“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn Taking a shower during treks is out of the question. Then how do you maintain hygiene standards? What about your greasy hair and the general filthy feeling? And won’t everyone stink by day 3? How can you stay clean and fresh on multiple day trekking? Trekking and scaling mountains or camping out on a campground for a few days always sounds like a great idea for outdoor junkies - enjoying nature, disconnecting from technology, communing with our roots, enjoying quality time with loved ones, and sitting around the campsite grounds having fun. But the thought of going multiple days without a shower is really daunting. Usually while
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Trail Tweaks: How to make Trekking a lot Easier
Trekking is a combination of hiking and walking activity. It simply means a journey on foot particularly to mountainous and remote areas with a close encounter to people wherein their culture and lifestyle might still unchanged for many generations now and an opportunity of being one with the grandiose sierra on the country side. Trekking can be risky and adventurous depending on the terrain and can really be grueling and hard. When I started trekking as my sweet escape to the chaotic city life, I simply flung myself with all of my energy and cluelessness in every trek, not appallingly anxious about anything. I didn’t mind how long and how far I was hiking, how difficult the trail I was taking,
13 Reasons why you should start trekking
Have you taken a peek outside your window? Watch as the sun shines through the glass or the rain trickles down the pane? The world outside your window is so beautiful an absolutely inspirational place. And where nature lies, there is a potential for exploration. As trekkers and adventurers, the Great Outdoors is our haven. It provides a sense of fulfillment and serenity. As you trek up every mountain in the world, the idea of becoming ‘one with nature’ becomes an actuality, it becomes a reality. Trekking does just that. Being one with nature means you become more aware of your surroundings. The crisp breeze carrying leaves past and tickling your neck or just the snaps and cracks of twigs at
5 Reasons why you should not join the Trekkers cleanup drives
Why trekking become a new trend? Is it for the sake of picture perfect moments for social media likes? For passion? Is it for the pride of exploring countless peaks, summits, trails, etc? Whatever our reasons are, we are held liable for whatever consequences that it may bring sooner or later. As trekkers, we trek not to escape life but for life not escape us. Our hectic and busy lives do not always give us the luxury of time to realize that we are just merely surviving and not living. Sometimes we need to give ourselves the happiness and freedom that we all deserve. So why stay in the four corners of our room? The place outside our walls are so
Hit Bocaue One More Time: A bittersweet feat
The journey without struggles won’t let you taste a nearly so sweet victory! The journey is what brings us happiness, sometimes it’s excruciating, sometimes it’s stunning, but most of the time you can’t appreciate it when you don’t have a little mix of both. NCR trekkers hit Mt Bocaue one more time. Nowadays, Mt Bocaue has become one of the favorites for mountaineers. Not just because it is the peak less visited but due to its stunning 360-degree view on top. Bocaue is situated right above Bonbon, Cebu. Standing at around 700MASL and within the proximities of Babag mountain range. As I remembered the last time we went there, only few mountaineers knew the place. But now, it has become one of the
Exploring the Mountains Beyond Mount Manunggal: The Hidden Utopia
Mount Manunggal is a historical mountain situated in Baranggay Magsaysay (formerly Sunog) in Balamban Cebu. Mount Manunggal stands at an elevation of 1,003 meters above sea level and is within the enclave of the Central Cebu National Park. The mountain is protected by the Republic Act 8457, otherwise known as the “Central Cebu Protected Landscape Act”. The mountain is the crash site of the presidential plane Mt Pinatubo which killed the President of the Philippines Pres. Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others on March 1957. Mount Manunggal is accessible through a quite number of trails but the main route for the yearly death commemoration of of Pres Ramon Magsaysay were the trails from Tagba-o and the Cantipla in Tabunan, Cebu City. There is
Mt Kandungaw (Candongao) : Chasing the Grandiose Multi-peak Sierra
The biggest challenge that each one of us is facing is not someone else. It is the exhaustion in our lungs, the pain we felt from our burning legs, and the voice within telling us that "we cant". The key is not listening, instead pushing it a notch harder. And that will be the time, when we realize that, the person we thought we were is no match for the one who we really are and we will be. The biggest obstacle is not someone else but ourselves! Push the limits, go beyond, and be free! We , the NCR trekkers and guests (25 participants) had pushed our limits once again for two main reasons: (1) the alacrity to disseminate the