Lakbay Gala

We have been doing this mountain climbing as a routine. We have been hiking weekly and not long after our return from Boracay, we made it to Mt. Sembrano with a former schoolmate and her son. She hasn't been climbing for a long time and so we suggested hiking instead of the regular drinking-and-chatting-hanging-out-activity. It was a coincidence that the Mountaineering Community has organized a 2 day National Mountain Cleanup Day so it was that our hike was in line with the activity. We joined and had our ID but we can't make it on time because of my work. The meetup was at Lucky Gold Plaza in Lifehomes. We had to travel 2 hours from Pasig to Tanay, and bought supplies when we got there. Our plan was to summit before the night falls, but we were frustrated. Mt. Sembrano was a CHALLENGE. From the drop off is already a steep assault. After the concrete pavement starts the rocky trail which will be encountered until a few meters to the summit. We started the hike at arou...

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...