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Post by glockbiker on Feb 1, 2008 8:24:45 GMT 8
I saw the thread on proposed venue for the next Federation climb and I'm really wondering if the mountaineering clubs here have run out of mountains to climb.
Wala na ba talagang bago?
I have my own list of mountains in RP that I haven't climbed and I'm quite sure the Federation has not held a meet in at least one of them:
1. Mt. Mayon (The last great problem- for me, at least)
2. Mt. Bulusan (We planned to, kaso pumutok)
3. Mt. Isarog
4. Mt. Matalingahan (We had second thoughts after Rey Langit's son died from mosquito bites thereabouts)
5. Cleopatras Needle (I don't care if its just as high as Maculot, the name is simply intriguing)
6. Mt. Dulang-dulang (Is it really higher than Kitanglad?)
7. Mt. Matutum (Pineapples as far as the eye can see)
8. Mt. Hibo-hibok (Next time i'm in Camiguin, talagang talaga na!)
9. Escarpado Peak (Again, very intriguing for me)
There many more of course, but these are, as Sir Edmund Hillary would say, the bastards I want to knock off first.
What's your list?
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 8:35:59 GMT 8
here's my personal top-14 2,000-meter project... that was...  1. Apo - North Cotabato 2. Dulang-dulang - Kitanglad Traverse - Bukidnon 3. Kanlaon - Negros Occ. 4. Halcon - Or. Mindoro 5. Baco - Occ. Mindoro 6. Pulag - Benguet 7. Amuyao - Mtn. Province 8. Tabayac/Tabeyo - Benguet 9. Mantalingajan - Palawan 10. Madja-as - Antique 11. Mayon - Albay 12. Guiting-guiting - Romblon 13. Tapulao/High Peak - Zambales 14. Malindang - Misamis Occ. technically, it's 15  why 'that was'... well... toxic job... got married... then kids happened... no extra time for myself na... ;D ;D climbed all, except 3 (or 4, for that matter) = #2 (both), #5 & #9 6. Mt. Dulang-dulang (Is it really higher than Kitanglad?) that's a yes. higher than pulag & kitanglad... but not formally known as the 2nd highest mountain. maybe because it's part of the kitanglad mountain range & kitanglad is the more popular peak of the mountain range  so pulag is relegated to the 3rd spot & kitanglad to the 4th for fed to flock to a destination or a mountain, i think they need a sponsoring outdoor club to make it happen. it's not that the mountain/destination is not yet climbed to make them a fed destination. presently, the fed (i think, again) is considering a venue for multiple outdoor sport discipline as a destination, so not to destroy a mountain trail... usually on a fed climb these past years, an adventure race will be held, a bmc/classroom training will also be held... a climb... a swim, a tri or a mountain bike race may be proposed in one fed climb/event. |
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Post by anthrax76 on Feb 1, 2008 10:03:28 GMT 8
for me, hmm...i think i'm already factoring in family life so no major climbs in the next 10 years? ha ha ha. anyway here's my list.
