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Mt. Apo

The highest mountain in the Philippines at 2,954 meters, an active stratovolcano whose summit holds a crater lake, sulfurous fumarole fields, and the largest old-growth mossy forest in Mindanao. The standard three-day climb via Kidapawan passes through lowland dipterocarp forest, cloud forest thick with orchids and pitcher plants, and a volcanic moonscape of boulders above the treeline. At dawn the summit reveals Mindanao spread below and the Celebes Sea glittering to the south.

📸 Bro. Jeffrey Pioquinto SJ (CC BY 2.0), Jay Jopia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Kleomarlo (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Jaime Mendoza

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