Mt. Purgatory – My First Hike in the Cordilleras!

“The Chilled Trekker” Two months prior to this climb, I scaled Mt. Arayat in my first ever major climb. Conquering the Kapampangan bunduk served as a gateway for many of the major climbs in Luzon I wanted to try – Makiling, Tapulao, Pulag, Napulauan, and a number of other difficult mountains. The Chill Trekker, the … Continue reading Mt. Purgatory – My First Hike in the Cordilleras!

Mt. Arayat Traverse (1,030 MASL North Peak; 1,008 MASL South Peak)

I wanted my tenth mountain to be something special. It was in 2008 when I first tasted the joys of mountaineering. I was 11 years old and we were trekking the usual surroundings of Madlum, hiking up to Mt. Manalmon – my mother mountain. That was ten years ago – ten years ago and here … Continue reading Mt. Arayat Traverse (1,030 MASL North Peak; 1,008 MASL South Peak)