Clothing:
* Dri-fit blouse and pants, similar material underwear
Thermal wear
* Extra pairs of socks, dri-fit
* Arm and leg warmers
Gloves
Scarf
* Hat/Bonnet
* Waterproof jacket/windbreaker preferably with hood
* Sweater for layering, material preferred is cashmere to keep you warm
Balaclava
* Hiking shoes which can let water pass through - my Merrel Waterpro Maipo may do the trick I think
Raincoat - maybe I can substitute using a garbage bag and cutting it *grin*
Slippers - some treks have bathing areas after the descent
Toiletries:
* Sunblock
* Chapstick - cold weather cracks lips
* Bag with overnight supply of soap/shampoo/toothbrush/toothpaste/deodorant; comb
* Insect repellent
* Medicine tablets such as anti-diarrhea, headache,anti-inflammatory etc., band-aid, anti-inflammatory cream ...
* Vitamins
* Travel towel - if bigger one, may function also as blanket
* Wet ones/baby wipes
* Antibacterial spray or alcohol
Equipment:
* Camera and memory cards
* Cellphone, Indiglo watch
* Charger for phone/camera/ extra batteries
Tripod - maybe if its a very sturdy one, if all else fails use as walking stick? hehehe
Sustenance-related:
* Trail food/mix, nuts, bread, cheese - maybe the cold weather will act as ref
* Water bottle
* Liquids: water and other replenishment liquids
Tupperware with handy spoon/fork or chopsticks
Others:
* Flashlight/Headlight (my keychain usually has a small maglite)
* Swiss knife
* Plastic bag - one for laundry, other for garbage bag
* Trekking bag with cover to protect it from rain
* Freezer bags
Three-fold umbrella
* Dry bags for camera and other important stuff
Sleeping bag
Tent - rent or share
Earth pad - forego if there is some other coats or clothes and use them
Travel blanket/pillow
Carabiner key hooks - part of bag
Walking stick - or pick up one on the trail?
* Extra foldable or dry bag
* Fanny bag for easy reach of important stuff, or maybe a small body bag
Note:
Those marked with * are must-haves for me
Excellent list na ngayon!
ReplyDeletewala bang kulang? parang feeling ko may lacking....hmmm....
ReplyDeletemy golly, I have to carry all of it...cge na..tama na nga to.......
ReplyDeletewow you got ALMOST everything Cat but i can't find your first aid kit..i cut myself!!
ReplyDeletemaybe they will have porters to carry your gear...all you need to worry is your water bottle.
ReplyDeletehehe, nasa plastic ko ng medicines po - but very basic na alam ko ako usually gumagamit - band-aid, gauze, (scissors nasa swiss knife), betnovate, antibotic oinment, diprolene)
ReplyDeletemeron naman daw na porter po, but I feel that the spirit of the climb is gone if somebody else brings your gear up for you..
ReplyDeleteof course, if medyo may disability or handicap, and the person wants, then why not but part na rin sa experience of being a camper to bring one's gear..that way di rin ma-over pack...
I now have foregone my pang-camping bag (85 liters capacity) kc it feels heavier than the 2 packs I have now (a rucksack and a big dry bag with sling, plus a fanny bag).
I've left all I can leave behind and may even disgorge the travel blanket (some things may just have to double up such as my roll of clothes as pillow etc., and just wear all the coats I bring so no more blanket when inside sa sleeping bag, and use the travel towel as a blanket..)
with the water and food for snacks I will bring mga 7 kilos na to lahat...estimate ko, hay bitbit pa ako ng tsinelas kc pwede pala maligo pauwi, e alangan naka-hiking shoes ako habang shower..hahaha!
well the most difficult will be the ascent from Babadak...unless you will camp out at grasslands near the summit.
ReplyDeleteHave fun & ingat!
ReplyDeleteThanks po Doc Philip!
ReplyDeleteDay 1 Saturday
ReplyDelete0400 ETA Baguio City. Breakfast, buy packed lunch.
0600 Take chartered jeepney to Ambangeg.
1000 At Ambangeg, register at DENR-Protected Area Office. Orientation.
1030 ETD DENR to Ranger Station
1130 ETA Ranger Station. Lunch.
1300 Start trek to Campsite 2
1400 ETA Camp 1
1530 ETA Camp 2. Set up camp; optional summit assault.
1800 Dinner at campsite; socials
2200 Lights out
DAY 2 Sunday
0400 Wakeup call
0415 Start trek
0600 Arrival at summit just in time for sunrise
0700 Start descent from summit
0800 Back at Camp 2; Breakfast
0900 Start descend to Ranger Station
1130 Back at Ranger; Settle guide fees; jeepney descent
1230 At DENR-PAO; tidy up and log out
1400 Deliver books at the School. Meet & Greet/Socialize. Snack. Photo ops.
1530 Head back to Baguio City
1800 ETA Baguio City . Dinner.
1900 ETD Manila
parang ang bilis..hehehe
i noticed that 6am is arrival at summit for sunrise but sun rises before 530am...
