profound bliss

Click here to read Mt. Pundaquit - Anawangin Cove Adventures (Part 1) . So I was able to cross the little patch of water and was soon climbing up the rocky trail towards the top of the hill. K, who was barefoot cuz he thought he’d just go walking along the beach with Gerald and Troy, was walking so slowly cuz most of the stones were sharp-edged. Halfway up, I looked up and was rewarded with this view: Uphill, though, the view was most breathtaking.   At the other side of the hill, there’s another beach much like the cove. There seem to be no activity there, though. There was actually no one in sight. When I asked around, I learned that it is so rocky on that part that boatmen find it hard to go there. After about half an hour, K and I decided to head back. But we couldn’t help but stop by the cove again for some more photos.   Back at the camp, we were divided into groups. I was put in the group in-charge of cooking together with K, Gerald, and Judylyn...

I've always wanted to go to Anawangin cuz I've always read and heard so many beautiful things about it. So when I learned that K's third training climb with the MLQU Stallions Outdoor Club would be Mt. Pundaquit with a 2-day stay at the Anawangin Cove, I immediately begged him to ask their president if I could guest-climb with them. It was a short-notice, though. He informed me Wednesday night (Nov 3) that the club allowed me to go with them; assembly was 8 PM Friday (Nov 5). I immediately canceled my Balagbag Falls day trip with a friend that Saturday. But I couldn't cancel Princess' follow-up CBC that Friday. And I crammed. The itinerary included a boat ride from Anawangin to Capones Island to Pundaquit on the way home, and I don't know how to swim! So after bringing Princess to the vet Friday morning (and learning that her RBC's kinda high which might result into a stroke [God forbid]), I went to the mall to buy stuff including a whistle, soccer socks fo...