Taytay Falls Itinerary

Taytay Falls
Majayjay, Laguna

Itinerary

0430 Meet up in Buendia LRT
0530 Board bus to Sta. Cruz, Laguna
0830 ETA Sta Cruz, Laguna; Board jeepney to Majayjay Town
0930 ETA Majayjay, Ride jeepney to Taytay Falls
1020 ETA Taytay Falls
1030 Swimming Time
1200 Lunch
1400 Tidy up
1530 Ride Jeepney back to Majayjay
1630 Ride jeepney to Sta. Cruz, Laguna
1800 Ride bus back to Manila
2100 ETA Manila

Expenses:

Bus to Sta. Cruz: 140.00
Jeepney to Sta. Cruz Market: 8.00
Jeepney to Majayjay: 34.00
Jeepney to Taytay Falls: 16.00
Registration Fee: 20.00
Jeepney to Majayjay: 16.00
Jeepney to Sta Cruz: 34.00
Bus to Pioneer EDSA: 132.00

Victor Joel "Biki" Ayson: The Kind of Guy You Meet In The Mountains

♫♫There are places I remember♫♫
♫♫All my life, though some have changed♫♫
♫♫Some forever not for better♫♫
♫♫Some have gone and some remain♫♫

♫♫All these places had their moments♫♫
♫♫With lovers and friends♫♫
♫♫I still can recall♫♫
♫♫Some are dead and some are living♫♫
♫♫In my life I've loved them all♫♫

(excerpt from the song In My Life by The Beatles)

It was on the ship bound to Batangas Port when I was asked by a kid if how many times did I have climb with the guy talking with his mom. I replied a couple of times. But those two times namely Luzon 3-2-1 hike and Mt. Guiting Guiting were the two most difficult climbs I ever had. Technically, it covers four mountains so in a way we had four climbs together. By the way, the mom was Elma Muros-Posadas, a well known athlete, and the guy she was talking with is Victor Joel Ayson or Biki as fondly called by his peers. Biki is recently on the news as the hiker missing in Mt. Maculot. 

The aforementioned anecdote happened just hours before he was reported missing. He was with me and three others, Tootz, Mick and Marlon for five grueling days in Sibuyan Island, Romblon. He organized the said sojourn. Basically, he almost did everything the whole trip from event organizer to doing the errands to communicating with us as well as to the guides up to cooking for us and lastly taking photos. The last was his hobby if not passion. Before the trip, I kinda labeled him as "the photographer" due to his expertise on that endeavour. In fact, when he joined the Luzon 3-2-1 hike, I asked Dada who he was, and his reply was that he takes good pictures and that answer was good enough for me. Indeed, the whole trek even in the limatik infested Tawangan trail, he took pictures of us along the said path to Mt. Pulag's summit. And fortunate to me, my first ever sunrise in Pulag was the most special because his pictures was amazing that made some of my friends drooled.

Luzon 3-2-1 Group (Sir Biki on the outer right)

I do not know him really well as we only had interactions during climbs so the Victor Ayson I only know is the Mountaineer/Photographer Biki. His stat sheets is very impressive, he conquered Pulag, Apo and Kanlaon in one year. Those are the highest peaks in the country's three major islands. He also conquered Pulag via Ambangeg (executive trail), Akiki (killer trail), and Tawangan (Bloody trail). He even made Snapshot Adventours in which he organizes climbs for beginners and enthusiasts as well. Probably, the mountain he most loved is Pulag because he went there 10 times in a span of a year. According to him; he has a 6-4 record of successful Pulag Sunrise (a feat I am envy of and hoping to surpass; I currently boast a 2-2 record). I also noticed that he prefers climbing during a full moon. I think its intended for his photography skills.

The Great Pulag Sunrise (courtesy of Sir Victor Joel Ayson)

During our Romblon Invasion, I still remember a lot of things about him like making the ferry boat as a refugee camp wherein he laid out his clothes and other belongings that were wet so it can absorbed the warmness of the sun. In addition, he also had a lot of cup noodles as in a lot as he might tasted all the flavors available on our RoRo trip. Aside from those unusual antics, I observed when we were at Dagubdob Falls, he was a good swimmer as he was the only one able to go to the deepest part of the falls. Also, When he cooks, he always add a curry on the food. According to him, he really prefers having it in his meal. He also respects nature as well as those supposed "inhabitants" in the mountain. When a blue butterfly greeted us in the camp site and quite positioned it self in the cooking area, Biki decided to cook inside his tent so he will not bothered the butterfly as the local said that it was a spirit overseeing us.

