PICO de LORO_M01
First Minor Climb
01.2223.12
It's SEOLLAL, a Korean new year. January 22 - 24, 2012. This holiday means so much to me because this is a 3-day holiday. Since I am working in a Korean company, we follow Korean holiday and not the Philippine holiday. At first I planned to go to Pagudpud to spend this holiday but time can't afford it. Luckily, my VOIM co-teachers decided to hang out, not just hang out, but hike. Sound exciting right? When I first heard that, I'm in!
First Minor Climb
01.2223.12
Ternate, Cavite
Major Jump-off: Magnetic Hill, Ternate
LLA: 14º 12.855 N; 120º 38.785 E; 664 MASL
Specs: Minor Climb / Difficulty: 3/9 / Trail Class: 1-3
Source: Pinoy Mountaineer
It's SEOLLAL, a Korean new year. January 22 - 24, 2012. This holiday means so much to me because this is a 3-day holiday. Since I am working in a Korean company, we follow Korean holiday and not the Philippine holiday. At first I planned to go to Pagudpud to spend this holiday but time can't afford it. Luckily, my VOIM co-teachers decided to hang out, not just hang out, but hike. Sound exciting right? When I first heard that, I'm in!
It's my first time to hike, and I am so excited! This hobby is quiet expensive due to the equipment and things you need to have. But these all worth it. I promised you that.
ITINERARY
Pico de Loro (Maragondon-Maragondon) Overnight (with sidetrip to Boracay de Cavite)
Day 1
1100 Assembly @ Caltex Boni (Right after MRT BONI Station,In front of Robinsons Pioneer)
1200 ETD MANILA
1430 ETA Magnetic/DENR Settle Registration fee P20/pax php Start trek.
1530 Rene Medina’s place.(BASE CAMP 1) Water source. Register P20/pax
1610 Fork area. Left to waterfall. Right to summit.
1620 ETA Alibangbang Park. SINGKO (rest)
1630 Assault to campsite.
1730 Tricky boulders part. Many climbers lose their way here. The continuation of the trail should be downward and to the right. After 20 meters of descent, it’s a rolling terrain and bamboo starts to appear. You may hear voices from the campsite when you’re near.
1800 Campsite. Take photos. Pitch tents. There are two water supplies nearby.first is a weak water source at the cliff campsite. But this could be dry during the summer.second is taking the descending clear trails beside the Kawayanan campsite (about 10 minutes) which leads to to a small brook.Bring clean cloth for filtering purposes.
1830 Prepare Dinner
2000 Dinner
2100 Socials
2300 Lights off
Day 2
0600 Wake-up call
0630 Prepare breakfast
0700 Breakfast
0730 Assault to summit. Take photos. Climb the monolith (risky and optional).
0830 Back at the campsite. Break camp
0930 Start descent.
1030 ETA Alibangbang Park. SINGKO (rest)
1130 Back at Rene Medina’s place.(BASE CAMP 1)
1230 ETA DENR/Caylabne Road. (wash up)
1300 ETA Little Boracay De Cavite SWIMMING!
1330 Prepare Late Lunch
1400 Late Lunch
2000 ETA MANILA
ESTIMATED Budget: P500/pax*
*Inclusive of Transportation via chartered Jeepney,Dinner,and 2nd day breakfast
Registration Fees P20 x 2 = P40.00
Things to bring:
MUST:
Headlamp/flashlight
Tent
Personal Foods
Day 1
1100 Assembly @ Caltex Boni (Right after MRT BONI Station,In front of Robinsons Pioneer)
1200 ETD MANILA
1430 ETA Magnetic/DENR Settle Registration fee P20/pax php Start trek.
1530 Rene Medina’s place.(BASE CAMP 1) Water source. Register P20/pax
1610 Fork area. Left to waterfall. Right to summit.
1620 ETA Alibangbang Park. SINGKO (rest)
1630 Assault to campsite.
1730 Tricky boulders part. Many climbers lose their way here. The continuation of the trail should be downward and to the right. After 20 meters of descent, it’s a rolling terrain and bamboo starts to appear. You may hear voices from the campsite when you’re near.
1800 Campsite. Take photos. Pitch tents. There are two water supplies nearby.first is a weak water source at the cliff campsite. But this could be dry during the summer.second is taking the descending clear trails beside the Kawayanan campsite (about 10 minutes) which leads to to a small brook.Bring clean cloth for filtering purposes.
1830 Prepare Dinner
2000 Dinner
2100 Socials
2300 Lights off
Day 2
0600 Wake-up call
0630 Prepare breakfast
0700 Breakfast
0730 Assault to summit. Take photos. Climb the monolith (risky and optional).
0830 Back at the campsite. Break camp
0930 Start descent.
1030 ETA Alibangbang Park. SINGKO (rest)
1130 Back at Rene Medina’s place.(BASE CAMP 1)
1230 ETA DENR/Caylabne Road. (wash up)
1300 ETA Little Boracay De Cavite SWIMMING!
1330 Prepare Late Lunch
1400 Late Lunch
2000 ETA MANILA
ESTIMATED Budget: P500/pax*
*Inclusive of Transportation via chartered Jeepney,Dinner,and 2nd day breakfast
Registration Fees P20 x 2 = P40.00
Things to bring:
MUST:
Headlamp/flashlight
Tent
Personal Foods
Extra Money
Extra clothes
Jacket
Mosquito Repellant
Garbage Bag *for upuan and sapin purposes.
