Every moment is a life story being written
The entire process took about two weeks before I got over the trauma and started checking out the schedule of my next target mountain. Yeah, I don’t think I’m done. There’s still little left in me that wants to continue chasing waterfalls.
So, was it worth all the pain? Totally! In fact, this goes down my list of the things I want to do all over again.
I was running low on water, and wondering how I’m still standing. I was struggling to fight back dizziness and nausea, telling myself that this is not how I would want to die. No, really. I have heard of much younger hikers who never finished a hike out of sheer exhaustion, and this Madlum trifecta has claimed at least one, according to one of our guides.
When we finally got out of the river crossings, medium rain started to fall. I had no idea how far along we were from the next peak, so I kept praying that we all make it through safe and sound and not get stranded within the thick rainforest.
You just have to get yourself into your National Geographic mode to truly appreciate the allure of Mt. Makiling.