As I write this essay and published on the day he turns 27, I will keep on praying for his safety and hoping for his safe return. He still has a lot to accomplish in mountaineering per se. He intends to staged a Mindanao Invasion next year (Talomo-Apo Mega Traverse then a D2K Traverse). I also suggested to climb Pulag days after that so called Invasion so we could have done an epic Pilipinas 1-2-3 (The country's three highest peaks in a few days span; for I the one stupid enough to think of it and he gladly accepted the challenge). Lastly, there's the dream team climb in G2 where as previous conquerors of the mountain and a few fellow hardcore hikers will be assembled for a time attack on the said mountain. (Spoiler Alert: I also remembered Biki telling me that he is planning to pop the question on the country's highest ceiling i.e. Apo this year.)

There are still a lot of mountains, that Victor still need to conquer and take pictures of it so I and a legion of mountaineers and friends are expecting for his safe return. Happy Birthday, Sir Biki!

'Til our next climb, Biki!

Mt. Guiting-Guiting Itinerary and Expenses

Mt. Guiting-Guiting Traverse
Sibuyan Island
Entry point: Sitio Olango, Brgy. España, San Fernando, Romblon
Exit point: DENR, Magdiwang, Romblon

Actual Itinerary

Day 0

1700 Board ferry boat to Odiongan, Romblon

Day 1

0300 Arrive at Port of Poctoy; Board bus or Jeep to San Agustin Port
0530 ETA San Agustin Port; board ferry to Ambulong Port
1000 Arrive at Ambulong Port; board trike to San Fernando
1200 Lunch; last minute shopping at the market
1300 Courtesy call to the Mayor's office
1400 Side trip at Dagubdub falls
1700 ETA at Sitio, Olango (Mountaineer's Resthouse)
1800 Prepare Dinner
2100 Lights off

Day 2

0200 Wake up
0300 Commence trek
0340 ETA Olango River; Water source
0500 ETA Camp 1; Breakfast
0630 ETA Camp 2; Enter Outdoor Pilipinas Trail
0647 ETA Bobbits Peak
0900 ETA Camp 3; Lunch; Water source
1100 ETA Crash Site
1230 ETA Remvaldys Peak
1500 ETA Summit
1600 Set up camp in secret garden
1900 Dinner
2200 Lights off

Day 3

0530 Wake up; Breakfast
0630 Break camp
0730 Start Descent
0745 ETA 90 degrees wall
0830 ETA Peak of Deception
0945 ETA Mabel's Spring
1030 ETA Kiss the Wall
1300 ETA Knife Edge
1400 ETA Mayo's Peak
1430 ETA Bulod Spring; Lunch
1530 ETA Camp 3
1620 ETA Camp 2
1640 ETA Camp 1
1710 ETA River
1800 ETA DENR, Magdiwang
1900 ETA Bagumbayan Resort; Dinner
2300 Lights off

Day 4

1000 Board ferry direct to Batangas port
2330 ETA Batangas Port

Day 5

0000 Board bus to Cubao
0200 ETA Manila

Expenses

Bus to Batangas Port: 161.00
Ferry to Poctoy Port: 991.00
Terminal Fee: 30.00
Jeep to San Agustin Port: 150.00
Ferry to Ambulong Port: 324.00
Terminal Fee: 10.00
Trike to San Fernando: 250.00
Dagubdub falls Entrance fee: 30.00
Guide and Porters: 6000/5: 1,200.00
Trike to Bagumbayan Resort: 75.00
Guide and Porters Trike to San Fernando: 800/5: 130.00
DENR Registration Fee: 300.00
Ferry direct to Batangas Port: 1468.00
Terminal Fee: 12.00
Bus to Alabang: 112.00

Mt. Maculot's New Trail: A Different Perspective

March 3, 2013

Mt. Maculot
Cuenca, Batangas

(Disclaimer: If you are a local authority of Cuenca, Batangas; you are not allowed to read this. :)

Upon knowing there was a new trail in Mt. Maculot, I was easily anxious to try it. It was supposed to happen a week before but  I have to wait another seven days to do so. I invited a few fellow hikers but only one dared to accompany me, i.e. Jonathan, who had only one mountain on his belt (Mt. Balagbag). I told him that this was just an easy trek. With his brand new trekking shoes, we embarked to a milestone event in the said mountain.

