PART I: THE MYSTERIOUS MOUNTAIN

• The Mountain's Name
• Human Sacrifice
• What The Geologists Say
• Virgin Forests

PART II: APO'S PERPETUAL CHALLENGE

• The Tragedy of Oyanguren
• Real's Expedition 1870
• Rajal's Conquest 1880
• Datu Manig's Terms
• Accounts of the Expedition
• The Schadenberg-Koch Expedition 1881-1882
• The Jesuit Expedition of 1888
• Father Barrado 1892
• Bird Collectors
• Apo from the Cotabato Side
• The Napan Trail 1939
• The Ateneo de Cagayan Ascent 1941
• Post-War Ascents

PART III: THE FIRST MASS ON MOUNT APO (In Progress)

• Guides, Porters, Escort
• The Sayaban Forest
• The Marbel River
• The Spur
• The Lake
• To the Summit
• Animist Sacrifices
• Descent

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