CONQUERED MT. BATULAO

CONQUERED : MT. PICO DE LORO

The last time we went hiking, I remember we promised not to hike again but we broke our promise and unleashed our adventurous spirit once again. Mt. Pico De Loro is also known as Parrot's Peak located in Cavite and Batangas. We left Taguig around 6am and reached Pico around 8am. Around 8:30am we were all set for the jump off. There are two options for the trail, the first option is gradual hike to basecamp 1 and beyond while the second option is a steeper hike on a forest leading all the way to the summit (five-minute assault up). I am very sure that we took the second option because my whole body was aching for 2 days.  

From DENR jump-off point, we paid PHP 25.00 for registration and PHP 10.00 for Banana power booster.

I paid another PHP 25.00 for my ice cream. Ice cream seller inside the forest. Only in the Philippines.

We trekked going to the campsite for 1.30 hours where we had our lunch. We usually bring tuna and bread for lunch for tipid trip purposes.

From campsite, we hiked another 10 mins going to the summit. 

5 mins assault

But we still made it to the summit!!!!

Across the summit is the Parrot’s Beak also known as the Monolith. I’ve been wanting to climb the monolith even before we planned the trip but when I got there, I was the scaredy-scaredy-cat.

So I decided ” I AM NOT GOING TO CLIMB THE MONOLITH” hehe I accept defeat okay okay. I stayed here for almost 2 hours waiting for my friends to finish the monolith and I am so proud of them!!

 My friends at the Monolith YAYY!

 Although I'm quiet disappointed about not making it to the monolith, It's nice to meet my scaredy-scared self.