I DIDN’T dream of becoming a shoe doctor ‘when I grow up’ but I am quite proud of this recent handiwork of mine.
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Actually, it was more of a rescue job more than a repair job.
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I did this on our way down during our Mt. Sembrano climb last month. †The pair of legs...
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I WAS NEITHER kidding nor exaggerating when I said in an earlier blog post that the breeze at the summit of Mt. Sembrano was extremely strong. †Here’s a short video clip taken by one of our climbers using his cellphone camera. †Click on the text link or the photo to play the video. †Make...
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IN a recent blog post I narrated how some members of the Delbros AB Normal Club attempted to climb the summit of Mt. Makiling and failed. †It was not entirely a lost cause and we had much fun (and great photos) along the way. †After all, it is the journey, not the destination, that...
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AFTER SUCCESSFULLY climbing about half a dozen mountains, with the most recent one just the previous month, it was easy and perhaps even natural for me and a few members of the Delbros AB Normal Club to think that we could handle any other mountain of approximately the same height and difficulty rating.
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Mt. Makiling...
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“It is the journey, not the destination, that matters.”†
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WHOEVER said that must have climbed many mountains.
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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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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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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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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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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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