Mt Natib - Mother Mountain

Mt Natib 1,287+

Major jumpoff: Brgy. Tala, Orani, Bataan 

Specs (Backtrail): Major climb, Difficulty 5/9, Trail class 1-3
Specs (Traverse): Major climb, Difficulty 6/9, Trail class 1-3
Features: Scenic views of Central Luzon; Woodlands; Tropical forests
 (Source: Pinoy Mountaineer)

Mount Natib is a stratovolcano type of volcano topped by a 6-by-7-kilometre (3.7 by 4.3 mi) acorn-shaped Natib Caldera that is open to the northwest. East of its caldera is the smaller 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) wide Pasukulan Caldera.^[3] The highest peak of Mount Natib has an elevation of 1,253 metres (4,111 ft) asl and is at the point of convergence of the two calderas. The caldera complex has an overall base diameter of 26 kilometres
(Source: Wikipedia)

The Team
Me, Lester, Puti, Junie, Jeff
Cheska, Lani, Leizel, Chelsea

Wayback the first and second attempt..

2013 Summit Sea of Fog :D

2017 Sea of Fog again haha..

Back to reality..

We arrive at Orani exactly 2:00 AM.
Just waited for available tricycle to hire and ride us to jump off in Brgy. Tala where you will register, prepare, konting snacks before begin the trek.

3:00 AM Start trek
Still very dark when we start to ascend so we have to use our head light. The first leg of trail is a concrete cement.

Kwentuhan sympre sharing climb experiences.

Around 5:30 AM we reach the Kubo the only water source in the trail and where you can rest and eat your breakfast.

Brewing our hot coffee :) :) :)

The Team having breakfast and coffee

 After a 30 mins+ break we continue our journey to summit hopping for a clearing.

7:00 AM We arrive at junction, where there are two trails, one is to summit and the other one is to Pasukulan Falls.

Deciding time, summit o falls mag falls nalang :D?
 

Six of us chose to summit and the other three Jeff, Leizel and Puti goes to falls.

At grassland before assault and ropes segment

Lani (Photo credit: Lester)

 There are 8-10 rope segment in assault to summit.

Lester - Mr Harkor in Mt Balingkilat

At this height you now can see the Subic bay and Zambales mountains

View from the rope segment, my favorite view on this trail

Mossyyy - The home of limatiks

 After 6 hours of unli take five we reached the summit and I was so excited because all the time I'm hopping na "sana may clearing.. sana may clearing.. pagbigyan mo naman ako" :D

And tadaa super clear! ;)
(Sa mga blog na nabasa ko about their experience in summit halos karamihan sea of fog sila, kaya I was feeling lucky na after 2 failed attempts na magka clearing. I was so curious anong view meron ang summit ng Mt Natib the highest peak in Bataan, because I'm from Bataan, kaya ganun nalang ako ka-hayok sa clearing ng summit na 'to.)

Waahhh!! World Wide Clear! - View of Mt Mariveles

Views of Subic bay, Mt Cinco Picos and Mt Balingkilat

Ang pangarap na shot.

Thank you Lester and Junie for the photos of me

Mga model ng San Marino Tuna (Lester, Junie, Cheska, Lani, Chelsea) - Eating lunch in the only small covered part of the summit.

Ang aming Barista! Taga ng brew ng kape yan ang role n'ya halos sa climb na 'to. Two timer din (sa Mt Natib) :D

Milky kase ang tapang ng pag ka brew, pero masarap!

Two hour, for 2 hours we have stayed in the summit, brew ng kape, eat lunch at unli pictures! Masyadong inenjoy ang summit :D

Credit: Lester

Credit: Lester

Tuwang-tuwa si kolokoy.

Tribute sa aming tatlo Team Ugo,

 Meanwhile, yung tatlo pa namin kasama na nag falls eh hindi na namin alam anong nangyari sakanila baka naligaw na sila.

But here's their photos for a successfully scaling the Pasukulan Falls!
Congrats Team Pasukulan!
 

Jeff

Leizel and her brother Puti

We start descend exactly 11:00 AM, at this point alam ko na na nasa peligro na naman ang pag punta namin ng falls because of we're running out of town, it will took us 2 hours of descend to reach the junction and another 2 hours to falls, gagabihin na kame :(


I began beast mode descend to reach this view and stay to enjoy view while waiting for them.

 

This part is also good for camping site, because yung summit is not so nice for camping and pitch tent kase walang patag..

 Exactly 2:30 PM, we arrive the kubo. And guess what hindi na naman kame nakapag falls me, Chelsea and Lester.. Drain na daw energy nila pati yung iba namin kasama.

And here is the evidence tokhang sila! (Junie, Lani and Cheska)

Almost past an hour we stayed in the kubo to drink coffee again and merienda while waiting dun sa team falls.

And around 4:00 PM we start to descend again with whole team.

Yes, dun ako galing kanina doon sa tuktok! #thattime

Photo ops at the entrance gate of the park.

View Deck

Group photo: Thank you guys! :)

-- Bonus content --

Pasukulan falls 2013

Photos credits to:
Lester Joseph
Junie Limsan
Jeff Cosico

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Planned Itinerary

Day 0
2100 Meet up Cubao Fivestar Bus Terminal
2200 ETD Bound Orani, Bataan

Day 1
0100 ETA Orani (Ride rented trike to Brgy. Tala)
0200 Start trek
0400 ETA Kubo/Water source (Take 5)
0600 ETA Summit (Breakfast)
0700 Start descend to Pasukulan falls
0830 ETA Junction
1100 ETA Pasukulan falls (Lunch, Ligo)
1230 Start descend to jump off
1600 ETA Jump off (Washup)
2200 Manila


Expenses

Bus - 360 each
Trike 140 each (70p one way)
Guide 1000 1-7 ratio for day hike
Reg fee 70


Our guide
Sir Willy 0907 720 1944