Pico de Loro trek

Last Saturday, a bunch of us guys and gals from the MOA NA group, and some of our children, went to trek to the summit of Pico de Loro. Although only roughly 800 meters in altitude, the walk towards the base of the summit until the summit itself took 3 hours and another 3 hours coming back. Darkness overtook us at the last 30 minutes of the trek to our jump off point which consisted of a rocky uphill then a downhill to the highway. Fortunately some brought flashlights while the others used their cellphones to illuminate the way. For the newbies at trekking, this was an ardous 6 hour trek, but everyone felt a sense of accomplishment specially after making the dramatic uphill to the summit and being on the windy 50 square meter summit.
Pico de Loro is a 2 hour drive from Manila to Ternate, Cavite. You can see the itinerary and its legend by visiting the website of the metropolitan mountaineering society at www.metropolitanms.org. Click on itineraries then click on pico de loro.