1) Mt. Apo - i really want to do this
2) Mt. Halcon - just so i could test myself
3) Mt. Pulag - this time with my wife
4) Mt. Guiting guiting - more punishment
5) Mt. Banahaw - if it gets opened before i officially "retire"
6) Mt. Makiling - i want to do a 2nd traverse Sto. Tomas - Los Baños. i heard you need a guide if you come in from UPLB
any fun climbs are definitely welcome, i can climb, but i'm limited to day hikes. hush hush, i haven't been to.........gulugud baboy, batulao, manabo, sembrano. har har har ;D ;D ;D
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Post by sheose on Feb 1, 2008 10:14:13 GMT 8
I think there are still alot of mountains yet to be explored but the question is security and issue of low impact climbing kulot_salotwhy 'that was'... well... toxic job... got married... then kids happened... no extra time for myself na... I agree with you sir  cguro if my wife is a mountaineer also,then we will still be climbing ;D thats why Im exposing my three year old son, showing pictures of my climb,watching movies, brought him already in wawa he met aling norma already few more years when he grows up, Ill have a personal porter ha! ha! ;D (child labor). |
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 10:28:07 GMT 8
osep, hehehe... my wife is also a climber, but hirap na talaga find personal 'time' (read: day, multi-day) for myself....  my kids, after their training in climbing-out (mantle-ing) of their crib, i immediately took them to my homemade campus board... heheheh.... ;D ;D ;D ;D i'm breeding (or rather training) them to be a ron kauk, a jim bridwell or a chris sharma... ;D ;D ;D ;D i know ferdie (Answha) got a head-start na in training his kid.... hehehehe... I think there are still alot of mountains yet to be explored but the question is security and issue of low impact climbing kulot_salotwhy 'that was'... well... toxic job... got married... then kids happened... no extra time for myself na... I agree with you sir cguro if my wife is a mountaineer also,then we will still be climbing ;D thats why Im exposing my three year old son, showing pictures of my climb,watching movies, brought him already in wawa he met aling norma already few more years when he grows up, Ill have a personal porter ha! ha! ;D (child labor). |
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Post by Dragunov on Feb 1, 2008 10:53:55 GMT 8
kulot, how about mt. majaas in antique ;D we can see the peak from libacao aklan, heard that there were casualties on that mountain, eaten by aswangs like you ;D
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 10:55:41 GMT 8
kulot, how about mt. majaas in antique ;D read up, pare one hell of a wet & enormous mountain....  i think it was in 2002 or 2003 that somebody NEVER left the mountain for good... fred 'tatang'/'amigo' jamili of the everest team headed the SAR... no luck. |
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Post by Dragunov on Feb 1, 2008 10:57:18 GMT 8
kulot, how about mt. majaas in antique ;D read up, pare one hell of a wet & enormous mountain.... i see, you really like it wet and enourmous huh! ;D |
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Post by glockbiker on Feb 1, 2008 11:20:15 GMT 8
@kulot-salot
Ah yes, Mt. Baco in Occidental Mindoro. I forgot about that one. In some guidebooks its called Iglit-Baco. Same for Madja-as- I like to do that sometime din. Dapat pala sumama na ako when the Fed climb was done there in the 80s.
And Mt. Tapulao/High Peak!
Is this now the highest peak in the Zambales mtn range? Kasi before, it was Mt. Pinatubo. But after blowing much of its top, I'm not sure.
When it comes to mountain ranges kasi, our group used to aim for just the highest peak in the range.
So sa Cordilleras, we've done Pulag and in the Sierra Madres we've done Mt. Oriod. Sa Zambales range dehins nga ako sure kung Pinatubo pa rin ang highest. Anyone?
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 11:28:06 GMT 8
@kulot-salot Ah yes, Mt. Baco in Occidental Mindoro. I forgot about that one. In some guidebooks its called Iglit-Baco. Same for Madja-as- I like to do that sometime din. Dapat pala sumama na ako when the Fed climb was done there in the 80s. And Mt. Tapulao/High Peak! Is this now the highest peak in the Zambales mtn range? Kasi before, it was Mt. Pinatubo. But after blowing much of its top, I'm not sure. When it comes to mountain ranges kasi, our group used to aim for just the highest peak in the range. So sa Cordilleras, we've done Pulag and in the Sierra Madres we've done Mt. Oriod. Sa Zambales range dehins nga ako sure kung Pinatubo pa rin ang highest. Anyone? iglit-baco is another mountain (i think) if memory serves me right, it's a 1,000m+ mountain within the vicinity of the 2,000m monster REVISED: iglit is another mountain in the national park of iglit-baco, iglit is only 1,000m+ tapulao/high peak, since genesis, is much higher than pinatubo... never is pinatubo reach the 2,000m mark from wiki: <<< not accurate... lower slopes may have originated from mudslides, as experienced. for the main sierra madre mountain range, i think the highest is mount anucuao.... in aurora ata or isabela  |
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Post by glockbiker on Feb 1, 2008 12:00:13 GMT 8
@kulot-salot
Funny, but President Magsaysay named his presidential plane "Pinatubo" (yes, the one that crashed and killed him) because (well it was the belief then I guess) Pinatubo was the highest in the Zambales range. I guess I have to do High Peak para covered ko na pareho, ha-ha.
Ah OK, so Iglit is a different mountain. Well, if you ever do Baco, sana you post it here para others like me can join.
