Hiking matters #259: Mt. Qixing (七星山) in Yangmingshan National Park, a great dayhike from Taipei
Today, after sending off the participants of the Snow Mountain Expedition, my friend Agot Isidro and I headed to Yangmingshan
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Hiking matters #258: The outdoor shops at Zhongshan Road North in Taipei
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – I find myself back in Taipei, for the fourth time in less than a year — all
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Hiking matters #250:The Holy Ridge (雪山聖稜線) Day 4: The precarious crossing of Mt. Sumida
Day 3 (Hiking matters #249) of our six-day Holy Ridge hike saw us successfully cross over from 369 Hut to
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Hiking matters #256: Tagapo and Sembrano in one day – Part 1: Mt. Tagapo revisited
Mts. Tagapo and Sembrano are the two prominent mountains to your right if you are passing through SLEX on the
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Hiking matters #257: Tagapo and Sembrano in one day – Part 2: Mt. Sembrano Revisited
ANTIPOLO, RIZAL – After spending the morning hiking up Mt. Tagapo (see Hiking matters #126) and taking the pumpboat to
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Hiking matters #255: In between two mountains, Tagapo and Sembrano
BINANGONAN, RIZAL – We are in transit, in between two mountains, having finished Mt. Tagapo and now just waiting for
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Hiking matters #254: Mt. Kinabalu Expedition 2012 Day 2 – The summit assault and back
No matter how comfortable Laban Rata was, the time for sleeping was very limited; we had to wake up at
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Hiking matters #253: Mt. Kinabalu Expedition 2012 Day 1 – From Timpohon Gate to Laban Rata
The PinoyMountaineer Mt. Kinabalu Expedition 2012 from April 12-16 saw a total of 37 hikers go up Mt. Kinabalu, at
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Hiking matters #252: Success for the PinoyMountaineer Mt. Kinabalu Expedition 2012
KOTA KINABALU – I am pleased to announce the success of the PinoyMountaineer Mt. Kinabalu Expedition 2012 held from April
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Hiking matters #249:The Holy Ridge (雪山聖稜線) Day 3: The 12-hour sojourn to Sumida Shelter
Waking up from 369 Hut, we marched on for what turned out to be one of the most intense days
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