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Mt. Batulao | The Second Time Around | The Kikay Mountaineer
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The online adventure diary of a newbie mountaineer :). Mt Batulao The Second Time Around. February 13, 2014. You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all the moves. -Lito Tejada. We took a bus at the Coastal Mall bound to Nasugbu, Batangas. It was a 2 hour ride to the Evercrest Golf Course. We took the chance to have lunch at one of the. There before we hailed a tricycle to the jump off point. Mt Batulao wil...
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Mt. Malipunyo – Malarayat Range Traverse| Seven Summits | The Kikay Mountaineer
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The online adventure diary of a newbie mountaineer :). Mt Malipunyo – Malarayat Range Traverse Seven Summits. April 13, 2014. What do you do when you’re expecting something but didn’t turn out the way you expected it? Like when you’re expecting to hike just twin peaks (Manabu- Malipunyo) but turned out to be seven pala? Composed of the whole attendees of this climb was formed. First Peak Mt. Manabu. You may click on this link. For our Mt. Manabu story). Meet Mang Mario, our guide for the whole climb.
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Mt. Manabu | Lost but Found | The Kikay Mountaineer
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The online adventure diary of a newbie mountaineer :). Mt Manabu Lost but Found. December 30, 2013. There’s a saying that. Not all those who wander are lost. We were supposed to meet up at 0600 in JAM Buendia but we made it at 0800 for some reason which I took full ownership was my fault. I sincerely and deeply apologized. Haha It’s not gonna happen again I swear.😀. It was a fast land travel that we were able to reach the Lipa proper at 0900 where we waited for Melai who came all the way from Cabuyao, L...
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myleneoh | The Kikay Mountaineer
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The online adventure diary of a newbie mountaineer :). 12 Things you can do when in Kota Kinabalu. July 11, 2014. 1 Dine at the KK Night Market. 2 Do Some Island Hopping. You’d be crazy to visit KK and not go island hopping! At the Jesselton point. 3 Visit the Sabah Museum (Muzim Sabah). The Swordfish/ KK Waterfront. Falls and Bat Cave. Market and View Deck. Mt Kinabalu Day 2 The Summit and the via Ferrata. July 4, 2014. Without the via ferrata). Person. But nah, I actually overestimated the coldness...
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Mt. Kinabalu Day 2 | The Summit and the via Ferrata | The Kikay Mountaineer
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The online adventure diary of a newbie mountaineer :). Mt Kinabalu Day 2 The Summit and the via Ferrata. July 4, 2014. This is the continuation of the first part. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend you to click on this link. Without the via ferrata). But since I was told by Sir Tristan that there were no more slots for it and only the. Last 1.6 km! All just to make it to my goal of reaching the summit before 6AM. Going past the Sayat Sayat checkpoint, wherein one has to register, we were faced wi...
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Mt Daguldol | Better and Stronger | The Kikay Mountaineer
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The online adventure diary of a newbie mountaineer :). Mt Daguldol Better and Stronger. March 20, 2014. So there, after a month of waiting, I’m finally blogging about our Mt. Daguldol Climb. Haha! I was so charged up with this climb not just because of the multiple offers of this mountain that I’ve been hearing, but because I’m climbing with our Batch 2014 trainees for the first time! All by God’s grace! We were just 13 in our batch last year and surprisingly for this year, they just doubled our number!
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Mt. Kinabalu Day 1| The Timpohon Trail | The Kikay Mountaineer
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The online adventure diary of a newbie mountaineer :). Mt Kinabalu Day 1 The Timpohon Trail. June 18, 2014. I have been climbing for more than a year ever since I started my training with MMS just last year and had 16 summits as of this counting. Whenever I would reach the top and look down on the earth below, the euphoria of happiness lingers knowing that I made it through a rough trail. The harder the hike, the sweeter the summit indeed! Can you just imagine that? The moment I realized that I’m p...
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Mt. Pulag | The Sea of Clouds Amidst the Altitude Sickness | The Kikay Mountaineer
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The online adventure diary of a newbie mountaineer :). Mt Pulag The Sea of Clouds Amidst the Altitude Sickness. May 2, 2014. The sunrise at the palm of my hand. At the Ranger Station. Lucky, Nitu, Rizza, Joan, and Lidie joined with us. They also invited friends whom I just met that time: Ceng, Doris, Ralph, and Wap. Most of them were first time climbers. That’s why days before the climb, I would send them message on what they should bring and how they could prepare for the climb. So here comes the twist ...
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