Christmas Sunburn: Beer, Booze, Beach and Boulder

Me and my uncle had our fair share of the life outside the busy city 2 days before Christmas. We had Red Horse, Quattro Kantos, White Sand, and Boulders for our selves for a day.

Borawan Island, Padre Burgos, Quezon, Philippines. - 23, December.

REPOST: If Climbing is a Religion by Bidz Dela Cruz (2010)

a literary work by a climber and good friend 
Bidz Dela Cruz

Bidz Dela Cruz, my good friend 

g If Climbing is a Religion
g By Bidz Dela Cruz 2010 
    

g If Rock Climbing is a religion, then having non-calloused hands is a sin. Swimming everyday would 
g have some negative karmic influences on your spiritual growth. A backslide would happen if you start 
g abstaining from visiting the sacred place of wall climbing gyms and rock altars of the outdoors. And 
g given the small community of rock climbers in the country, it would be a cult in the Philippines. The 
g pastors would be the gym instructors and if your spiritual growth is stagnant, either you are not 
g listening to their sermons or your pastor is lazy enough to teach you the way of climbing more 
g divinely. The latter somehow is a bit natural in other wall climbing churches where the pastor is way
g past his prime years or is insecure that you’ll spiritually mature fast and replace his post as a climbing 
g pastor.
   

Bladerunner

   Here are some shots from the Atimonan, Quezon "biglaan" rock trip Thanks to the personal invite of Pastor Noel. 

The name of the route is Bladerunner a classic 6b climb. 

All shots were taken by Nary Blaquera, my dad, using Olympus Tough 8010 camera. 

                                     

Sound of Silence

If you have noticed I stopped blogging for a long while...


For I just came from a tragic break-up with my 5 year girlfriend, one that must not be named. 

climbing side by side Mr. Gerry Ulanday - former national climbing champion, Philippines shot taken by Leslie Regio