Fourth hike on this mountain

My day was started with a rain so I was a little bit lazy of doing the hike but Jonathan was already on his way and so I had no choice but go as planned. When we arrived at he town proper of Cuenca, the weather was gloomy. Upon registration, I asked one of the barangay official about the new trail; out of nowhere he told me that we can also use the old trail. When we were about to commence our trek, rain fell down. Armed with my umbrella while Jonathan wore his raincoat, we pushed through on the cemented road. We rested for awhile in a hut selling halo-halo. When the rain halted, we resumed our trek.

Old Trail is now closed

As mentioned earlier, the traditional trail of Mt. Maculot was closed down four weeks ago due to erosion causing landslides that might endanger the hikers. Thus, a new trail was introduced to the mountaineering community. The said trail is steeper as it had no rocks nor pebbles to cover the trail like in the traditional trail. Due to the rain, the trail was now muddier and made it more harder. Moreover, the trail is less covered by trees unlike in the other trail.

The muddy new trail

Even though the trail was a little bit longer than the old one, in less than a couple of hours, we able to arrive at the Rockies. There were a lot of hikers on that day. A bunch of students were on the Rockies already when we came there. We had our lunch there and on cue after we finish eating, what was once a sunny day, the clouds returned to give a gloomy weather. Then rain drizzled and winds were making their strong presence felt. Ironically, one female hiker sang, "Heto ako ngayon, Basang-Basa sa ulan, Walang masisilungan, ...", which was fitting for that exact moment.

Jonathan flexing his muscles on the mountain's tongue

We rested at the campsite area observing the campers who were still drinking as well as other hikers minding their own businesses. Then right before 1 pm. we decided to make our descend. It was much more muddier than before and it was more difficult to descend such trail. I was having second thoughts of using the old trail but I was a little bit concerned of witnesses (a buko juice owner  and her two sons were there) and so we went on the difficult route.

This is what I get on doing the right thing

After a difficult descend and a couple of slides, I reached the next bukohan station.Right before I came there,  a few people were there resting before they returned their ascend. Then the silver lining came. As I was waiting for Jonathan, who was letting the hikers pass him by, a familiar scenery caught my eyes. When Jonathan arrived, I asked him to go there just across the tree near to us. He obliged and made it to the old trail in a sec. To cut the long story short, we crossed that border and used the old but reliable trail.

Tired of the muddy trail, I found a way on going to the old trail

And so even I know that the trail is closed due to various concerns, I, together with Jonathan, decided to use it because it is much easier. Hence, a traverse was made. Though it was such a feat of doing a new to old trail, just perhaps we were the first one to do this, as a sports fan, this would be ruled as an unofficial record because it was illegal per se. I knew what I did was a show of irresponsible mountaineering but at the end of the day  I chose what was the best interest for me. And the enticing achievement of doing both trails was too much to passed on. Besides, no harm no foul as basketball players always remark. As we crossed the trail, I noticed it was much cleaner than before and so we left no trace behind. As we crossed the closed entrance, we were almost caught by two boys who were just about to make their ascend along with their father. I able to misled them that we did not use the old trail and just taking pictures on that area.

Ssssh, Don't tell anyone!

As predicted we were able to get down faster than those who were ahead of us due to the comfort of using the traditional trail. Though it was unfair to them because we cheated but I still convince myself that it was much safer to use as I used it thrice already. Still, I apologize for doing it and I am not promoting anyone to do that crazy thing. But if you arrived at the same conclusion my mind did, I have one simple advise to you; "Don't be caught".

Mt. Banoi Itinerary and Expenses

Mt. Banoi
Lobo, Batangas

Actual Itinerary

0500 Meet up in Buendia, Pasay
0545 Board Bus to Batangas City Grand terminal
0700 Arrive at Grand Terminal; Ride Jeepney to Balagtas
0730 Ride Trike to Lobo bound jeepney terminal
0800 Board jeepney bound to Lobo Town
0900 ETA Lobo, Register at police station; Ride Trike to sitio Malibnog
0930 ETA Sitio Malibnog jump-off
1100 ETA Malibnog Village
1230 ETA Two Towers Peak; Lunch
1330 Start Descent
1410 ETA Village
1530 Back at Malabnig chapel; Ride trike back to town proper
1600 Tidy up; Ride jeepney bound to Batangas city
1700 ETA Batangas City, ride bus at grand terminal
1930 ETA Manila