ReplyDeletewow the hike to Ranger stations, back then seemed like forever, now it takes only an hour or an hour & a half!
that is a whirlwind heck of a fast trip!...i can just hear snoring on the bus down to Manila :)
drooling on my end....hahaha!
ReplyDeletelets see if makagising ng early and if kaya to sprint up...
it was not an easy climb, you go thru a rainforest, moss & wild orchids on trees, then suddenly like there is like a wal, the forest abruptly ends & all you see are grasslands & rolling hills...well like i said that was in '79...Geez i feel old...bones cracking...
ReplyDeleteI hope nandyan pa yan lahat...rainforest, moss and wild orchids...
ReplyDeleteako rin actually bones cracking din, but think positive lang..hehe...baka makaya...
very good (x2)..just a test!!
ReplyDeleteYou must be a novice trekker/camper. Your checklist is mind-boggling. Helen and I have hiked and camped in the Sierras (Yosemite National Park) and the Rockies (Banff) and we never brought this much gear. A balaklava in the Philippines? You've got to be kidding. hahaha
ReplyDelete"Hiking shoes which can let water pass through" - What you need are WATERPROOFED hiking boots.
Water is heavy. What you need are water disinfectant tablets. Spring, lake, river water is drinkable when purified with these tablets.
Umbrella? Why? Your hooded jacket is good enough.
Pillow? Use your rolled clothes or bags.
You might want to bring a camping shower. This is a folded plastic container with a small shower head that you fill with river/lake water. Once filled, you let it sit under the sun for several minutes until the water is warm. Then you hang it (supplied with a hook) on a tree branch to shower.
When we hike/camp we also bring a small hiking stove and cooking gear.
Happy trails!
hi BNK,
ReplyDeleteIndeed, it is my first major mountain climb/trek :-)
The checklist doesn't mean I will bring everything, its just to make sure I take into consideration all those I can think of and just choose. Asterisk-marked items are those I consider must-haves for me.
I listed balaclava because *grin* I remember how the cold was biting my face in my Cincinnati fall trip.
The temperature around Mt. Pulag can drop to a recorded negative 2 C! .... no kidding!....so sayang naman kutis-porcelana ko di ba? LOL
I already have a pair I used before Merrell hiking shoes, the material allows water to pass through (it looks like it has holes, pero di mosquito net ito *grin*)
I'm not sure about the water source on the Amabangeg Trail ...in order to use water disinfectant tablets. In fact, I am not sure where i can find that here, but I usually do bring water, even to my recent Pig Spine trek.
Anyway, I know that water is heavy and they will probably have some porters bring some above, but when it comes to my liquid, I prefer to be on the safe side. I will bring 500 ml naman to make sure I have something as I really drink a lot of water.
I always have a 3-fold umbrella in my bag wherever I go. Even if maglakad-lakad lang ako to a shopping mall in Ortigas. Iba dito sa Pinas para sa mga commuters.
I might swap it for some raincoat though if I have time, para ma protect yung bag ko (I have not yet found a cover for my rucksack coz I've been so busy with work).
The jeepney portion riding to the ranger station is a long ride...masakit daw sa butt....huhuhu! Rough trip to dito...if kaya baka top-load nga.
I may use the pillow to save my flat butt from getting any flatter.or wherever. As I noted above, baka yung rolled ko nalang na clothes na naka-sealed travel bags is what I will use.
This is for my Mt. Pulag trip.
Hehe...sorry, walang lake yata don sa taas. Maybe another venue next time *wink*
They will provide the food so saved on that load, but since I get hungry in the cold, might as well bring some bread.
Thanks heaps!
Mabilis nga. Ratratan talaga yan. Ginawa namin:
ReplyDeleteDay 1: arrive and sleep in a friend's townhouse in Baguio.
Day 2: take the chartered jeep, followed by the pickup and the van. Same as you Day number two.
Day 3. same as your day two, but we stayed over one more night
Day 4. break camp, head for and sleep over at Baguio again
Day 5. Go home, but passed by our friend's farm in Pangasinan to eat hearty lunch!
Remember: we had seniors and tots in our group
You are not allowed to fetch water from the spring. Only the Cordillerans, the porters, are allowed to that.
ReplyDeletebut can we go to the spring and watch them do it? actually its good, or I might get lost :-)
ReplyDeletemas ok na ganito na itinerary..parang food ang nasa isip di ang pag-akyat...haha!
