Enjoying the Rockies
I never thought that I’ll be back in Mt. Maculot so soon. But since I promised an old climbing buddy I haven’t seen for some time that I’ll take him here after seeing my previous post on Mt. Maculot, I scheduled our climb. Thanks to Cruise for inviting me here the first time around, it greatly added to my logistics of the area. Same as what we did, we went on a night trek, but the fun came much later as 2 new friends were added to our list during our climb.
A view at Taal Lake
It was night when we started our climb. We noticed another couple of girls climbing on their own that night. We were on the same bus actually but didn’t bother them since we thought they were just following up a group. We headed out first but since there were a group of drunks on one of the houses and they were igniting some firecrackers we decided to wait for them, as they might get scared and it would be safer to climb in more numbers. That’s where we met R and C. Which turned out to be a small world because my friend has a common friend with R we were all in the field of Fine Arts. C on the other hand recently gone back to climbing. She climbed Maculot 2 years ago and decided to bring her friend C. She noticed how the mountain has changed and good thing I just came here recently and we didn’t get lost.
There were a number of campers at the summit but we were able to find a good spot on our own. It rained that night but we were able to share our food at dinner. Afterwards my friend and I went around the campsites and stayed at 7-11 for a while. We had a very interesting chat that night.
Morning Dew
Next morning I thought I won’t be able to see the Rockies again but shortly after preparing our breakfast the fog lifted! After packing up our stuffs, the 4 of us excitedly headed to the Rockies and I was glad to be finally able to see the view. It was really fun and there were moments that the fog would pass by but at times it lifts up. And we were able to have a fun shoot for our Hershy’s Photo Contest entries.
A wandering centipede
I think it was around 11am when we went down. I treated the guys Halo-Halo at the famed 7-11 as a belated birthday treat from me. Turns out C also recently had her Bday as well and both our companions, C and B recently had bdays last August on consecutive days and we were amused at the coincidences.
Anyways, this was a fun climb as we acquired new friends in the process and I’m glad I was able to see the Rockies this time around.
nice shots,,i’m now learning, thanx man..
hahaha, nawili ka sa maculot bro. at least, this time, clear ung views from the rockies. nice shot! medyo kakalula dyan but the view of taal is awesome. honestly, the halo-halo is just ok pero up there, it’s a treat hehehe belated happy bday!
wow congrats… komo ba chicks kasama mo nag sosolo ka na ngayon? hehehe. joke. glad you returned to makulot, at nakita mo rin yung gusto kong ipakita sayo!
Very nice nature shots!
Oggie! hehehe oo nga eh, pero buti sa ikalawang pagkakataon nabiyayaan ng magandang panahon. Kahit medyo ordinary lng yung Halo-halo nagiging masarap din dahil pampapawi ng pagod.
Ei Cruise! Oo, salamat sa pagturo mo ng tamang daan. Hehehe!
Eric! Thanks po!
wow its really fun,with cruise ,paul you ang others…great adventure indeed.
great shots too! tnx for the visit and commenting on my blog!
i just added you to my links
great story…look like fun to climb up there…i like the rain forest…fog and rain making a picture perfect like yr shots here…nice capture:-))
kaingget! I wish one day maKa-akyat din ako ng bundok
nice shots sa taas
The start of a romance? :-0
one of your fave shots maybe: at the edge!
That is one GREAT shot you have there (“Enjoying the Rockies”). A fine blog, too!
ferdz! hamo, dala ako ube hopia pag natuloy din climb natin nila cruise. that is, kung ika ngi ni mark, hindi ka magsosolo dahil bebot ang mga climbmates mo, hahaha
climbing ka pala ulet… nice set of pics…
just breezed through from hectic work. ganda ng shots pre! i wanna try to trek there.
ello! just a passer by, i happened to be blog hopping and landed in your cool site
im into blogging these days, just started last september…
glad to see mountainers with cool sites, i used to climb too pero minors lang ( fun climber lang ), and my last climb was in mt. maculot last year.
nice pics.. na miss ko tuloy maculot.
i’ll be a regular passer by in this site na.
ey… bloghop lang po from iskoo. tayo kasi ung tinag nya tpos, si paul navivisit ko na ung site nya so i decided to check yours too.
Kasama ka pala nina Cruise at Paul sa Maculot. Kinukulit ko kasi si cruise bakit hindi nya ako sinama, sabi nya for the boys daw ung climb nyo. haven’t been there. 2 years na akong so-called mountaineer pero hindi ko pa naaakyat ang Maculot.
I like your blog. ang galing, hindi ko kasi magawa to sa blog ko e. i love the concept. parang scrapbook ang dating.
Hi Joyce! Salamat at napadpad ka dito! hehehe. Yeah nakasama ko si Cruise dun sa climb. If you have a chance to climb Maculot, go for it since mura lng naman sya at madali puntahan.
Maraming salamat sa comments on my blog design. Hehehe.
ganda ng template mo!
ganda nga ng maculot. ay may tindahan pa sa taas, yan ang tinatawag na tunay na convenience store. hahaha!