Mt. Romelo- Our First Mountaineering Adventure
Our first attempt to mountaineering together is trekking Mt. Romelo in Siniloan, Laguna. Since the place is just near the city, we booked our weekend for a mountain adventure. My partner has been climbing mountains and this would be our very first time doing this together. We're supposed to be spending the long holiday at Borawan and Dampalitan island in Quezon, unfortunately though we were not able to pursue due to unforeseeable reasons I do not want to discuss. So we planned (for a night) to head out to Laguna and traverse the mountain of Romelo. We were inviting friends to tag along, but they declined the invitation (though free). After a series of convincing and talking, we ended up trio. We prepped at around 6AM and left an hour after. The jeep took us an hour and a half to Tanay Market. From there we bought our supplies. We planned to stay overnight so we bought food just enough for 1 day and 1 night. Oh, and not to mention 1 gallon of water too, aside from 3 bottled wat...