ReplyDeletemay picture lang ako sana with me in the sea of clouds sa Mt. Pulag...am happy na to say I've arrived.
if I survive this, gusto ko rin Apo....pero may nagyaya na ng Banahaw..sabi ko teka muna, let me do Pulag first at baka its only in my mind that I can ascend this
Packing as light as I dare to do for a mountain trek trip. If it rains, I shall have to improvise and use my backpack cover to fit over my head ...hahaha!
ReplyDeleteI left the rain poncho - hopefuly my waterproof windbreaker with hood will help my upper body. My backpack cover is big and adjustable, so it may help too just in case. Or else I pray there will be no raining happening!
I got rid of travel pillow and light blanket, bahala na if say its cold...the big towel will have to multi-task...
The overnight clothes and extra coat will have to also be used as a semi-mattress - that way I got rid of the need for an earth pad and hope my sleeping bag will suffice.
The remaining question before I go back to my work instead of packing is should I bring slippers or not? coz we can take a bath at the camp when we go down, and I am not sure of the conditions of the shower area...hmm.maybe my turquoise crocs would like to visit Pulag...
anyway, I've always tried to be a light packer, here's hoping I can surpass myself now...
Say what? May porters pa kayo? In that case you can bring all the stuff you want. Sosyal pala itong camping na ito, iba kasi ang camping na alam ko.
ReplyDeleteMay porter but for me the spirit of the climb demands that I carry my own bag. :)
ReplyDeleteUpdate:
May 23, 2011 - on the climb down, I paid for a porter to carry my rucksack.
Php 250 per bag daw. Its ok, I wanted this time to have a chance to concentrate on my walk down so I could take pictures of what we would see instead of concentrating on getting myself up to the camp like the day before. Good thing as it was muddy in some places and one could slip down the stones on the path.
Notes to myself:
ReplyDelete- find a good reasonably priced belt bag which can hold water and your important stuff (hopefully another camera)..the ones I saw na pang-marathon seem quite expensive and not matching to my needs
- or a belt bag which can be be a useful body bag, need both hands free to use camera and balance myself plus my backpack and dry bag
Tip to others,
ReplyDeleteif you are not that "maginawin" (easily hit by cold) like me...you can forego the scarf and instead buy a particular headgear which is like a tube of cloth -
you can use it as scarf (keep it round your neck to keep the cold away from your vulnerable throat, or absorb some of the sweat from your neck),
dust cloth (very useful for keeping out dust particles when you pull it over your face especially during some part of the ride when its a bit dusty on the road - hence di na rin ako nag to-load),
balaclava (its design can make it also enshroud your head and half your face),
accessory (for the wrist or hair),
hanky (if you are sweating like hell and you can't find your hanky, you can wipe your head/face on it),
headband (keep off the hair from the face)
etc. (when I think of something else)
ay, btw po...from DENR to Ranger station (in preparation for Camp 1 trek), we used transpo, this jeep part was really bumpy and we kept knocking against each other or pushing against the last person on the benches
ReplyDeleteI went with the first group and we left around quarter to 4 am.
the sun rose around 5:40 am...lucky I was able to catch it around 10 steps from the summit top (I went ahead of my fellow tent-mates or the group of friends I had come with in the trip)
the only thing motivating me was seeing the flashes from the cameras on top of the summit...but mygosh..just looking it from that far from where I was, was bit daunting!
I saw yung camp which was just quite near to the summit...but I found out later via Akiki Trail pala yon..nay!!
unfortunately, it rained and we arrived a bit later so couldn't catch the sunset...
ReplyDeletemas priority ko dinner due to the headache I had from the cigarettes people smoked. argh!
luckily some hours of sleep helped (even if it kept getting interrupted and that I was on the side of the tent, the colder and wet side), so I could climb up to see the sunrise the following day.
as for socials - not in the mood to drink and talk because in the drive to Baguio I had very little sleep - the organizers had chartered private vehicle but I think I'd have preferred we used the Victory Liner bus..I'd have been able to sleep straight :-)
so there I was with no sleep, climbing up the following day to Camp 2...then less than 4 hours of sleep, climbing to the summit of Mt. Pulag.
what can I say? I'm happy to have survived the experience *grin*
another note - buy a walking stick (?) for camping on a mountain or trekking
ReplyDeleteearlier, I had this vague idea of just finding a branch there to use as my third foot...oh dear...we were told not to take anything except pictures or leave anything except our footprints...so *toink*
but I did see two of our teammates bringing this adjustable stick which is really helpful, especially for when I went down (my toes were crying out every step of the way down)..must find a cheap version of that somewhere...