The Oldest Foreigner Who Conquered Mt. Apo via Sibulan Sta. Cruz Trail

On February 13, 2010, I took the honour to guide David Walladge to conquer Mt.Apo ( Philippine’s highest mountain) with the help of Bryan Gabañete (my sweeper and medic) and Anzel Camad ( a local porter).

David who looks like Sean Connery in the movie “ The Rock” (born and raised in Australia who mostly lived in the outback and work for about thirty years as a telephone repair guy) is already in the prime of his life at sixty years old when he did this climb and that makes him “ The Oldest Foreign Mountaineer “ who reach the top of Mt. Apo via Sibulan Sta. Cruz Trail which I consider the most technical trail of the mountain.

With his superb physical strength and determination considering that he has only one lung ( fifty percent of both lungs are working) , we reach the summit on the second day before noon and managed to get back on the third day as per itinerary which I designed for average hikers.

Congrats David ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

For more info about Mt. Apo and photos, kindly visit: http://mtapoadventure.wordpress.com/ or just click the link on the right with Mt. Apo Adventure on it.