This is how you will enter the playground of the gods: with sleep in your eyes and dread rising in your gut at the prospect of a four-hour hike, a freezing campsite, and an early wake-up call. At...
Over the last years, I’ve sorted through various travel items, trying to find the right ones that I can take from the air to the road to the sea. I’ve whittled down the list to a few crucial...
I have been writing on and on about trail running and the races I’ve joined, but what is it really like as a sport? What should a beginner expect from his or her first trail run? And how often...
There is nothing easy about the trail. It swerves and slopes, a different terrain at every turn. You will trudge upwards, downwards, through water and dirt, across paved paths and wild fields. Loose...
Sneakerheads and shoe collectors will definitely freak out over SneakPeek‘s latest release! There’s not just one, not two, but NINE premium and hard-to-find styles from the footwear...
Keen to travel this year? If you’ve been holding off on your adventures, then 2016 is the year to finally make it happen. For those wondering about how to begin their wanderings, here are a...
For two days, Osprey took a group of bloggers and members of the media on a two-day trip around Bataan, a mere three-hour drive from Manila. Equipped with our own Osprey packs (mine was a 28L Quasar...
The opening lines of an electric guitar and keyboard, the drop of the drum beat, the deep reverb of bass, and then the intonation of lyrics, sung as a breathy whisper or an explosion of sound. In the...
Rubber-soled feet running along cobblestone streets and brick pathways, up stone steps, and above the walls of a fortress from which one can glimpse an antiquated city on one side and manicured lawns...
It’s that time of the year again! On September 6, 2015, Salomon, the number one brand in trail running, will be taking urban dwellers back to Intramuros, the oldest City in the Philippines,...
This is it: I’m giving up. I’ve just gotten off a dusty trail and staggered onto a long stretch of concrete road. I glance at the running app on my phone and groan as the distance flashes on...
“Congratulations to all the runners,” the emcee’s voice boomed across the Anvaya Cove grounds. “The Salomon X-Trail is one of the most challenging races in the Philippines....
What’s not to love about running outdoors? Outside, you get to feel the warmth of summer on your skin, the breeze brushing through your hair, and hear the rustling of leaves, the crunching of...
Imagine this: You’re dangling off a 30-foot cliff, a rope tightly grasped in your gloved hands, the harness biting into your waist, and the bright noon sun in your eyes. Pretty standard stuff,...
How to Survive as a Writer: 5 Top Tips from Writer’s Block PhilippinesThe blank page. The blinking cursor. The ticking clock. And then, the slow, gnawing realization that you have nothing,...
Kenneth Cobonpue: 7 Tips On What It Takes To Be A Designer“The world doesn’t need another chair.” Ironic, coming from a world-renowned furniture designer recently named as Maison et...
Happy Heights: 4 Things Kids Taught Me About ClimbingWe emerge from the shade of trees and find a dirt path snaking up the side of a hill. We pick our way through rocks and weeds, the harsh sun...