Warrior Pilgrimage

This is the first of my epic "Napo to Babag Tales" article. Remembering that first weekend when I climbed by way of Ernie's Trail, it has literally changed my perception of the outdoors. Instead of just enjoying my complete freedom, I began to look inwards and try to decipher what is wrong with my elitist pursuit and the people inhabiting the places I passed by and the living things that thrived here. After that, I became a TRUE human being.

Thank you very much pinoyapache for writing this article. This gives me more encouragement to have a passion for climbing and appreciate nature. Last night I decided to climp RCPI tower from guadalupe church heading to napo started 8:00pm. Upon reaching Napo basketball court I thought this is a dead end because I dont't see any more road ahead so by 8:30pm I asked some ladies at the nearby stores for direction and they could not believe that I'm heading for RCPI tower. As they describe how far and dark my way I would travel I proceed with not so much gear and using a flaslight I reach the kahugan Sapangdako and rested the small chapel @ 9:30 coz I can't decide which trail to follow and there's no one whom I can ask for direction coz it was already dark and am afraid to disturb the privacy of just a few neighborhood below the chapel. I sleep at the bamboo seat that night with no roof and locky for me it didn't rain during that night otherwise I would be suffering from hypothermia. By 5:00am I was able to ask for direction for a trail from an early riser nearby and I proceed uphill. That little chapel as I called it the base before proceeding RCPI. Some locals old me that I am using the wrong way anyway it leads also to the tower as long as I'll be carefull along the way. So by 7:00am I reach the tower with full sweat and exhaustion. This gives me a lesson that it's not advisable to do night trekking if I'm not familiar with the trail otherwise I will get lost along the way. During my childhood days in Mindanao i am a risk taker and always travel by foot by night.

Originally Posted by garner

Thank you very much pinoyapache for writing this article. This gives me more encouragement to have a passion for climbing and appreciate nature. Last night I decided to climp RCPI tower from guadalupe church heading to napo started 8:00pm. Upon reaching Napo basketball court I thought this is a dead end because I dont't see any more road ahead so by 8:30pm I asked some ladies at the nearby stores for direction and they could not believe that I'm heading for RCPI tower. As they describe how far and dark my way I would travel I proceed with not so much gear and using a flaslight I reach the kahugan Sapangdako and rested the small chapel @ 9:30 coz I can't decide which trail to follow and there's no one whom I can ask for direction coz it was already dark and am afraid to disturb the privacy of just a few neighborhood below the chapel. I sleep at the bamboo seat that night with no roof and locky for me it didn't rain during that night otherwise I would be suffering from hypothermia. By 5:00am I was able to ask for direction for a trail from an early riser nearby and I proceed uphill. That little chapel as I called it the base before proceeding RCPI. Some locals old me that I am using the wrong way anyway it leads also to the tower as long as I'll be carefull along the way. So by 7:00am I reach the tower with full sweat and exhaustion. This gives me a lesson that it's not advisable to do night trekking if I'm not familiar with the trail otherwise I will get lost along the way. During my childhood days in Mindanao i am a risk taker and always travel by foot by night.

Never ever do that again.