chichatravels/ When in Mt. Sawi

The mountain for brokenhearted hikers: Mt. Sawi  !

Yes! Its a mountain for brokenhearted hikers (tamang tama sakin na sawi sa pag-ibig choss haha) Mt. Sawi is located in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija. There are two existing trail. One in Brgy. Malinao (where we started our trek) and the other one is in Dupinga Bridge. It was first explored by Nueva Ecija Backpackers and Community Mountaineers Inc. last May of 2016. It's a very hassle free for a beginner like me coz a friend invited me to a group of mountaineers called MDF Outdoor all of them are so accommodating and friendly so super smooth and chill lang (Well I was asleep the whole trip so yeah chill talaga haha) 

  

Anyway, we were trekking na when I heard the myth about the said mountain. According to the locals of Nueva Ecija, it was named Mt. Sawi because of  a girl who hanged herself to death at the summit because she got her heart broken by a guy who eventually left her and married other woman. So after that unfortunate event, it was called Mt. Sawi or Mt. Bigti. But I don't really buy that story kase wala namang pag bibigtihan dun sa area but some are likely to believe the brokenhearted-girl-story kase more dramatic daw haha. 

 

We started our trek at 6:15 in the morning. There have been some inconviences so we weren't able to catch the sunrise. We were walking the flats pa lang and I feel like my knees are giving up na (so its better to stretch stretch muna before trekking) From the bottom up to the summit was pure assault ! Konting flat grounds lang and lahat assaulted path na. Most part of the trail is grassland with sharp edges and some are as tall as a human. I'm not wearing the right attire and gears so my legs had some bruises, cuts, scratches and burns. Yes the sun kissed my skin talaga  haha it was so sunny and since i dont have enough gear like hat and other stuff, kaya sun burn talaga but luckilly mild sun burn lang naman.   

  

At 8:40am we already reached the summit. It was breathtakingly amazing ! Like every corner is worth capturing. Utterly fascinated at how exquisite everything was up there. (Kung pwede lang talaga wag na bumaba) You can also see the whole Gabaldon (which brings me to a very uncomfortable situation because of my fear of heights) But with a the help of my super supportive friend na keri ko naman haha i managed to stand at the top of the rock near the dead tree (the one where the girl hanged herself to death) Then at 9:34am we started to descend and reached the flat grounds at 10:25am. 

P.s. The descending part was the hardest for me. Thought my knees are finally giving up on me ! Without any help stranded na siguro ako at Mt. sawi feeling sawi haha. I'm still blessed and grateful to have someone who would help me no matter what (I'm really look like a scared baby cat up there ! ) 

   

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