Blog Posts on mariveles

To A Determined Warrior, It Will Be Given To You (BDM102 2012) by RunningFreeManila.com on Mar 5, 2012Sabi ko kay Ama, sa panahon na ito kailangan Kita. Kung nanaisin Mo, pakibigay sa’kin ito. (I told Him, in this moment I need You. If it is Your Will, please grant me this.) This was one of the moving lines Ronnel (aka Kampuger) shared to fell...

Mt. Mariveles (Tarak Ridge) | Tramping the River and the Ridge in a Day by Batang Lakwatsero on Feb 21, 2012From the time I was exposed to this so called "mountaineering", all of my weekends starting from the second week of January has been occupied by this addictive activity. In fact, I have hiked 7 mountains already and these were all done in 7...

Goodbye, Sisiman Lighthouse by Byaheng Barok on Oct 19, 2011. . . . . . Dear Sisiman, . A year ago, I didn’t know you. I have never heard of you. If anyone asked me a year ago if you were a person or a place, I would have no idea what to reply. . When I met a couple of freaks (as freak [...]...

Pantingan Peak | Leech Infested Dayhike by on Oct 7, 2011* This article includes photos with blood and cuts from leech bitesAs I recollect the places I hiked this past year, I suppose Mt. Mariveles is the mountain I have tramped the most.Since June of last year, I’ve been to this particular mountain four...

Hiking matters #188: Mariveles Exploration with Sky Biscocho part 2: The Skysam Peak 'traverse within a traverse' by Pinoy Mountaineer on Jul 9, 2011Continued from Hiking matters #187: From Tarak Peak, we headed down to Tarak Ridge and glimpsed at Manila Bay and the islands, chief of which was Corregidor. The clouds were coming up with the threat of rain, but we were undaunted: we had already neg...

Hiking matters #187: Mariveles Exploration with Sky Biscocho Part 1: Tarak Peak by Pinoy Mountaineer on Jul 8, 2011In what turned out to be an intense twelve-hour dayhike, we performed a Tarak Peak-Tarak Ridge Traverse coming from Paniquian River, and going down via Mt. Skysam (Dome Peak) - a traverse within a traverse - before finally reaching Papaya River and t...

Sisiman Bay by Sassygel on Jun 6, 2011While waiting for sunset at the Lighthouse of Sisiman Bay in Mariveles, Bataan. Got there too early around 2pm.Sisiman Bay  San Miguel Lighthouse My photographer friend's camera while still waiting for his perfect sunset.Pack Up!!!

Pantingan Peak - Mt. Mariveles (1,388+) by Pinoy Mountaineer on Jun 2, 2011PANTINGAN PEAK - MT. MARIVELESBagac, BataanMajor jumpoff: Gabon, Sitio Duhatan, Brgy. Saysain, BagacLLA: 1388 MASLDays required / Hours to summit: 1-2 days / 6-9 hoursSpecs: Major climb, Difficulty 6/9, Trail class 2-4Features: Views of Mariveles Ran...

A Disappointing Trip In Mariveles, Bataan by John's Blog on May 9, 2011In the beginning of this year, I've been traveling different provinces in hope that I could spot places that are least popular and yet worth visiting for, aside from the best tourists attraction that we have in the Philippines. This is to let my pee...

Hiking matters #164: A dayhike of Pantingan Peak, the summit of Mt. Mariveles in Bataan by Pinoy Mountaineer on May 7, 2011A few weeks ago, just over a day after the 7-mountain Bicol mountain marathon, I climbed up Pantingan Peak (no PM article yet) in Bagac, Bataan, with my hiking friends. Pantingan Peak is the highest point in Mt. Mariveles, and as such, its summit, an...