When I was there at the majestic Mount Apo

CONQUERING MT. APO

(Manghinlo ta kay APO 2008)

I was as excited to descend from the summit as I was about to climb...along with the story and experiences with me I am going to tell my friends and family...

October 22, 2008...Day 1 Club Tikod (my campus-based mountaineering society in DOSCST) arrived at assembly area-NCCC Mall Davao. And at around 9 am, we pushed for Digos City for registration. After lunch, we forwarded to Barangay Kapatagan, our jump-off area for the Campsite1.

And at around 2 pm, we finally reached the jump-off area. Though rainshowers welcomed the group along with our hosts AMOSS and HADAMS, I was also so much eager to start the journey.

And at around 5 pm, we arriveds at Campsite1....Overnight rest...zzzZZZZZ...

October 23, 2008 Day2 Off to Gudi-gudi Forest...campsite2. Kinda excited...

Around 6 pm, nilindol kami sa Gudi-gudi...(may earthquake) kulba my heart lol:-)

October 24, 2008 Day3 This day, we will be starting to go real uphill...first to the BOULDERS, then to CRATER, and then to PEAK.
From here on, rocks (small and big..and real huge rocks) are all over the place called BOULDERS. Good spot for sight-seeing and picture taking.



Sometimes or should I say most of the times, you've got to crawl and seek for grip on the rocks...well that was some kind of a "wonderful" encounter with the creatures called rocks UPCLOSE and PERSONAL??? hehehe

And fogs are everywhere too. Feels like heaven...haha..grrrrrrrr...cold...

And the mountain is also smoking...with sulfur...hmmmpfff smells awful sometimes...but it was good to see a real source of Sulfur...

At around 3 pm, we finally reached the Peak of the tallest mountain in the Philippines...really really PROUD of myself and of the experience...kaya ko pala..mountaineer talaga pala ako...

Ladies and gentlemen, the crater of our very own Mt. Apo...

October 25, 2008 Day4 On this day, we visited Lake Venado..Amazing...amazing really nice lake..whew...

October 26, 2008 Day 5 We are now going todescend and return to Digos City...bringing along our happy memories of our encounter with nature...Home Sweet home...but wait we have also dropped by the CENTURY TREE...Hope our trees would really reach century years..