Musings: A Year After My Everest Base Camp Trek

I wouldn't say trekking to the base camp of Everest was life changing. It didn't change my life but for the first time after a travel, I struggled when I came back. Somehow, I left a part of me on one of the snowy bends in the Himalayas. A void in me was gaping and …

The Cost of Your Dream Trek

Money sure is not easy to earn. It is the by-product of spending long hours at work and having to endure a mean boss (lucky if yours isn't!) and I'm sure you'll gonna debate with your inner self if you should spend it on your dream trek or as a down payment on your dream …

Finally, Everest Base Camp!

EVEREST BASE CAMP 17,598 ft From Luboche, to reach the base, camp one needs to pass by Gorakshep, stop for lunch and from there it would be only 2-3 hours trek. The excitement is there yet it also felt like judgment day. https://www.instagram.com/p/BhqncyYjolu/ I was freezing when we arrived at the fog-covered Luboche, the snow …

EBC, A Once-in-a-Lifetime-Trek: Periche

"But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way only to find that what I really sought was something I had left behind.." Thomas F. Hornbein P E R I C H E 14,340 ft https://www.instagram.com/p/BiNp8U-j4ah/ Getting frightened in the middle of the night was an unforgettable experience. I woke up …

Everest Base Camp, A Once in a Lifetime Trek: Phakding

‘It has been a long road… From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and worries about income tax’ – Tenzing Norgay ~ ~ ~ ~ P H A K D I N G 8,562 ft ~ ~ ~ …

LOOK! An All-Filipino Team to Climb Mt. Pangarchulla

Seven Filipinos are training for a Mt. Pangarchulla climb. I could very well hear your thoughts, never heard. Yes, I too never heard of this mountain until Miguel "Migz" Mapalad of Yabag Mountaineering mentioned it. A google search gave me some local climb organizers' sketchy description of the said mountain but it was all thanks too to …

Regie’s Success Story

2017 will mark the 10 year anniversary of Regie Pablo's successful climb of Mount Everest and he open up on why he was not able to fulfill his dream of becoming the first Filipino to summit the mountain. EVEREST IS A DREAM for most mountaineers and to some Filipino mountaineers back in the 1990’s, despite …