Yesterday’s hike with the Corona Hashers from Angeles turned out to be a beach walk. Not real surprising, I suppose. I had it in mind that we would be hiking from the Treasure Island meet-up and finishing at the Da’ Kudos On-Home venue. That was true for the long (10K) trail, but the 5K trail I took required a truck ride out to barangay Kalaklan, then basically just following the beach all the way back to Baloy. I’d done that hike numerous times, but not recently. Yesterday was a good reminder of why I don’t take the beach route more often. I’ll let the pictures tell the story.
I really, really dislike riding in the Hashmobile. It’s as uncomfortable as it looks and my mind can’t help but think of all the potential disasters associated with this unsafe mode of travel.But we made it safely to the drop-off point and began our march to the beach.Making our way down from the highway……passing some shanties along the way……before finally arriving at the water.The tide was high.Looking for a way to get across an inconveniently placed river……but in the end wading proved to be the only option.The sand before the rocks…And what rocks they were! Always a pain in the ass to scramble over, but the high tide required taking a higher and more treacherous route.She’s got some mountain goat in her…The worst is over now.Glad to put that behind me…Oh, good. My shoes are almost dry and here’s another river crossing…Life’s a beach sometimes.Back On-Home at Da’ Kudos the Subic contingent gives a welcome to the visiting Hashers from Angeles City.And in return I was welcomed to have a seat on the ice.And then the sun set on another day of Hashing.
Today I’ll also being Hashing with the Angeles crew. This time we are meeting up in Tibag. There are three trails–long, medium, and short; I’ll be taking the short route which doesn’t involve climbing the highest mountain in the area (up to Tralala). Should be fun, regardless. I like the area and we will be doing a cookout and enjoying our beers out there in the wilds.
Full report tomorrow!
3 thoughts on “Beach, please”
Looks to have been fun despite the wetness. Great pics!
Good pics. With your caption about the tide being high, I immediately got an ear worm of the Blondie song. LOL
Also noticed one of the hashers doing the trail in flip flops. That would not be my choice of footwear on any hike. But hey, each to his own.
It’s a good song, I’ll keep holding on.
Yeah, I saw some flip-flops and sandals on trail. What can I say–they’re from Angeles. For the almost exclusively beach hike you can get away with it. Not in the mountains though…
Looks to have been fun despite the wetness. Great pics!
Good pics. With your caption about the tide being high, I immediately got an ear worm of the Blondie song. LOL
Also noticed one of the hashers doing the trail in flip flops. That would not be my choice of footwear on any hike. But hey, each to his own.
It’s a good song, I’ll keep holding on.
Yeah, I saw some flip-flops and sandals on trail. What can I say–they’re from Angeles. For the almost exclusively beach hike you can get away with it. Not in the mountains though…