Actual Expenses

Bus to Tambo Exit: 125.00
Bus to Grand Terminal: 27.00
Jeep to Balagtas: 12.00
Trike to Jeepney terminal: 10.00
Jeep to Lobo: 53.00
Trike to Sitio. Malibnog: 10.00
Trike to Town Proper: 10.00
Jeep to Batangas City: 53.00
Jeep to Grand Terminal: 10.00
Bus to Alabang: 113.00

Mt. Banoi: Conquering the Two Towers

Feb. 10, 2013

Mt. Banoi
Sitio Malabnig, Lobo, Batangas

On this day, Chinese New Year was celebrated. Apparently it is now the Year of the Snake but here I was running like a horse in a trail towards to Mt. Banoi. Three hikers joined me on this hike namely, Noli, Dennis (Finally, my two hiking buddies met in a mountain with me) and sir Richard.

The towers of Mt. Banoi

The ideal itinerary was a four in the morning meet up in Buendia but for some reasons I made it 5 am. Like the past week, I came late due to a Fun Run. Coincidentally, I was also wearing red so I was teased by my colleagues as one of the runners. We left Pasay right before six o'clock and boarded a bus en route to Lipa. Yes you read it right to Lipa, we boarded the wrong bus as we were hurriedly saw and just entered it without reading the sign. And so we boarded another bus in Tambo exit that is headed to Grand Terminal in Batangas City.  The we rode a jeepney headed to Balagtas after which we took a trike to the Lobo jeepney terminal near in SM Batangas City. After an hour of travel, we reached the town of Lobo.

We registered at the Lobo Police station

We went straight towards the police station of the town in order to register in their visitor's logbook. Afterwards, we took a tricycle that brought us to Sitio Malabnig, which serves as  the jump-off station for the hikers.

Let's commence the trek

The first path towards the mountain is a waterless stream. It was a long gradual walk before reaching the water source. Then the real battle begins as we were greeted by uphill trek to the village. Along the trail, we came across with the villagers going down to the town.

Even if it was rocky, we were fortunate it was waterless.

Even though it was exhausting, the trail was relatively easy for everybody. After awhile, we already heard music halfway of the trail. It was a sign that we are near to the village. By 11 in the morning, we reached the village.

Taking a break at the village

We rested for awhile at the Malabnig Village before resuming our trek to the peak. There are a lot of confusing fork trails but the trick is just use the right upward path. It was almost noon so the sun was at its highest stretch but luckily for some time we were covered by trees that served as shade from the heat of the sun.

The trees shaded us from the scorching heat

When the trees were gone, the sun was happy to greet us back with his scorching heat. However, the towers was closely visible. Another sign that we are closer was the electric posts were on our path now. When we reached the campsite, another group was having their lunch there. We decided to proceed to the peak so we continued our trek. This time the trail was narrow and covered by grasses as well as branches of trees. There was also a part whereas one would crawl to cross the covered trail. Afterwards, two wooden fences blocked the way and so one should crossed over it.

No problem for Noli

At last, after almost three hours of trekking, we reached the peak wherein two towers stood there. Though the view is not great like in the campsite, it was still pleasurable as I can view Mt. Banahaw and Mt. Cristobal as well as Mt. Daguldol. The sea is also in plain sight so it was fine with me. We had our lunch there and had siesta as well.

Two towers conquered

Like the past climbs, downhill is the best part of mine as I can ran the trail as much as I wanted. All of us were on a Usain Bolt pace so we basically ran most of the trail. Ironically, while I was ascending the mountain I thought when will  I have my first slide for this year. And it was answered right away as I slid down while running downwards.

Usain Bolt pose pointing Isla Verde

After almost of two hours of trekking down back to the jump-off, we were caught surprised that the tricycle was already waiting for us. He was also shocked that we were fast unlike the other mountaineers who previously went there. We alight just in front of the town church and tidy up at the public comfort room. We were ahead of the 5 pm last trip because we made it an hour earlier. 

The chapel where we were picked up by our trike

Before proceeding to the Grand Terminal, our stomachs decided to eat in a bulalo diner. For 140.00 it was a worthwhile dinner for us. After dinner, we went separate ways on our way home. Thank you Noli, Dennis and sir Richard for being my companion on this 40th climb of mine. Thank you Dennis for the photos.

