Foot on the Loose

For those of you planning a trek to Mt. Pinatubo, here are some tips:

1. Do your research. Read some blogs and learn from the experience of people who have been there.
2. Travel light. Trekking to Mt Pinatubo can be pretty exhausting. Day trip is one hour bumpy 4x4 ride and an hour trekking. You don’t want much baggage when you trek, do you?
3. Eat heavy breakfast. Don’t worry you will burn it along the way.
4. Wear trek clothes, anything light and something that dries fast. And bring an extra shirt if you have an excessive sweating. 
5. Wear appropriate footwear that can be used both for rocky road and little river crossings. No heels and weak step ins please. 

Mt. Pinatubo Lake, located near the boundaries of Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales provinces in the Philippines, has been one of the tourist attraction in the country, not only because of its extreme adventure experience but also for the history behind its grandeur.

On 1991, Mt.Pinatubo erupted. 364 communities were affected.  2.1 million people, damaged. 73,000 houses, destroyed. 86,000 hectare farmland covered with “lahar” or volcanic ash. (Source) 

Imagine how catastrophic it was! But then something was proven that the greater the devastation, the greater the restoration.