Mt. Pulag, Benguet Province, February 6 - 10, 2008
February 6, 2008: The trip – Manila to Baguio City to Ranger Station
We left Manila at about 12 a.m. and arrived Baguio City at about 6:30 am. We took our breakfast at Baguio Country Club.
We left Baguio Country Club and went to jeepney station near Burham Park. With two hired 4WD jeepneys, we proceeded to DENR Field Office where we registered and had very short orientation about Mt. Pulag and mountaineering since all of us not first timer. We we took our lunch at the DENR Field Office.. At about 2 pm, we departed to and reached Babadak Ranger Station .
As usual the road from Baguio to DENR and Ranger Station are cemented and some are under construction. The road from DENR to Ranger is dirt and bumpy.
Before reaching DENR we passed by Sulfur Spring. It was a crater of about 7 x 7 meters of boiling liquid sulfur ash and overflowing in many directions. One of us stepped on soft sulfur ash and his foot got first degree burn since he was wearing sandals only.
At Babadak Ranger station the temperature was 13 degrees when we arrived around 5 pm. The afternoon has clear sky.
At the Ranger Station, we cooked our dinner and had some singing with guitar accompaniment by Sey, Joel and Randolph.
We spent our first night inside the Babadak Ranger Station since we are only 16.