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"DEVIL's
MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE" Mt.San Cristobal |
Day
1: May 3, 2003- Mt.
San Cristobal Dolores Quezon |
Day
2: May 4, 2003 -
Tayabas State Beach Resort Quezon |
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| Iniiiiit! |
kagubatan |
bilis! |
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| Start
of trek |
picture! |
picture
na naman? |
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| pose! |
Mt.
Cristobal |
lamiig! |
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hang
like a bat.. |
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Mainit
yung trail at magabok nung una. Tinaga kami
nung driver sa pamasahe. Nag-stop over kami
sa bahay ni Manong Romy (kamukha daw ni Gigz).
Mali yung una naming trail, itinuro sa amin
yung tama. Kasama namin yung pinsan ni Ivy (parang
mag-suswiming).Sa beach naman (layu), mabaho
yung tubig sa gripo amuy isda. Si Bokyo, (nagutom
nung nag-iinom) kumain ng tutong at sabaw ng
sardinas. Asteeg yung gabi kasi malameg na,
kitang-kita mo pa yung mga stars from big to
little dipper. Hindi namin nakita si Tumao sa
Bundok.
�Wag
tayo mag-camp dito baka kampo yan ng NPA�
(hulaan nyo)
�Pa-Tangigue
ko na!�-? |
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| Mt.
Cristobal was long known within the mountaineering
community as the "spooky mountain."
It was always referred to as Banahaw's alter ego
meaning that if Banahaw is the power mountain
with lots of positive energy, Cristobal supposed
to be the opposite- a mountain with negative energies.
Lot's of stories circulates that tends to prove
this but we are not just sure if they are fabrics
of a mountaineer's adventurous imaginations bolstered
by a pre-conditioned mind that this place is supposed
to be a "horror mountain." Everytime
we climb the place, one member will claim of hearing
strange sounds at night but the only thing I can
remember spooky was during one time we climbed
wherein we saw a dead man in the summit. A check
at the local police station revealed a mysterious
murder scene that happened in the mountains. What
a place to do such a thing ! It's a bit funny
that such a mountain named after a saint would
be notorious as a haunting place. Banahaw was
once actually called Monte Cristobal.
Cristobal
is part of the volcanic Mt. Banahaw but unlike
Lukban de Banahaw, which lies on the slope of
Banahaw itself, Cristobal seems to be a different
mountain of it's own. Along the slopes of Cristobal,a
wide flat area can be seen whcih was actually
a test site of a proposed geothermal plant that
didn't pushed through. Another controversial
project that was proposed was the creation of
a Hi-way that will link Dolores to Nagcarlan
passing in-between Mts. Cristobal and Banahaw.
The project didn't materialized since residents
and environmentalist opposed the idea.
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| Being
a "Spooky Mountain," Mt. Cristobal has
a lot of legends, urban legends that is, since
most of them are recent stories created by the
city hikers which have circulated back within
the city limits. One of the popular myth about
the mountain is that a creature that the locals
calls the "Tumao" roams around it's
premises. The Tumao is actually similar tot he
bigfoot of western legends. The best activity
to do while you are camping on its peak is to
do some night trekking especially whent he fog
sets in and test the limits of your bravery. Imagine
the swamp, mossy crater and dense jungle. the
sun sets early in the campsite since you are inside
a crater. Better watch "The Blair Witch Project"
before hiking Cristobal |
| Courtesy
of Metropolitan Moutaineering Society |
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