If life was easy, where would all the adventures be?
Mt. Makiling hiking adventure! :)
Climbing a mountain was an item in my bucket list. It was a lifetime achievement for me – an experience that I will cherish. It made me glad that once in my life I got to experience reaching the peak of a mountain.
I was excited when I learned that our class will be going to Peak 2 of Mt. Makiling. I went hiking at Mt. Makiling last summer, but I only reached the Mud Springs.
It was a requirement in NASC 10. I quite enjoyed it. I never thought hiking could be that fun. This semester, I took up SFFG 111 and got surprised when I saw its course outline. Looks like I’ve another shot at reaching this infamous mountain’s peak.
The call time was 5:30am. I’m a morning person so I didn’t have any trouble waking up early. After all, I’m used to such call times. But I guess my friends weren’t. I had to wait up for them.
As soon as I woke up, I immediately sent a text message to my classmates Czinni, Aislynn, Sittie, Nash and Jireh. They’re also my orgmates. That’s why I’m much closer to them compared to my other classmates.
At the first few stations, I felt it was easy climbing the mountain. The pathway was wide and wasn’t that rough. After a few hours of walking, I felt my feet becoming weary. It didn’t bother me much so I just kept on walking. A couple of hours more and I soon realized that everything’s becoming steeper – and also way muddier if you ask me. It started to become exhausting. We were fighting against gravity. Our own weight was our enemy. Lucky I had Aesen along. He carried our bag, which had all our stuff in it. Whenever I got thirsty, he’d offer me one of the big water bottles we bought at 7 11. I am blessed, indeed!
The walk may have taken a long time but we had limatiks to keep us company. Every 15 minutes someone would scream because hordes of these tiny minions would stick up to their legs and necks. I personally found it very entertaining. I don’t get it why my fellow hikers found these little things scary and disgusting. Yep, it may require quite an effort to jiggle them off, but the thing is when it all comes down to it, they’re just harmless freaks of nature.
Amidst all these tiring physical effort, I still managed to notice and observe the different kinds of species on our way. Mt. Makiling is a diverse mountain indeed. I took pictures of the plants and insects that were new to me. I couldn’t help myself; I wrote a blog about it.
I commend the foresters and forest guards in charge of conserving and governing the forest. As our trek guide said, the trek was now improved. The Mt. Makiling is well taken care of.
I’m glad that I took SFFG 111 as a technical subject. I’ll be able to apply the things I learned here in writing feature articles and producing audio visual materials. I would really recommend it to my org mates.
Of all the course activities I’ve experienced, hiking at Mt Makiling is the best. I’m glad that my boyfriend and I celebrated our fourth month nature tripping. J
