Mt TAPULAO | Our first major multi-day hike

ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅ “ᴛᴀᴘᴜʟᴀᴏ” ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴀᴍʙᴀʟ ᴛᴇʀᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱʟᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ “ᴘɪɴᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴇ,” ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʏᴏᴜ’ʟʟ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀɪʟ ᴀꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴏ ʜɪɢʜᴇʀ. ɪᴛ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀꜱ ᴀ ᴄʜᴀʟʟᴇɴɢɪɴɢ 36 ᴋᴍ ʙᴀᴄᴋᴛʀᴀɪʟ ʜɪᴋᴇ, ꜰᴇᴀᴛᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴘɪɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴇꜱᴛꜱ, ᴍᴏꜱꜱʏ ʟᴀɴᴅꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴏᴄᴋʏ ᴛᴇʀʀᴀɪɴ, ᴛʏᴘɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ 7–9 ʜᴏᴜʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍɪᴛ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀ ʜɪᴋᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴᴇʀꜱ.