Misfortune turned out as one great adventure. Mt. Maculot Reverse Traverse
There's always a special story after you climb one mountain.But this one is a not so ordinary (at least for us) A birthday climb they said. In our itinerary, We were supposed to Night Trek Mt. Maculot. We arrived at Batangas at 9pm. Went to the Brgy. authority to register but to our disappointment, they did not allowed us to do the night trek because the trails were destroyed by the past typhoons and. They said it's too dangerous to climb Maculot at night. So what we did was we had our socials outside the outpost hahaha. We almost had no sleep and at 4am, we started trekking and booyah! we cant find the trail baby. Sounds fun eh? No. :/ We were stuck sa bungad ng bundok trying to find the effin trail but we cant.It's too dark, steep and cold. Exhausted and disappointed, and loosing the hope to climb, the majority decided to go for a beach camp instead. But our guide went for scouting and later after, we heard shouting WOOP WOOP DITO! Hell yeah, we found the path going to the grotto. The fucking hagdan is sooooo tiring I had to stop to catch some breathe after each ascend. Ironically, we found the stairways to grotto hard and enjoyed the assault to summit haha but still the assault is kind of a bitter sweet. There were two rope segments where i got my elbow bruised. and the talahib were mean.Thanks for the small cuts, they're cute anyway!
Socials at Brgy Outpost.
We cant find the trail. That one is clearly not the trail.
Reyn Tingne modeling at the stairways to grotto.
Grotto <3
Rope segmet and unending assault to summit. :)
Fast forward--
We arrived at the summit took a little rest then proceeded to the campsite and had our lunch. Then of course, THE ROCKIES. All the bruises, cuts, tired feet, I mean all the exhaustion were wiped away when we got to see such an amazing views from above. It's scary up there because of the strong wind and nakakalula talaga pero sobrang ganda. The view of Taal lake and Volcano is such a gem. Grabe lang. and saya lalo na kasama mo ang Team Happy. The Tilili. :)
Going down, bumibigay na tuhod ko haha. I can hear a tiny "sound" whenever i bend my right knee, descending to the jump off. But all in all , It was a successful and and one hell full of adventures climb. Thank you Lord for guiding us in every step,for keeping us safe through out the climb. I know there's a reason why you did not let us climb the mountain during that night. Thank you for being with us in our every climbs. Thank you for the wonderful views.
Salamat sa mga nakasama ko, and to our guide sir Joey Vergara, who had to make a new path because the old trail is not passable.
Till next climb, Ka Tilili. Masaya lang Tayo! Tuloy lang ang Atin. :)
There's always a special story after you climb one mountain.But this one is a not so ordinary (at least for us) A birthday climb they said. In our itinerary, We were supposed to Night Trek Mt. Maculot. We arrived at Batangas at 9pm. Went to the Brgy. authority to register but to our disappointment, they did not allowed us to do the night trek because the trails were destroyed by the past typhoons and. They said it's too dangerous to climb Maculot at night. So what we did was we had our socials outside the outpost hahaha. We almost had no sleep and at 4am, we started trekking and booyah! we cant find the trail baby. Sounds fun eh? No. :/ We were stuck sa bungad ng bundok trying to find the effin trail but we cant.It's too dark, steep and cold. Exhausted and disappointed, and loosing the hope to climb, the majority decided to go for a beach camp instead. But our guide went for scouting and later after, we heard shouting WOOP WOOP DITO! Hell yeah, we found the path going to the grotto. The fucking hagdan is sooooo tiring I had to stop to catch some breathe after each ascend. Ironically, we found the stairways to grotto hard and enjoyed the assault to summit haha but still the assault is kind of a bitter sweet. There were two rope segments where i got my elbow bruised. and the talahib were mean.Thanks for the small cuts, they're cute anyway!
Socials at Brgy Outpost.
We cant find the trail. That one is clearly not the trail.
Reyn Tingne modeling at the stairways to grotto.
Rope segmet and unending assault to summit. :)
Fast forward--
We arrived at the summit took a little rest then proceeded to the campsite and had our lunch. Then of course, THE ROCKIES. All the bruises, cuts, tired feet, I mean all the exhaustion were wiped away when we got to see such an amazing views from above. It's scary up there because of the strong wind and nakakalula talaga pero sobrang ganda. The view of Taal lake and Volcano is such a gem. Grabe lang. and saya lalo na kasama mo ang Team Happy. The Tilili. :)
Tilili Outdoor Club at the famous Rockies of Mt. Maculot
Ofcourse, ang aking solo pic sa Rockies! hahaha
Going down, bumibigay na tuhod ko haha. I can hear a tiny "sound" whenever i bend my right knee, descending to the jump off. But all in all , It was a successful and and one hell full of adventures climb. Thank you Lord for guiding us in every step,for keeping us safe through out the climb. I know there's a reason why you did not let us climb the mountain during that night. Thank you for being with us in our every climbs. Thank you for the wonderful views.
Salamat sa mga nakasama ko, and to our guide sir Joey Vergara, who had to make a new path because the old trail is not passable.
Till next climb, Ka Tilili. Masaya lang Tayo! Tuloy lang ang Atin. :)
