Yes! my countdown for conquering the Majestic Peak/Summit of Mount Pulag has just began... my wandering eye and busy fingertips is now moving fast in my keyboard just to search down some articles about Mt. Pulag. Its been a long long time ago since my last ascend to mountain in Pangasinan which I've got scars and nearly lost my soul. That memorable near-death-experienced marked the scars of my bravery and independence that ends my fears and low self esteem. (Glad this experienced has change me alot in a positive way) too much for the flash back...
So as my search engines rolls down, Mt. Pulag was described as the third highest mountain in the Philippines. It is Luzon’s highest peak at 2,922 meters above sea level. The borders between the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya meet at the mountain's peak.Because of its high elevation, the climate on Mount Pulag is temperate with rains predominating the whole year. Rainfall on the mountain averages 4,489 mm yearly with August being the wettest month with an average rainfall of 1,135 mm. Snow has not fallen on its top in at least the past 200 years.
The mountain hosts 528 documented plant species. It is the natural habitat of the endemic Dwarf Bamboo, (Yushania niitakayamensis) and the Benguet pine (Pinus insularis) which dominates the areas of Luzon tropical pine forests found on the mountainside. Among its native wildlife are 33 bird species and several threatened mammals such as the Philippine Deer,Giant Bushy-Tailed Cloud Rat (“bowet”) and the Long-Haired Fruit Bat. Mount Pulag is the only place that hosts the 4 Cloud Rat species. It has one of the most diverse biodiversity of the Philippines, with the newly found (since 1896) 185 grams Dwarf cloud rat, Carpomys melanurus, a rare breed (endemic to the Cordillera) and the Koch pitta bird among its endangered denizens.[2][3] (source: Wikipedia)
My dormmate and friend ate Malou invited me for the trail together with her co-worker engineers, She told me that we'll take the Ambangeg Trail (the easiest one) We book our mountain adventure at TravelPilipinas which cost Php 2,990 for a 3-dayventure tour with a rountrip bus ride here in Manila to Mt. Pulag.
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| the famous scene at the top of Mt. Pulag "THE SEA OF CLOUDS" this is my expectations when we will ascend the mighty PULAG on April...i'm so so..so much excited about it. |
If God permits, this will be my second ascend, I know that hiking is a tiresome but a challenging hobby where it requires alot of discipline and determination, unlike my other hobbies like painting, singing, writing poetry and composing, which requires deep emotions coming inside your soul. Well, hiking is different in a way that your stamina was being tested unlike painting. The commonality of them all is the unexplained feeling and contentment after you finished each artwork/composition. In hiking the after effect of conquering the mountain gives you an unexplained or somewhat an enchanted feelings which brings you and nature (mother earth) in touch and connected.
I'll be posting my photos and tips after my trail, so for now i'll be busy anticipating happy thoughts about my Mt. Pulag dreams...till my next post!
Photo credits: runtrunner.wordpress.com
ontravelevents.com
wikipedia