Reward for an exhausting climb: a hearty bulalo

Meet the Fast Four

Sir Richard

Noli

Dennis

The Author

Mt. Balagbag Itinerary and Expenses

Mt. Balagbag
Rodriguez, Rizal

Actual Itinerary

0530 Meet-up in Cubao
0600 Board Bus to Tungko
0645 ETA Tungko; Board Jeep to Licao-Licao
0730 ETA Licao-Licao
0800 Commence Trek
0830 Reach Balagbag Elementary School
0930 Reach Gate; Register
0945 ETA Helipad; Lunch
1200 Start Descent
1300 ETA Falls
1400 ETA Jump-off

Expenses:

Bus from Cubao to Tungko: 55.00
Jeep To Licao-Licao: 27.00
Reg. Fee: 10.00
Jeep To Tungko: 27.00
Bus to Cubao: 55.00

Eat, Hike and Ride at Mt. Balagbag with the USAP Mountaineers, USAP MTB and the USAP 2-Wheels Clubs

Mt. Balagbag
Rodriguez, Rizal

Feb. 3, 2013

Which is much faster, wheels or feet? This past Sunday, the said question was finally answered when our club USAP Mountaineers joined forces with the USAP MTB and the USAP 2-Wheels clubs in a trailblazing affair in Mt. Balagbag.On any given day, the easy bet would be wheels but this was no ordinary day as we were all in a competitive spirit to race on the said mountain.

The whole gang:USAP Mountaineers, USAP MTB and USAP 2-Wheels

As mentioned; there were three clubs involve so went to the jump-off separately. The mountaineers went to Licao-licao through the Tungko route while the MTB club took the Montalban route. There were only two participants from the 2-wheels club and one took the former trail while the other one used the latter route.

On our way to Licao-Licao

Upon our arrival. we saw sir Julius of the 2-wheels club already waiting for us. And so the winner of the first leg goes to their club. In fact, he went with us without his motorcycle and he even lead the way for majority of the trail.

Sir Julius leads the way minus his motorcycle

Half an hour later, the MTB club had arrived and we commenced our journey to the helipad. Probably, we were given a 15 minute head start by the bikers and still they were able to catch up by the time we reached the school in Balagbag.

At the midpoint of the trail, the bikers had caught us

However, we took back the lead when the the trail became a steep and rocky assault. And we held the lead for good by a long margin. Thank you very much steep trail. We appreciate your humble assistance in making their ascent a burden.

See how hard it was

During the ascent, it is notably worth to mention that the sight was breath-taking as one could see the Sierra Madre mountain range as well as Mt. Arayat in Pampanga. The skyline of the buildings in Ortigas can be seen as well. Minutes past nine in the morning, I already reached the gate en route to the Helipad. Right after, a house could be seen and served as the registration site that cost ten pesos.

A week before the year of the snake comes, a dead snake welcomed us just before the registration site

Sir Julius and I were the first one to register and did not wait for the others. One of the locals instructed us to use the shortcut en route to the Helipad and so we used it while the others use the long route. The trail was much more I am accustomed to as it was narrow and steep and full of tall grasses. True enough, in just ten minutes, I was able to reach the highest point of the mountain, i.e. the Helipad. Aside from the privilege of being all alone in a mountain with a gorgeous view of the mountain range of Sierra Madre, I am also proud to brag that the Mountaineers went there first.

Victory for the Mountaineers

Moments later, Julius was able to reached the top. Then the sun made his presence for awhile just before the other mountaineers arrived. Afterwards, the MTB crew one-by-one made it finally to the top and greeted with loser signs.

A proud achievement for the USAP MTB Club

And the winner is....

The Mountaineers had their lunch there and rested in a hut nearby the helipad and joined in by the MTB crew as well. While me, Julius and sir Lemuel stayed behind. I took the opportunity to have a serene and peaceful thought of my lolo who departed five days earlier and was cremated 24 hours earlier. 

For a brief time, I did not have fun in this hike

Just before noon, we had our photo session. This time the bikers made the most of the time pedaling as it was downhill to the jump-off. I was the only one able to catch them but only momentarily. One side note was a local trying to be funny asked me where was my bike. I took it as a compliment but I accept my fate of not beating them downhill because I had neither front or rear brakes like them. By the time I reached the jump-off point, they were all having their lunch. More than an hour later, the others arrived as they drop by at the falls who had a few water to offer.

