is one of the greatest artists in the Philippines, known for his depictions of the countryside. As a
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Hikes in Philippine History #5: An account of a hike up Mt. Banahaw in 1842
Dr. Charles Pickering (1805-1878) annotated by Gideon Lasco From the “Manila and Sulu in 1842” narrative by US Com. Chas.
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Makulog—the Thor of Batangas
The author’s son, Xygy Cuevas, at Mt. Maculot’s Rockies by Arturo Cuevas Founding Member, UST Mountaineering Club (1970) Throw in a
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Hikes in Philippine History #4: German explorer Fedor Jagor’s finale in Bicol: Mt. Mayon in 1859
Mason Volcano, the finale of the four mountains in Bicol that German explorer Fedor Jagor hiked in 18 annotated by
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Hikes in Philippine History #3: German explorer Fedor Jagor hikes up Mt. Masaraga in 1859
Mt. Masaraga was the third mountain that Fedor Jagor hiked in Bicol, way back in 1859! annotated by Gideon Lasco
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Hikes in Philippine History #2: German explorer Fedor Jagor dayhikes Mt. Asog in 1859
The view from Mt. Asog – which Fedor Jagor would have seen if the summit weren’t covered with clouds annotated
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Christmas Day post: Famous trees in Philippine mountains
LOS BANOS, LAGUNA – Christmas trees remind me of some of the iconic trees that we encounter in some Philippine
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