My Boys conquer another mountain...

Rene & Mikko (on sembreak) climbed Mt. Parker last October 24-25 with the Dolefil Mountaineering Club (as well as others from Davao, etc).Too bad Momon couldn't join coz of the school intrams.:( Mount Parker, locally known as Melibengoy, is a st...ratovolcano on Mindanao island in the Philippines (6°06.8' N, 124°53.5' E). It is located in the province of south Cotabato, 30 kilometers west of General Santos City and 44 kilometers south of Koronadal City. The volcano is believed to have been named after an American pilot who crashed at the volcano while he was surveying and mapping the area. The volcano has an elevation of 1,784 meters and a base diameter of 40 km. It has a 2.9-km-wide caldera with steep walls that rise 200-500m above the crater lake that is now called Maughan Lake. The lake, which is officially called Lake Holon, was named after another American who was with Parker when he crashed. Melibengoy is considered one of the sacred places of the T'boli tribe. It hosts a rare species, Parantica dannatti reyesi, which was discovered by the late Professor Josue de los Reyes of Notre Dame of Marbel University and published in the Entomological Journal of Senckerburg Research Institute in December 1994. Government officials have also confirmed sightings of the Philippine Tarsier, Tarsius syrichta which can supposedly be found in the barangays surrounding Lake Holon.

For some reason,i'm not able to upload any pictures, so pls click on to for full photo coverage: http://mummy1.multiply.com/photos/album/52/Mikko_Renes_Trek_to_Mt._Parker