Author Archives: Gabo'
Bundokverein Girls,,,,An Unforgetable Experience
Mt Apo, the Philippines’ highest, has been an elusive mountain for me and my travel buddy, Nadine. We have been planning to climb it since 2012. And beginning of 2014, we planned to climb it in January, our birthday month. But there was bad weather at that time in Mindanao so we had to cancel … Continue reading
Cliché Lessons on Climbing Mt. Apo
There will be bumps Just like any other special day that one waits and longs for, our rendezvous with Mount Apo wasn’t without bumps. In fact, it was met with lots. I almost missed my flight to Manila, which meant I would also miss the flight to Davao. J missed her flight back to work … Continue reading
A French Actor’s Impression….
“In the middle of the journey of my life I found myself lost in a dark forest And I had lost the right path… Oooooh, how could I describe this wild, thick and bitter place? …but, in fact there, after many ordeals, I found Goodness, Beauty and the love of my life… “ Dante Alighieri, … Continue reading
An Australian Article : My Mt. Apo Experience,,,,
I am a 58 year old Australian who found Albert Gabriel from a google search of climbing Mt Apo. I have just completed a 3 day climb of Mt.Apo and I have to say I am delighted at how well the climb was organised and I am happy to say I had an unforgettable experience. The varied terrain … Continue reading
Tracing the Roots: A journey to Mt.Apo
I’ve been blessed to be a part of a friendship that values the beauty and wonders of our motherland; to have the audacity to experience that thrills she can offer. Team masaya as we call ourselves have already visited most parts of the Philippines. One experience we will never forget is embarking to a … Continue reading
Late Summer Traverse with Two Ladies
Summer is closing in, and rainy season is nearly coming …..this is the time when we had two lady guest who climb Mt. Apo using the Sta. Cruz-Kidapawan Traverse Trail last May 18-20 2013. They were Ms. Anne Karen dela Cerna(Yayen) , a nurse in a hospital and research center the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia … Continue reading
4 Ladies, A Diver and Mt. Apo
A week after the Lenten Climb 2013, I went back to Mt. Apo with 4 gorgeous Ladies and a skin diver using Sta. Cruz Trail. My guests were 2 British Naomi Victoria ,Chalotte Boyer , Niamh Ui Fhaolain(Irish) who work as Physiotherapist in Singapore and Mayette( Balikbayan from Canada) and Carlo Castro who loves to … Continue reading
Lenten Climb 2013
During this Years Holy week (March 28-31, 2013) , we have two handsome young German Climber guests (Andreas Hoecherl and Simon Nussstein ) who works as volunteers for the school children in Tondo , Maynila. Our climb lasted for 3 days in which we were climbing with more than a thousand climbers who also likes to … Continue reading
Just A Proposal Climb
On the First week of March , I had a call from a guy in the person of Jan Israel Samaniego (Ish) who wants climb Mt. Apo together with Seven(7) of his friends and later informed me that this is a very special climb for him for he is going to propose to his girlfriend … Continue reading
Valentines Climb with Nancy & Mark
The Month of February signifies the Month of the Heart and its 14th date is the best day of that season to be with the people you care about. Luckily, we had a guest that would like to celebrate Valentines day in a different way,,,,and its in the summit of Mt. Apo watching its sun … Continue reading