It Is Hard to Climb Uphill
By @acelawrites
@acelawrites (19272)
Philippines
May 31, 2016 1:32am CST
Have you experienced climbing up the hill or a mountain?
I had it years ago when we did tree planting at one of the peaks of Mt. Makiling in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines.
It was rainy season so the ground was so slippery, and it made the climb so exhausting! Some students fainted maybe because they have low stamina. Good thing I made it to the place where we planted local tree species like narra, ipil-ipil, etc.
Hope the trees we planted survived and had become big trees by now.
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 May 16
@acelawrites What do you mean - harness? Were you roped to one another?
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
31 May 16
@JudyEv no we do not have any rope or anything.But there was a trail that we followed.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
31 May 16
It was really hard and we had no harness that time.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
31 May 16
Yup, used to climb mountains every weekend back in the day when my schedule allowed it. Need to get back into it one of these days.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
1 Jun 16
@acelawrites I wouldn't consider myself a mountaineer. More like an adventurer.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
31 May 16
It became an activity of mountaineers.
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
31 May 16
When I was a kid, I climb a mountain once and it was very steep and difficult to climb it.
Nowadays I ride my bike to the hills and I could only go at a speed of 12kmph. I would like to increase my speed soon.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
31 May 16
Wow, that's nice, biking uphill. Even if it's 12 kph means something!
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
31 May 16
@acelawrites Yes 12kmph is a good speed in climbing actually. Some people can only do it at 7kmph.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
31 May 16
i remember planting ipil-ipil in grade school. they grow fast.
what month was the tree planting? maybe it rained the night before?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
31 May 16
@acelawrites i guess they scheduled it ahead of time but didn't expect that it would rain. good thing nothing serious happened.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
31 May 16
I think it was August. Yes it was raining hard the night before.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
31 May 16
@hereandthere maybe they scheduled it during rainy months so the ground was wet and the survival rate of the tree saplings will be higher.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
31 May 16
There is a law signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III declaring June 25 as Arbor Day or National Tree Planting Day in the Philippines where able-bodied individuals should plant at least one tree. It is not mandatory however.
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@Lilieshag (160)
• Vietnam
31 May 16
I got climb moutain before. Actually we just walk from bottom to top. But really tired, cause i could not control my breath, my heart jumbed so fast. I need to stop often. But top of mountain is always great.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
31 May 16
Yes, it could make your heart beat so strong, but before doing the climb, you should have some physical exercises to make you do it easier, for stamina.
