Thursday, August 25, 2005

Reading Mountaineering

Subject: [mfpi] The 25 (Essential) Books for the Well-Read Explorer
> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 18:33:53 +1200
>
> 25. OLD GLORY
> Jonathan Raban
> (1981)
>
> 23. ALIVE
> Piers Paul Read
> (1974)
>
> 24. THE PERFECT STORM
> Sebastian Junger
> (1997)
>
> 22. MY JOURNEY TO LHASA
> Alexandra David-Neel
> (1927)
>
> 21. KON-TIKI
> Thor Heyerdahl
> (1950)
>
> 20. GREAT PLAINS
> Ian Frazier
> (1989)
>
> 19. YOUNG MEN AND FIRE
> Norman Maclean
> (1992)
>
>
> 18. RUNNING THE AMAZON
> Joe Kane
> (1989)
>
> 17. THE LONG WAY
> Bernard Moitessier
> (1971)
>
>
> 16. TRACKS
> Robyn Davidson
> (1980)
>
> 15. A SHORT WALK IN THE HINDU KUSH
> Eric Newby
> (1958)
>
> 14. ARCTIC DREAMS
> Barry Lopez
> (1986)
>
> 13. IN PATAGONIA
> Bruce Chatwin
> (1977)
>
> 12. THE MOUNTAINS OF MY LIFE
> Walter Bonatti
> (2001)
>
> 11. TOUCHING THE VOID
> Joe Simpson
> (1988)
>
> 10. ARABIAN SANDS
> Wilfred Thesiger
> (1959)
>
> 9. COMING INTO THE COUNTRY
> John McPhee
> (1976)
>
> 8. INTO THE WILD
> Jon Krakauer
> (1996)
>
> 7. SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD
> Captain Joshua Slocum
> (1900)
>
> 6. ENDURANCE
> F.A. Worsley
> (1931)
>
> 5. DESERT SOLITAIRE
> Edward Abbey
> (1968)
>
> 4. THE SNOW LEOPARD
> Peter Matthiessen
> (1978)
>
> 3. WEST WITH THE NIGHT
> Beryl Markham
> (1942)
>
> 2. THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD
> Apsley Cherry-Garrard
> (1922)
>
> 1. WIND, SAND AND STARS
> Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
> (1939)
>
>
> mountaineering reading

Saturday, August 20, 2005

Cagayan de Oro Package Trip

3D/2N Cagayan de Oro ADVENTURE TOUR
Good for: 4 pax (adults)

Accommodation: Casa Crystalla (twin-sharing)
September 2-4, 2005

PACKAGE RATE: P 6,700.00/pax (complete package)
P 5,500.00/pax (w/o meals)

Inclusive of:

RT transfer (airport-hotel-airport)
3D/2N hotel accommodation (twin-sharing)
Daily Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner (7 meals)
Activities: (inclusive of certified guides and equipment rental)
Kayaking
Whitewater Rafting
Macahambus Adventure Park (sky bridge/canopy walk, zip line, rappel)
Caving

ITINERARY:

DAY1
September 2 (Friday)
12:00 – ETA CDO
12:30 – Buffet Lunch at Mindy’s
1:30 - Hotel (check-in)
2:00 – Kayaking

You will be using The Tri-Yak which is a sit-on-top kayak designed for up to 3 persons. It is very safe, stable
and maneuverable. A kayaking guide will be assigned to you as the third person, sitting behind to help you.
5:00 – Back to Hotel
7:30 – Dinner at Dear Manok

DAY2
September 3 (Saturday)
6:00 – Breakfast
7:00 – Leave for Mambuaya River
8:00 – Start of Whitewater Rafting

At the Starting Point (Mambuaya River), you will be briefed on whitewater rafting and do paddling exercises.

You will experience navigating down the mighty river of Cagayan de Oro’s swift currents and rapids using a river raft which can withstand hitting against rocks and other obstacles on the river.

The 12.32 km stretch has breathtaking rapids that provide the more adventurous with thrills and challenges of rapids in intervals of not less than 10 – 15 minutes of each other. Washing Machine. Surprise. Brave's Way. Rodeo. Kiss the Wall, Makabundol, Chris Drop... These are just few of the names given by river guides to the 14 rapids one has to traverse when one joins the whitewater rafting adventure in the Mambuaya River in Cagayan de Oro City.

One would be tossed and turned in the spin cycle of Washing Machine; be surprised at the rapids named, what else, Surprise; become fearless after crossing Brave's Way; feel like riding a wild bull in Rodeo; and sense adrenaline pumping while paddling hard to the left so as not to hit the rocky river wall to the right side in Kiss the Wall…Makabundol, is a short run but had turbulent waters.. Chris Drop- is named after a guy who fell off a raft..

11:30 – End Point, Brgy Kabula
12:00 – LUNCH at Macahambus Adventure Park (shrimps, crabs, lechon
manok, fruits, rice, soda and mineral water)
1:00 – SkyBridge(Canopy Walk), Rappel and Zipline
The Macahambus gorge, which sinks to about 36.57 meters below the surface, has an underground river that comes out from one cave to another. Within the gorge premises, vegetation, century-old trees, indigenous birds and flying lizards abound.
Situated above the gorge is the adventure park. One can enjoy the panoramic view of the gorge on a 120-meter-long sky bridge, attached from century-old trees. For added excitement, one can rappel to the 36.57-meter gorge or do the 120-meter zip line, otherwise known as slide for life.

4:00 – Go back to the hotel
7:00 – Dinner at Reina del Rio (It is the newest and only floating restaurant here in CDO. The perfect place to culminate the night after doing the past activities in the river).

DAY3
September 4 (Sunday)
6:00 – Breakfast
6:30 – Caving

Sumalsag Cave is located at Barangay Kilabong, Sumilao, Bukidnon. The cave boasts of its abundance of stalactites and stalagmites and has a length that stretches to about 1,850 meters. One of its unique features is its exit where one has to dive underwater to get to the other side of the wall in the exit passage. The height of the cave varies from one meter to 20 meters and its width varies from less than a meter to a more spacious 9 meters.

11:00 – Lunch at Del Monte Clubhouse
1:30 – Check out hotel
1:55 - Depart for airport
2:55 – flight back to Manila

CONTACT PERSON:
LILET A. BIOCO
CDO Outfitters, Inc.
0063917-6952451
006388-8574741
lilet_bioco@yahoo.com

Other Services Offered:
Team Building
Guided Tours (CDO, Camiguin and Bukidnon)

 

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