Snow Mountain Climb: My Kind of Winter Hike

Feb 22-24, 2015 Location: Taichung, Taiwan Difficulty: 4/5 "Bones, sinking like stones, All that we fought for, Homes, places we've grown, All of us are done for. And we live in a beautiful world, Yeah we do, yeah we do, We live in a beautiful world." Wuling Farm, Taichung, Taiwan (one of the beautiful photos taken by Qitter) Yeah, the melody of this song called "Don't Panic"...

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Mt. Kalawitan Traverse (Bontoc to Sabangan)

Location: Bontoc to Sabangan, Mountain Province Elevation: 2,714m above sea level (10th highest in the Philippines, 4th in Luzon) Difficulty: possibly ranges from 7/9 to 8/9 (in my opinion) Admittedly, my mind has been filled with Taiwan trip and other office stuff in the past few weeks prior to the trip itself and before my mandatory leave. That is, I had to finish all my deliverables in...

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A Beautiful Letdown: My Fourth Annual Climb to Mt. Pulag

December 20-21, 2014 "There seemed to be a hole in my heart! I felt incomplete. And yet, every climb to Mt. Pulag is always fun, something great to keep in my heart." This is a story of an epic fail quest for the summit of Mt. Pulag. Admittedly, we failed to reach it due to inevitable, uncontrollable forces. And that was the saddest part. Now guess what happened next.....

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