Good thing my friend and my son's "godfather" :D Mhel invited me for my first ever mountain climbing experience. This happened last January 24 to 25, 2009. It was called Mt. Talamitam fun climb and it was indeed fun! My outgrown outdoor passion was revived. I got the chance to leave the busy city enjoy some fresh air aside from some parts where you have to stop inhaling. lolz (may land mine kasi ng cow's poopoo) I was able commune with nature once more. I was a little bit shy because I don't personally know most of the BAROC's group aside from the fact that I'am really a shy person weeee.
BAROC, which stands for Barkadahan, Adventures, Recreation, and Outdoor Club. They are a group of fun-loving and responsible mountaineers, adventurists, and outdoor enthusiasts, who share a common love and passion for the outdoors. You can know more about them by visiting their new web 2.0 site BAROC.

Now lets rewind a little bit. With Mhel, JM, Beta, Jeff (who btw didn't slept the night before the climb just to prepare their mouth watering sisig and adobo) we arrived at EDSA-Taft bus terminal around 5:30am to meet up with the rest of BAROC's mountaineers. We drove off via Crow bus lines to Nasugbu Batangas and paid P129 for bus fare. Around 8:00am we arrived at the jumf-off point which is at Sitio Bayabasan, Brgy. Aga, Nasugbu (also known as "KM. 83"). After doing some "heart pounding warm ups" (lolz), the BAROC's pioneers lined up and organized the big group of 46 participants into smaller groups. We started the ascend around 8:30am. This climb is considered as Minor climb, but it took us around 3hrs before we reached the summit. Understandably, to keep pace with the 11 newbie like me! :D. All in all the ascend was walk in the park (naks! buti na lng magaan dala ko lolz). Just be careful on the part which is before the summit. Tall grasses awaits you (kaya pala sila may arm guard hahaha) and 60 degree trail before the summit which for me is the challenging part. But alas, the SUMMIT! weeeeee

At the summit, we started pitching our tents, rested for a while and prepared our lunch.
We had a sisig, canned sardines and half cooked rice hahaha hmmm ano pa ba? Anyway, we had a hearty meal (masarap talaga kumain pag madami kasabay :D). The BAROC pioneers with Kuya D, RJ, Mara, Abet, Len, gave us some BMC (Basic Mountaineering Course) na very informative naman hahaha. Seconds, minutes, hours passed by enjoying the scenes and fresh air which became a strong wind all trough the night. The BAROC's still managed to have their traditional "socials" along with the typhoon like wind and very cold night. Then Churvahan na! lolz. Thankfully, we survived the pounding winds during our sleep as if the the wind wants us out of the summit, breaking and ripping several tents. Some even slept inside a flattened tent caused by the strong wind.

The morning of Jan 26 is still windy before our descent. The descent is much quicker but you can't still lost focus because of the slippery trail caused by dried grass and dry earth. At last after reaching the jump off point where we started. We rested and enjoyed the juice from a freshly cut coconut that cost 10 pesos each :D. We parted ways with rest the BAROC mountaineers. We waited for the bus which will bring us back to the busy and noisy streets of the city. Thanks again to Mhel, Dota Boys, and BAROC's looking forward for more adventures with you :D






Photos Courtesy of Mhel, and BAROCs

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