Alcohol
Wet Wipes
Tissue
Extra clothes
Jacket
Mosquito Repellant
Garbage Bag *for upuan and sapin purposes.
Alcohol
Wet Wipes
Tissue
Personal Medicines
Malong/Kumot
Atleast 3 liters* water for girls and 4 liters* water for boys.
*1 Liter ea for Group sharing
*for boys (nasa Must! to ah :)) )
1 liter gsm blue / 2 pax or kung ano Pref nyo >:) Malameeg sa Pico :))
1 tang strawberry sachet
Optional:
Poncho (May nabibile na pocket size disposable raincoat sa ACE Hardware P20
Malong/Kumot
Atleast 3 liters* water for girls and 4 liters* water for boys.
*1 Liter ea for Group sharing
*for boys (nasa Must! to ah :)) )
1 liter gsm blue / 2 pax or kung ano Pref nyo >:) Malameeg sa Pico :))
1 tang strawberry sachet
Optional:
Poncho (May nabibile na pocket size disposable raincoat sa ACE Hardware P20
Prepared by: Mr. Rhai Castillo a.k.a VON :D
In our itinerary it is only 2 days. It is good that we were able to rest on the 24th. And I can see myself on bed the whole day of the 24th.
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GETTING READY!
My bag is a half old of my age...my parents bought it to me when I was in grade five for a camp. Old but still good. My bag is so heavy....and it hurts my shoulders....GOD!
The jeepney trip was quite cool because it's open air and the driver is kinda reckless...haha...I think that's cool! Pico de Loro is located in Maragondon, Cavite. They said that it is a boundary of Cavite and Nasugbu, Batangas. I have no idea how far it is. I haven't been in Maragondon but I know Nasugbu, and Nasugbu is quite far from Manila. The weather was a blessing so I think there's a lot of fun awaiting for us.
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| OUR WAY TO PICO DE LORO At first, we can see typical Cavite roads, residential areas and establishments. But as our trip go on, we can see roads like this in the photo. This reminds me of Subic. Zigzag roads going up and down. We can only see mountains and a sea. WOW! This is ROAD TRIP! |
It's my first time....and I'm so excited! It's very tiring....but that's not a reason for me not to wear my SMILE ^___^
Pico de Loro's trail is quite tiring, most of the time big steps are required. |
| THE VOIM TEACHERS I only have these words to describe my co-VOIM teachers... adventurous..simple...and...BEAUTIFUL ^^ |
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| THE SIGN ...are we there yet???????????..haha.....long way to go!~ This sign made me a big sigh. When I saw this I thought we were near but it's just the beginning! |
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| WHEN DARKNESS CAME... It's dark already. Our path were mostly big stones and cliffs. This time, I can only do 10 steps at a time. Gravity was our villain. |
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| LIGHTS OFF It's my first time see a lot of starts and they seem very close to us. This is a wonderful experience. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take a picture of it. ><.....It's a very cold night. My legs started to ache, result of laziness. I can't sleep due to the strong wind blowing and Kuya Von and company were really noisy. Good thing, they are funny. 01.23.12 MONDAY MORNING |
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| BLUE EVERYWHERE This is the real GOOD MORNING. As I woke up, this view made me speechless. Though it's a foggy morning, the view is still really wonderful. The view looks like a painting with just shades of blue. Really AWESOME! |
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| SUMMIT + MONOLITH = ^___________^ Now we can see clearly our destination. |
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| Kuya Alfred and TM Rhem I really like this photo, not because I took this one, but because this scene seems cute and romantic. Kuya Alfred is a photographer, and he is with his favorite model...TM RHEM...aayyyiiiiiiiiiiii~~~ |
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| Just SILHOUETTE!!! LIKE A SIR! |
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| We are a PACK of GOOD GIRL GINA! |
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| Off to SUMMIT! .......30 minutes later.......
Over looking the SUMMIT...and EVERYTHING NICE!
I will always love GREEN!
I wasn't able to collect specific data, such us the exact time of how we meet our itinerary and the like, of what had happened in this climb due to the overwhelming experience I had. Hope next time I would able to do that.
Since it was my first mountain, though it was "just" a minor climb, the day after the climb I was just on my bed due to muscle pain. Haha!
FIN!
I WILL RETURN!
WAIT FOR ME PICO de LORO!
The next mountain would be........
MOUNT BATULAO CREDITS: Itinerary: Von Ryan Castillo Photos: ME.....^^....Alfred Dela Cruz Sumala, Ninya Victorio, Rhem Anneth Fabro, Arielle Luis Alapide, et. al. | \ |
i was googling and found this pictures by accident. how did you climb the monolith?i'm super curious, i just love the view. awesome pictures btw
ReplyDeleteHello Ma'am/Sir!!~ ^^
DeleteThis is how we reach the monolith...
We descended from the summit towards the monolith.
Facing the monolith, on our right we climbed a nearly 90-degree angle trail that only a foot could fit in. This trail lead us towards the back of the monolith then to the top. This trail is short but the hardest and most dangerous part of the climb but with the help of our fellow climbers we surpassed it.
You can see the trail that I'm talking about in the background of the 24th picture. ^.~
Thank you for your comment and my advise to you~~~ CLIMB IT!!!