Any Mountaineering Clubs here?

[herp_doctor]

I'm a member of the Cebu Mountaineering Society (CeMS) since 1992. My club is established in 1989. We don't climb mountains especially if there are too many people camping there like Holy Week climbs, MFPI Federation climbs and the Magsaysay death anniversary climbs in Mt. Manunggal. We are serious in our relationship with Mother Nature.

I also climb mountains solo. I am most happy trekking alone. I train every Sunday from Napo to Mt. Babag via the hard Ernie's Trail and backtrack via the Kahugan Trail or to Kalunasan via the just discovered No-Santol-Tree Trail or the Coconut Ghost Trail.

Yes, there are many groups milking people money just to join their climbs and my club is not one of them. You could join us FREE as guests, once or maybe twice, after that you could either join as an applicant-member or establish your own group. Or you could be like me - as a soloist. But you have to take a BMC first to know the safety aspect of this hobby unless you are a veteran mountaineer like this writer.

Likewise.. i usually trek / hike / travel alone, if not on a pair. This way, i minimise impact and utilize LNT to the maximum...

Im also an "old-school" traveller. I carry everything on a big pack on my back. Even if i need to carry the kitchen sink, i will. I only travel light if i need to. But on most trip, i am always "self-contained". Meaning, i carry everything that i need on my back. So in the even that i got separated from the group (if im in a group), i sill have the ways and means to fend for my camp needs. Most hikers nowadays are in a fad not to self-sustain themselves by carrying a big pack, most probably for the fear of having the big pack in the group means you got to carry the extra load / or you given the extra load to carry.


I have been in the company of CeMS way back 1994, in some of your trips way back then. i love the group's disciplin, though of the times then i can't fully ride-on the group as i was still a teenager and most of the CeMS are already "mature"... hehehe.

Anyway, i missed their company and hopefully i can jon you guys again in the future.

[cptn_star]

im a member of the rams aeronautical mountaineering society, the only mountaineering group in the philippine state college of aeronautics...up for istoryan mountaineers!!

[diehard96]

kini sila i kay naa ni sila club, didto ni sa g2 summit (guiting-guiting)

Climbing Enthusiasts and Backpackers Unlimited (C.E.B.U.)

[cptn_star]

here's the pix of our last climb at osmena peak...nahan au ko balik nasad dd2...




traverse daun padung kawasan...

[_charisse_]

nindot kaayo inyong mga pics....pwede ko moapil sa inyong org??

[_charisse_]

nindot kaayo ang falls...pero di ba kapoi cge saka?

[cptn_star]

nindot kaayo inyong mga pics....pwede ko moapil sa inyong org??

sorry but only students from the philippine state college of aeronautics are eligible to join...BUT, u can come over as a guest if ever we will be having another climb...makakuyog japun ka....heheh....indeed, kapoi sad kng mangatkat but the view up there and the personal encounter with nature takes all the "kapoi" away...

[_charisse_]

mao bah....puro diay mo mga pilots?wow!amazing...cge kuyog nya ko.

[_charisse_]

e Pm lng nya ko ninyo kung naa moy climb ok?thank you

[shimiyu]

@cap, mountaineer diay ka? hehe saonz.

belong ko ani,

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