Night Trek in Mt. Amuyao is not only a possibility, it's a reality! How did we do it? here's our story...
We were booked on a 9:30pm autobus but missed it. We were hurled like sacks of potatoes on the next bus squeezing ourselves on it's center seats. From Manila to Banaue we were threatened not to move nor breadth because doing so will cause a dangerous weight imbalance to the bus. For 10 long hours we kept still, managing only to blink ones a while and smile :) ....thinking that one of us will get the shocked of her life we she find out that we are going mountain climbing and not to some beach resort in Zambales.
Reaching Banaue with sored butts and numbed limbs, we managed to have a hearty breakfast in Las Vegas Restaurant. Here, we met the jeepney driver that will take us to Barlig (jump off point). Funny, but this driver and his know-it-all assistant have not seen Barlig in their entire life. Tough Luck!
Since our guides are clueless to our destination, we stopped more often than not to ask for directions. One of the girls could not control nature's call during the trip, so we made an emergency stopover for her to take a leak. Next time we saw her she was wet all over and has to change clothes right in the middle of the road. We took some pictures of her while she undressed in front of us but could not post it here. Those interested to see her pics can buy Maxim and FHM magazines next month and look for the article "Slipped and Stripped".
Since our guides are clueless to our destination, we stopped more often than not to ask for directions. One of the girls could not control nature's call during the trip, so we made an emergency stopover for her to take a leak. Next time we saw her she was wet all over and has to change clothes right in the middle of the road. We took some pictures of her while she undressed in front of us but could not post it here. Those interested to see her pics can buy Maxim and FHM magazines next month and look for the article "Slipped and Stripped".
It was already raining when we started our ascend around 4pm. We have about an hour and a half of daylight before darkness sets in. The steep trail are so slippery we crawled our way up. Mountain Crawling....anyone?
Nobody quit in Amuyao. Our sweepers reached the summit at 3am. Tired, wasted but Happy. The hot and delicious pork "sinigang" was a treat!
Is a night trek in Mt Amuyao possible??
Happy Campers Did It!
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3 comments:
I climbed Amuyao in 2004. I remember that it was a difficult climb, much more when you did it at night. Congrats Happy Campers for Night trekking Amuyao...
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Yes! Its sooo... difficult but we did it! Cheers! Happy Campers!
Thanks for posting some lines to our blog... it was really difficult but we do enjoy the trek with the cold, limatik, drizzle and such... to boost our morale... there's a great food waiting for us in the summit courtesy of the great Chef Don :)
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