akyat - backpacking/mountaineering (thread 2)

[beck19]

^sa pinoymountaineer.com sistah...

[menice]

^ tama si ate beck dun ako nagjojoin ng climb saka sa group namin. hehe

[dYusILicious]

san mo yan nakukuha menice?   sis dYusILicious, bro yan si menice hehe. join ka sa mga akyat dito sis dYusILicious, masaya and at the same time makaka meet ka pa ng new friends. 

haha onga noh bro pala! pag major climb ba kelangan may experience na mag climb before? gusto ko kase sumama, magkano ba budget pag meron climb

[shegothim]

major climb iyong pulag. marami akong nakasama na first climb nila ito. kasama na dun si rocky pero nakaakayat naman sila sa summit. prepare na lang bago umakyat (jogging or brisk walking) ok na. ako nga 2nd climb ko palang ito, di ko pa naakyat ang summit nung una kong climb.

[menice]

^ actually kahit beginner ka sa climb. tapos major climb kagad. ayos lang. kase madame naman tutulong sayo na mga climber. saka nakakaaliw din sa trek di ka maiinip matutuwa ka din maglakad kase alahat sila naglalakad. sanayin mo lang sarili mo magbuhat ng mabigat lalo na sa paakyat kase mas madame kayo dalang water.

[em.em]

saka tama yun maglakad lakad ka na ng mahaba, tapos jogging. nung first climb ko kala ko aatakihin ako sa puso LOL, nabibingi na ako sa tibok ng puso ko nun eh kasi ang lakas. pero masaya, nakakaadik lol.

[cody23]

it depends rin on which major mt you are climbing, pag pulag  ok lang newbie, specially if you have good endurance. But for the likes of halcon and g2 mas better if you have good prep or had climb before.

[em.em]

hi kuya cody! san yun g2?

[menice]

^ mataas na ang greenbelt 2 pede na maghiking LOL hahah

[cody23]

^^ G2 yung usual na tawag sa mt. guiting-guiting sa may romblon

[...ben]

it depends rin on which major mt you are climbing, pag pulag  ok lang newbie, specially if you have good endurance. But for the likes of halcon and g2 mas better if you have good prep or had climb before.

Regarding highlighted comment.  Sorry ha but I really think this is a very misleading statement.  Hindi porket Mt. Pulag yan, major climb agad.  Maraming trails doon at iba iba ang level of difficulty.  Baka mamaya may makarinig lang ng Mt. Pulag sasama na kahit di alam kung anong trail.  At di ko maiintidihan kung bakit madalas sinasabing major climb tapos Ambangeg-Ambangeg trail lang pala.  Kahit naman 6 year old eh kayang i-hike yan eh.  Pero if you hike at the wrong season, this trail can still be very dangerous.  Marami na ring akong naririnig na cases na muntik nang magka-hypothermia dahil sa lamig dyan.  And one of them is actually a fellow GTer, magkasama kami sa climb na yun.  I'm not trying to scare newbies away but these are facts.  So ingat lang sa pag bitiw ng ganung statement.

As for my opinion about newbies (or asal newbies) doing major climbs right away.  I'd discourage them from doing such... unless I know that they really have the right fitness level and attitude for it.  I've backpacked with a lot of newbies doing a major for their first climb.  Maraming pwedeng sabihin kung bakit hindi advisable sa kanila yun.  Safety and other reasons.  Pero eto lang ang ishe-share ko sa inyo...  nakakaawa sila.  Minsan yung 8-10hr hike, kinuha nila ng 14hrs.  It's just increasing the chance of making that climb their last climb.  Kadalasan dahil sa hirap na dinanas, ayaw nang umakyat uli.  Let them enjoy their first climb with easier ones, let them find their limits and when they think they're ready, saka pagusapan yung major climb.

Safety first everyone.  Safety first.

[beck19]

^yes. i agree with sis ...ben...... rule # 1 : Never underestimate a mountain.
 
Mt. Pulag has it's own weather that can change instantly.  Pwedeng mainit sa Baguio pero umuulan sa Mt. Pulag.  Yung mga nakakasama ko nga na mountaineers, although matagal na silang umaakyat ng bundok and have been through Mt Pulag, eh nagte-training run before a climb. 
 
But for what cody23 has stated here, i-rephrase na lang natin.. kung Ambangeg-Ambangeg ang trail. ok lang ang newbie.. May mga nakasama na kami na family sa climb bringing their kids sa Mt Pulag via Ambangeg Trail, youngest siguro na nakasama namin is 6yrs old.     Basta.. remember yung number 1 rule in climbing a mountain..

[menice]

^ ayun buti may mga nagexplain tama si ate beck never underestimate a mountain. mamaya sobrang tarik pala paakyat pag malapit na summit. kaya easy easy lang. research galore.

[ubay]

hi! sorry now lang ulit ako nagawi dito.

7am - assembly sa MCME, UPLB Forestry
8am - akyat papunta muna sa may Nursery, you may leave your things there, may ibang maiiwan sa campsite. then larga na to do the clean-up. hopefully, before lunch time nasa campsite na.

no registration fee. thanks!

[menice]

^ ubay contact number? thanks.

[jentot]

kelan yan ate ubay?

[RRRR77]

hi i really want to join but i'm a newbie (in mountain climbing). do you have a schedule climb for newbies? what are the things i need? can you recommend an organization i can join? thanks

[beck19]

^sama ka na sa min.. hehe.. as of now, wala pang schedule ng climbs, puro beach kasi.. pero us (in Mt Pulag thread) are planning to have a birthday climb sometime in May.. lesgow!!

[menice]

^^ may mga schedule na day trek next month. bigyan kita ng updates regarding sa mga lakad na yon.

@ate beck. kaw na magset nung may climb lagyan mo na date para mablock na natin. and madame sumama.

[beck19]

^opo sir..