Dreams of trekking and a good hike up a mountain!

Scrounging around the PH blog community earlier this evening, I came upon this great site by Gideon Lasco and Ivan Henares. Both acclaimed  mountaineers and from the pix that they've posted on their site, they seem to have summitted ALL the major peaks here in the Philippines.

Their site provides not only some good looking views of the peaks, but great tips on travelling to & from the jump-off points and other sites.  An example would be an entry for Mt. Batulao:   A store, 30 minutes up in the trail, sells halo-halo and fresh coconut juice. There are no water sources throughout the Batulao trail; 1.5-2 L water is advised. Cellphone signal is present throughout the climb.

If one is into mountain trails and hiking up our still clear and smog-free peaks, you MUST check out their blog.

A definite must browse.   http://pinoymountaineer.blogspot.com/

 This got me day dreaming about my previous hikes. Having trekked up Mt. Pulag 5 times in the past 4 years with JED and his staff on their summer outings to Benguet, I do have a lot of pictures to share. But I will need time to sift & sort out the good photos from the bad. I have generated quite a bunch of stories to share as well.  Hopefully they will do justice to the blog as well. Our last trek up early this year was one of the best. Next one do we bring the bikes?