As for Mt. Oriod, we were quite sure it was the highest kasi we consulted several maps before doing it. Hmmm. All I know is that nobody yet in UPM (its logged as an official climb) has contested it. Anyway....
Too many mountains and so little time!
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 12:19:31 GMT 8
glock, have you climbed pinatubo before the 1991 eruption? if you did, i congratulate you! nobody will ever do a repeat of that!!! for baco, i'm not seeing myself in the near future doing climbs again... maybe after my youngest reach the age of 5 na... pwede na ulit humingi ng visa.... ;D for mount oriod, if i'm not mistaken it is in bulacan, right? from what i know it is within the 1,000meter mark... for the whole of the sierra mountain range, the highest is above 8,000feet... that would be over 2,000meters... and that is within the aurora & isabela area. |
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Post by yukon on Feb 1, 2008 12:33:08 GMT 8
I've only been to one Mountain in Bicol pa Mt. Isarog not for hiking but coz I was required to by work. Wish I could sing ala Julie Andrews when I climb again. Been to Mt Mayon too sa Nayong Pilipino lang nga. OT: Mt Kinabalu ... pero 1/8 only Sorry, I'm neither Jaymz nor Butch and the rest who has this passion.  |
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Post by sheose on Feb 1, 2008 12:44:36 GMT 8
@kulot_salot nice campus board Sir Jaymz! I have one also,but cant use it at the moment, ang daming naka-tambak na gamit (cabinets) it was turned into a bodega (sayang nga yun mga holds) Im planning to built another one for my son na lang ;D here's a picture of him when we went to Wawa,he was 2 when this was taken, jah bouldering  "i'm breeding (or rather training) them to be a ron kauk, a jim bridwell or a chris sharma...". Sir, what about John Bachar or Dan Osman (rip  ) I already told Jong I would tag along pag mag wawa sila ulit,so my son could watch actual rock climbing, so far he was only able to watch wall climbing in market2 I think its sandugo. sana one of this day kita-kita tayo dun probably because of the 500 fee kaya nabawasan/wala nang pumunta sa wawa  |
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Post by anthrax76 on Feb 1, 2008 13:08:42 GMT 8
hmm...wall climbing. i'm doing wall climbing in Sandugo in Market market every Wednesday at lunch.
i'll update you guys when they organize a rock climbing trip in montalban.
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 13:28:54 GMT 8
in 2005, the Tourism board of montalban declared a P500/activity fee conducted within the national park. may it be an individual/solo or group activity.... bummer  we then staged a boycott of the area til last year. as per 12/31/07, aling norma informed us that the activity fee is now changed to P20/head....  mga ermitaño ng wawa:
see you weekends! let the brewed coffee, tanduay and red horse flow continuously again!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by glockbiker on Feb 1, 2008 13:41:25 GMT 8
@kulot-salot
Nope, I wasn't able to do Pinatubo before 1991. Sayang nga eh. I could have taken "Before" and "After" pics.
Yup, Oriod is in Bulacan. I'll check that one again. Meron kaya sa Google Earth? Hmmmm...
Ano na itsura ng Wawa today? I mean, the place near the dam? The last time I was there in 1999, I was saddened to see that the place has been overrun by squatters. Puro hollow block pa yung mga bahay! Some of the kubos were still there but overall, the place has lost its old charm. Sayang...
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 14:44:04 GMT 8
here: our nanay norma posing with this sumingit na newbie rider  WRG (wawa river gorge) 01/20/08  glorious pa rin, if you ask me... just never mind the squatters inside the national park (kuno) |
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Post by sheose on Feb 1, 2008 14:57:14 GMT 8
@kulot_salot ok na pala binabaan na nila yun fee 500 is way to much I think 20 is ok already! besides theres a 20 parking fee |
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Post by warlock^_^ on Feb 1, 2008 15:11:14 GMT 8
huh! talking about bundok!
Even though I'm from davao I still havent climbed Mt. Apo
- Kitanglad - Dulang Dulang (hope we'll get this huge project in Bukidnon)
- Guiting Guiting
Same goes for me & my wife...with the kids around ... no more time to climb (unless I'm assigned overseas pala)
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Post by ice on Feb 1, 2008 15:30:43 GMT 8
1. apo 2. cleopatra's needle 3. matalingajan 4. hibok-hibok 5. madja-as 6. bundok mausok hehehe..... curahee!
