MARIVELES BATAAN
EXTREME OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
RAPPELLING AT SISIMAN WALL/MT. SAN MIGUEL

AUGUST 27 2016, SATURDAY OF 2 AM, WHEN WE LEFT MANILA FOR A DAY HIKE AND RAPPELLING AT MARIVELS BATAAN.

FOR ME RAPPELLING IS A NEW EXPERIENCE OF ADRENALINE PUMPING , EXTREME OUTDOOR ADVENTURE! AHAHA!
WATCHING CLIMBERS ON TV RAPPEL ON A WALL OF ROCK CLIFFS MADE ME THINK WHY NOT TRY THIS! UNTIL A GROUP OF HIKERS "TEAM PUSH IT" POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT THEY WILL GOING TO RAPPEL THE ROCK FACE OF SAN. MIGUEL NOW CALLED SISIMAN WALL IN BATAAN, I JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO FINALLY EXPERIENCE RAPPELLING.MT. SAN MIGUEL IS LOCATED IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF SISIMAN IN MARIVELES, AROUND 4 HOURS FROM MANILA.

MT. SAN MIGUEL PEAK IS AROUND 35-STOREY HIGH BUILDING OR 700 FEET HIGH, IT REQUIRED 20 TO 30 MINUTES TO REACH THE SUMMIT. ROCK CLIMBING AND RAPPELLING HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED SINCE IT HAS PORTION OF PURE DROP. FROM THE SUMMIT YOU WILL APPRECIATE THE 360 DEGREE VIEW OF THE SISIMAN BAY AND THE WHOLE COST OF BARANGAY SISIMAN MARIVELS BATAAN AND THE ISLAND OF CORREGIDOR.

IT WAS 10 AM WHEN WE BEGAN THE ROUGHLY 20 MINUTE TREK, I WASN'T A HARD WORK, THE CHALLENGING PART NG TREK AY ANG STEEPNESS NG SLOPE AT MABATO, DAHIL MAULAN NUNG UMAKYAT KAMI MASMADALI ANG MASARAP UMAKAYAT! " KAYA SA AAKAYAT PO NG MAINIT MAGBAON PO NG KONTING TIIS AT MARAMING SUNBLOCK AT SYEMPRE TUBIG.

SA JUMP OFF PALANG  SIR LEVY OUR FACILITATOR CONDUCT AN ORIENTATION ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT USED IN RAPPELLING, AFTER SHOWING US HOW TO PUT THE HARNESS, HINAYAAN NYA KAMI I DEMONSTRATE IT IN OURSELVES, AND HE CHECKED EVERYTHING IF IT IS SECURELY ATTACHED.

SIR LEVY

AFTER A 20 MINUTE TREK, THE 12 OF US WAS ONE BY ONE DESCEND

AND EXPERIENCE RAPPELLING. THEN IT WAS MY TURN, NO TIME FOR SECOND THOUGH AND HESITATION " THEN I WHISPER TO MYSELF " GINUSTO MO TO EH, WALA KANANG MAGAGAWA NAKAKAHIYA NA UMATRAS"

PHOTO OPS!

RAPPELLING LIKE WHAT MY UPDATED STATUS ON FACEBOOK

" YUNG FEELING MO NA YUNG LUBID NALANG ANG BUMUBUHAY SAYO"

IYON YUNG PAKIRAMDAM HABANG NASA MIDDLE KA NG PAGRA-RAPPEL MO, YUNG MARAMI KANG INIISIP NA BAKA MAPUTOL YUNG LUPID NA BAKA..BAKA..BAKA! PERO SA LAHAT NAMAN NG PAGKAKATAON PWEDE MAGING DELIKADO ANG BUHAY MO! SO WHY NOT ENJOY THE MOMENT! NA ENJOY KO SYA, OO MISKI MAY MGA HINDI INAASAHANG PANGYAYARI SA KALAGITNAAN NG PAGRA-RAPPEL KO STILL SAFE PARIN, AT ONCE NA NAGAWA MO SYA! THERE IS A FULFILLMENT IN YOU NA MASASABI MO! YES I SURVIVED AND EXPERIENCEDONE OF THE EXTREME OUT DOOR ADVENTURE IN MY LIFE!


BUDGET FOR THIS TRIP

1850 PESOS FOR THE VAN,FACILITATORS FEE AND RAPPELLING EQUIPMENT.|


SPECIAL THANKS!
TEAM PUSH IT
 SIR G
SIR LEVY OUR RAPPELLING FACILITATOR!