Year end climb, Ranger,Mimis and i decided to climb before 2010 ends, and so we did this climb, left manila on the 26th Dec, headed for Baguio, we had no IT at hand. We had no problem with it because Mimis is from the north =) Arriving Baguio, we headed for the SM Baguio and Baguio market to buy some supplies, Des fetch us near SM and stayed the night, a very hospitable family he has =)Waking up in the morning, Mimis decided to divert the original plan (Mt.Tenglawan/Mt.Kabunian exiting Ilocos Sur) so we traveled for Ilocos Sur to make the entry point of our climb, this trip caused us minimal expenses for we traveled with the locals we used the daily transport which was taken by them, although the transport is really critical because if you miss the trip, might as well wait for tomorrow hehehehe so acting fast and knowing the right destination is a must, the trip of the jeepneys and bus are minimal for only few of them travel for Bakun, (now i know) in our case only 3 of us were traveling so the commute of the trip with the locals is advisable, but if you are in a group having 10 on your count, it's great to have a jeepney service rented.
Arriving at Bakun Kayapa, we mingled with the locals, Mimis,ranger and I was invited to one of the Igorot tribe pre-wedding celebration at Barangay Damoko, free food and booze the Igorot tribe showed us great hospitality and even offered for us to stay on one of their home for the night, we did not need to pitch our tents =)
Early morning trekking we arrived at the house of a certain kagawad, that is where we ate our breakfast, before continuing the trek.
it's a 25% gradual and 75% assault grrrr....... but it's another great adventure, we took on the side of Ilocos Sur, crossing 4 mountains before getting to Mt.Kabunian, a long and agonizing trek having full gear.
(almost all who climbs Bakun coming from Barangay Poblacion make their base camp and leaves their gears and Mt.bags, for us no base camp.
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