Friday, February 13, 2009

Mt. Cristobal Traverse

The mystery of Mount Cristobal haunts mountaineers in the Philippines. Much have been said about the "eeriness" and "spookiness" of the place. Some even warned mountaineers not to climb this mountain because it might anger the evil spirits that dwell here.


Well, what do you know... Happy Campers sent a team to demystify Mt. Cristobal and succeeded. The evil spirits did not have the chance to do their playful tricks because they went gaga over the craziest mountain climbers. I would say, they even fell in love with the gang (valentine?). The horrendous rain at the summit that greeted the team was actually a way of welcoming the children to their home.


Sleep tight kids, we are watching over you...aahhoooooooo


9 comments:

Anonymous said...

The prodigal son (Jod)is back to his home...Mt. Cristobal hehehe

PinoyApache said...

a warrior passes by your tent and left a pair of footprints...clicked on your ads. Ciao!

Happy Campers Pilipinas said...

ei pinoyApache, Welcome to Happy Campers Pilipinas. thanks for the visit, you've got a nice blog yourself. is it ok to get in touch w/you if we happen to be in Cebu? would you like to link up w/ HCP?

Unknown said...

really Jod goes home to his homebase...

Anonymous said...

ilang oras po and hike sa summit? saan po jump off? paki post naman po itinerary. salamat po.

Happy Campers Pilipinas said...

calling Jod...
ei Hazel

Unknown said...

hi hazel...

traverse ito from Tayak - Kinabuhayan. Kinabuhayan is the traditional trail.

Day 01


0300H Assembly Buendia Bus Station
0330H E.T.D for San Pablo
0600 E.T.A San Pablo / Breakfast at Chowking/Arrange jeep to Jump off Point
0700H E.T.D for Jump off
0745H E.T.A Tayak Jump off
0800H Start Trek
1200H Lunch on Trail
1230H Resume Trek
1700H Summit/ Photo ops
1800H E.T.A Campsite / Set Camp
1830H Prepare Dinner
1900H Dinner
2000H SOCIALS
2300H Lights Off

Day 02

0600H Wake Up Call
0630H Summit/Photo ops
0800H Breakfast / Break Camp
1000H Start Descent
12:00nn Lunch at the trail
1300H Resume Trek
1500H E.T.D Kinabuhayan
1700H E.T.A San Pablo
2000H E.T.A Manila

you definitely will enjoy the traverse trail..

Jovial Wanderer said...

I love your blog..so funny :)

Hope makasabay namin kayo sa trail minsan..

Christine

kAye said...

elow po.. weeeew, naalala ko un climb namin jan, pagdating po namin ng summit we passed through the cogon na parang maliiet na kweba, grabe, naiyak ako, i may say dun lang po kami npglaruan, 15-20 person po ata kami, nun asa taas na po ngkahiwahiwalay na kami.. 5 stayed intact together and even saw us become 6 na ndi naman tlga namin mtandaan na may ksma kming gnun... but after that ntagpuan din namin cla.. after dinner,nkatulog na kaming lahat sa pagod at hindi na nkapag socials.. sobrang lamig at same po tau ulan ang sumalubong hehe.. then pagdating ng umaga as in 5:30 in da morning ng wake up call na sina sir pat, at imagine we are havng socials that early hehe.. lashing ako pababa e., hehe nhulasan din kc kiss the wall un trek pbaba..weew, mas masaya pala mgsocial sa umaga hehe.. tpos ligo sa malamig na hagdan to jesus... ill never forget that super exciting climb..gulong pababa way up to summit hehe.. have a nice day everyone.. nice blog HCP, ingatzzz.. have a nice and safe climb oweiz.......