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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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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WHEN WE†climbed Mt. Malipunyo of the Malarayat Mountain Range in Batangas last month, we had the good†fortune of having a professional photographer and videographer join us in the person of Mr. Hector Igarta. †Sir Hector, as I have come to call him, is a an active Scoutmaster and trainer of the Boy Scouts of...
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PERHAPS the most amazing as well as most inspiring lesson man can learn from forests and mountains is how nature nurtures itself.
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SYMBIOSIS is a truly beautiful concept I learned from my science text books many years ago. †It refers to the “physical interaction of two dissimilar organisms wherein both tend to benefit from it.” †Surely, humankind should learn from nature. †If only we can learn to be interdependent with each other there should be less...
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THIS IS MY†fourth†posting for my†ëHidden Beauties Up Thereí†series.
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In the vastness of mountains and forests it is easy to overlook tiny yet immensely beautiful creations that are just there along foot trails. †You really need to stop and take a closer look… literally.
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These photos were taken using an†Olympus†Mju 1030SW†10.1 megapixel weatherproof†digicam set on “Macro” mode.
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THIS IS MY†third posting for my†ëHidden Beauties Up Thereí†series.
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I find both pain and beauty on these photos. †They remind us that the fate of nature rests on a delicate balance. †Natural invading forces such as pests, parasites, and animals in the wild are essential to the balance of life in our forests and mountains....
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THIS IS MY second posting for my ‘Hidden Beauties Up There’ series.
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I was very much intrigued by these mysterious creations. †How would vines and tendrils know where they are supposed to go? †Why would a seemingly ordinary tree trunk have a lump?
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These photos were taken using an†Olympus†Mju 1030SW†10.1 megapixel weatherproof†digicam.
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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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THE YEAR 2008 was a relatively active year for the Delbros AB Normal Club.† They went on to summit two mountains — Mt. Batulao (811 MASL) and Mt. Pico De Loro (664+ MASL) before the rainy season started in June.† And then they played ‘hide and seek’ with Super Typhoon Cosme in Baguio City...
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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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