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Post by glockbiker on Feb 1, 2008 15:33:58 GMT 8
@warlock
HUWAAAAAT??!!!
Taga-Davao ka and you haven't climbed Apo??!! My goodness!!
You remind me of a former French expat in our office who lived in Paris for a year but never got to go near or go up the Eiffel Tower!
He said he kept on postponing it ("Oh, I weel zee it next week. Oui.") until he realized one year was up and he was being re-assigned to another location, ha-ha.
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 15:40:07 GMT 8
WHOAH!!!
true-blooded ALPINIST IN Da HAUS mga bros!!!! huh! talking about bundok! Even though I'm from davao I still havent climbed Mt. Apo - Kitanglad - Dulang Dulang (hope we'll get this huge project in Bukidnon) - Guiting Guiting Same goes for me & my wife...with the kids around ... no more time to climb (unless I'm assigned overseas pala) ! tru
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 15:45:41 GMT 8
OT: Mt Kinabalu ... pero 1/8 only i was planning to do that in 2004... and then an amazing thing happened... we were expecting na our first born.  |
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Post by anthrax76 on Feb 1, 2008 15:49:51 GMT 8
ha ha ha, same here, can't climb after the kids came.
oh btw.....i'm just a dirt on the wall compared to warlock and kulot ;D ;D ;D
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Post by yukon on Feb 1, 2008 15:56:12 GMT 8
OT: Mt Kinabalu ... pero 1/8 only i was planning to do that in 2004... and then an amazing thing happened... we were expecting na our first born. OT reply to our OT post There's a Kinabalu challenge this August and I hope some members here can be part of the RP contingent. Me, I'd like to go up Mt. Apo in the near future I just see em in pics, from Apo View Hotel, the plane etc... though I've been at the foot of it coz of a relay station located there Butch is from Davao? ... someone wear the Kev suit soon ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by kulot_salot on Feb 1, 2008 16:19:33 GMT 8
There's a Kinabalu challenge this August and I hope some members here can be part of the RP contingent. i need a fanny pack w/ 2 bottle holders, powerbars, a suunto watch, a TNF 102 trail running shoes, PinoyMTBiker socks, shorts, a jersey (with sponsor names prints), board & lodging, food, masahista, beer... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by 'Bee' on Feb 1, 2008 16:50:11 GMT 8
I found time for myself to climb. I'm doing Mt. Guiting-Guiting in Romblon this Chinese New Year Holiday with some old climbing buddies. Pero siyempre, ride muna with P M T B on Tuesday (Feb.5). ;D ;D ;D
See you, guys!
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Post by glockbiker on Feb 1, 2008 17:09:01 GMT 8
beeMt. Guiting-guiting? Kaya nyo yan! I hope you make it safe and sound. Can you please post pictures afterwards? I'm really curious as to how Guiting-guiting, Mayo's Peak and the town of Magdiwang look today. If I can find my pics & have them scanned, maybe I can also post them later.
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Post by warlock^_^ on Feb 1, 2008 17:20:51 GMT 8
Hehehe yeah...funny isn't it? Since most of my days in davao was student pa ko. Dont have any money to spare for climbs and equipment. Now that I'm working, I can splurge on equipment na.... another problem set in... I was frequently assigned overseas. I'll have my chance soon, I'm wishing I'll climb it with my climb buddy/befren (my wife) and our climbing tropas. Missed organizing/planning trips like this.... mountaineer's dreaded word...ITINERARY ;D @warlock HUWAAAAAT??!!! Taga-Davao ka and you haven't climbed Apo??!! My goodness!! You remind me of a former French expat in our office who lived in Paris for a year but never got to go near or go up the Eiffel Tower! He said he kept on postponing it ("Oh, I weel zee it next week. Oui.") until he realized one year was up and he was being re-assigned to another location, ha-ha. |
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cguro if my wife is a mountaineer also,then we will still be climbing ;D thats why Im exposing my three year old son, showing pictures of my climb,watching movies, brought him already in wawa he met aling norma already 
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