Trips
 Climbing Mt. Apo
Photos by Robert Gardner
 The "Grandfather" of Philippine
peaks is the apt name of Mt. Apo which anchors the southern end of
a mountain range that bisects Mindanao, the Philippines' southernmost island.
Soaring to 2,954 meters (9,691 feet), the highest point in the Philippines,
it is the centerpoint of the Mt. Apo National Park straddling the provinces
of Davao del Sur and North Cotabato.
At 72,800 hectares, the park
is one of the largest in the country and is home to the endangered Philippine
Eagle.
I returned to the Philippines
in November 1996 with the goal of climbing Apo. I had visited several years
earlier but it had been a dozen years since I attempted any major climbs.
As a forty-something desk jockey, I knew it would be a challenge and it
was.
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