All set to leave

Thank you for all those who participated in this unique event of conquering a mountain
Thank you Sir Dada for the photos




P.S.

On a personal note; this is a tribute climb for my lolo Bugs. Surely, I will miss him very much dearly.

Engr. Orestes "Bugs" M. Delos Reyes

Jan. 12, 1932 - Jan. 29, 2013

The engineer and the future mountaineer

Mt.Pico de Loro: A Mudless Fun Climb

January 27, 2012

Pico de Loro
Ternate, Cavite


When I went to Pico de Loro recently; I had three certainties.

1. I'll have trouble making to the monolith without a rope.
2. I'll end up with another traumatic experience there like the first three times.
3. There are no water source at the campsite or summit.

When I return from Pico de Loro; I have one certainty:

1. Climbing Pico de Loro is fun without the mud.

Yes, just like you, I was confused. My fourth climb in Pico de Loro was a very confusing hiking experience.

I think I had much fun this time!

I have been to this mountain every year since I started this endeavor in 2010. So I had my annual tradition this year on a forecasted cloudy Sunday weather.

Before the climb

It was indeed cloudy at the start of the day. We begin our trek few minutes after seven in the morning. Unlike the first three times; the trail had no sign of any mud as it was dry and solid to step on. Another thing relatively new to me was the yellow marks painted on the trees along the trail.

It's like going to Oz with out the brick road but the yellow mark trees

It took us only half an hour when reached the base camp. We registered again. I went near the house to get water when I was surprised that the water source has a faucet already and there's also a shower room established.

Look we were having fun

After taking some photos, we resume our trek. As far I recall, there at least four river crossing but there were none on that day. The stream was dry and no trace of water can be seen.

It used to have water there

Another thirty minutes have gone when we reached the fork trail to the mountain and the falls. We rested there for a bit before resuming our journey.

Follow the Light

From the Alibangbang station up to the campsite; we have came across with mountaineers on their way descend to the jump-off. They were so many that I lost my count. So to speak, I mentioned a lot of good morning sir and ingat a countless times during our ascend. During that span there were even old hikers that a little bit tipsy or had hangover still.

When we reached the campsite, I was surprised to what I discover there. A store in resemblance to the 7-11 store in Maculot was set-up there to sell refreshments to fellow hikers. I might say the price is reasonable there as a bottle of mountain dew cost thirty pesos while a Red Horse Grande bottle cost a hundred pesos each.

Bili na kayo!

Then we were of to the summit. As expected a steep assault was waiting for us. However, I did not have any trouble on my ascend perhaps due to my previous three stints there or my improved endurance brought my consistent climbing. When I reached the summit, I was so happy to enjoy the glorious view it bestow.

This is how you descend from the summit

It does not end there as another obstacle to pursue; the monolith. I have been there once and it almost cost my life but being a "buhis-buhay" adventurer I have to do it again. I was certain that there were no rope to use there as told by the hikers I asked while I was on the trail. However, there was a rope tied there to be use by one who dare to climb the monolith.

Super Mountaineer!

While the others were still up to the summit; I went there first. As a result, I was there by my lonesome. Alone but happy. Just me and Mother Nature. Away from the problems in civilization. No glimpse of frustrations. I forgot for awhile the fate of my friends who were retrenched from our company. It was ironic that during that moment; I had  clear mind even if there was an unclear future waiting for me upon my return to reality. Perhaps this is the reason I enjoy climbing mountains; it clears my mind even for just momentarily.

All Alone

Then two mountaineers came and ruin my emo moment. Afterwards, the rest of my group arrived there. We had a blast there as we made crazy stunts for a ridiculous photo session at the top of the mountain.

Hurray!!!

We were there for a long time. As a result, we had our lunch at 2 in the afternoon. Hungry and tired, still it was all worth it especially after seeing all the photos. By three in the afternoon, we made our descend. In less than two hours, we made it back in the DENR station.

On our way home

Meet the Survivor Six

Dennis

Kiko

Tootz

Gem

Dada

Phil (the Author)

Acknowledgment

Thank you to Dada for the photos as well for organizing the climb

Thank you to sir Kicks, Kuya Tootz, Ma'am Gem and Dennis for accompanying me in this hike

See you next time Pico de Loro!

Driving my invisible car