Dream Climb | One Step Forward

I am 20 going on 21 in four months or so, and I am extremely excited. (countdown now active in my site, look at my sidebar)

While other males choose to celebrate their 21st by staging a grand party with their relatives and friends, I have a bigger, more extreme plan for mine. I choose to celebrate my 21 years of happy existence up on the roof of the Philippine Archipelago, I choose to climb Mt. Apo. Actually it’s a Talomo-Apo megatraverse plus a Dulang-Dulang-Kitanglad traverse, a weeklong celebration on the famed Mindanao 1-2-3. It is my biggest dream climb and I want to fulfill it the soonest.

I already have my plane tickets now, just bought them from the recent Piso Fare of Cebu Pacific.

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It will be a 12-day epic adventure on the Island of Mindanao. The first five days will be spent on Talomo-Apo Trail and some spots in Davao City, the next 2 days will be a solo trip to Malaybalay, Bukidnon (I’ll be waiting for my climb buddies for the D2K traverse), and the last five days will be on the trails of Dulang-Dulang and Kitanglad. Gosh I can no longer wait for this one.

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This post is meant to express my great excitement for my upcoming Mindanao 1-2-3 adventure, especially Mt. Apo which can really make me the happiest man celebrating his 21st year. In fact, climbing Mt. Apo is one of the reasons why I’m not getting a passport until now. I remember signing a pact with myself (way back after graduating high school) that I will not travel around the globe until I have set my foot on its summit. Well, mukhang malapit na akong lumabas ng bansa…