Ruel "KAMOTE" Camaquin - ang paborito naming lolo. Actually, among all of us he is really the veteran. If you're looking for the most ancient mountaineering equipment, well he's your man.
Paparu, overlooking Arayat surroundings
He started�as a camper, during his boy scout days -�first climb was in Mt. Makiling. He was 14 then, joined every camping trips at Boy Scout. After that he shifted to mountaineering in the�late 80's. Mountaineering was introduced to him by a friend (Arnaldo Muncal - ADUMS pioneer), so he and his friends ofiicially started mountaineering way back November 1987. His second "first climb" (second in his life but first as a real mountaineer) was in Mt. Arayat. He said, "Medyo mahigpit pa noon kaya hindi madaling sumama sa mga climb."�After that he had other "climbs" with his college peers (dates forgotten) and those were Famy, Makulot, Rockies and Makiling as recommended by his friend. Eventually he had to stop! Napabayaan nya na raw ang studies nya. His last but not the least climb was also last November but this time it's year 1989 and it was also in Mt. Arayat (by the way, Mt. Arayat is his most favorite mountain so far! why??? ask him!!).
Now, guess why is he back in climbing? As he said, "I came back because I missed GOD so much! I�wanted to thank him in his very own playground. I missed�mother nature - the mountains, the birds and the bees, the plants and the trees, and of course�yung makukulit kong�"friends"�na nakilala ko sa DMCI." WELL SAID! Now his motto:
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"MOUNTAINEERING IS AN ADDICTION -�YOU CLIMB ONE MOUNTAIN AND YOU'LL BE THIRSTING FOR MORE"
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