I’VE BEEN BLOGGING about our exploits in the Delbros AB Normal Club without really explaining what the club is about. About two weeks ago I got an e-mail from a reader asking what “AB Normal” means. “Do I mean ‘abnormal’?” she asked.
This blog entry is my reply to her and to all of those...
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WHEN IT COMES TO TOURIST destinations and vacation getaways we tend to look far and ignore what’s in our immediate periphery. Perhaps we hate so much our life’s miserable daily grind in Metro Manila that we want to go as far away from the city as possible.
Until February 2008 I have never been...
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THIS is a long overdue blog post. The Delbros AB Normal Club climbed Pico De Loro (aka Mt. Palay-palay; 664+ MASL) on March 29, 2008. It was the Club’s second...
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A minor but interesting ìside showî feature of our recently completed trip to Mt. Timbak some 55 kilometers north of Baguio City within the province of Benguet is a single spot at Kilometer 52 along the famous Halsema Highway.
That point is called PHILIPPINE PALI. It is supposedly the highest point in any highway in...
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BAGUIO CITY; MAY 17, 2008. Early this morning we set out to summit the ninth highest peak in the Philippines, Mt. Timbak, also known as Mt. Singakalsa.
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But we woke up to a gloomy morning, as tropical storm Cosme has made its landfall the night before, and is now battering northwestern Luzon with heavy rains...
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About a month and a half ago we, the Delbros AB Normal Club headed by our President, Jose Eduardo C. Delgado (JED), started planning our Mt. Timbak Climb. We just completed our Pico De Loro Climb just when the summer season was at its hottest and we were looking forward to a much cooler...
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As a tiny step forward in my goal of joining and completing a triathlon on or before my 40th birthday I did my first serious research on the subject a few weeks ago.
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There are, I learned, three basic types of triathlon:
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IRONMAN Series. This is the mother of all triathlons, at least it is in...
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I am still quite obsessed with the idea of joining, and completing, a Triathlon someday soon.
It has been a life objective, albeit one that has a frequently moving target date. I once set the goal of completing my first Triathlon before I reach the age of 35. I am now little over 35.
My newly...
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The thrill of conquering my first mountain is still† very much fresh in my mind.† And in my aching joints and muscles, too.† It was exactly a month from today when I conquered Mt. Batulao in Batangas.†
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But I can’t dwell on the memories of Mt. Batulao anymore.† After all, just 2 days ago,...
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When it comes to tourist destinations and vacation
getaways we tend to look far and ignore what`s in our immediate periphery. Perhaps we hate so much our life`s miserable daily grind in Metro Manila that we want to go as far away from the city as possible.
Until February 2008 I have never been to...
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This article, which I wrote a week after we went to Mt. Batulao, is also posted in the News & Features sections of www.delbros.com and www.delwater.com.
At about 1:30 PM on March 1, 2008, the last member of the Delbros/Delwater AB Normal Club reached the summit of Mt. Batulao in Batangas. It was a momentous...
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