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| Finally, a view of Mt Apo from Lake Venado |
Finally, the third leg of my Big Three has been completed. A
few years back, I dreamed of traversing the three highest mountains of each
island group in the country—Apo (Mindanao), Pulag (Luzon) and Kanlaon (Visayas)—within
a day! In 2011 I ‘dayhiked’ Mt Pulag using the Akiki-Ambangeg route. I repeated the same journey in the same year
with my trail running buddies Kevin and Buyco. Early this year, I traversed Mt
Kanlaon with a triathlete friend Xerxis Tan via the Mapot-Guintubdan route. We
finished the journey in around seven hours. Finally last month, Kevin again and
I were able to secure a special permit to traverse Mt Apo via the the
Mandaragan-Culan route.
