8th Summit : Mt. Oro

OVERVIEW

MT ORO

Rodriguez, Rizal

Minor climb, Difficulty 2/9 (Summit);

3/9 (Traverse), Trail class 1-3;

Days required / Hours to summit: 1 day / 1.5-2 hours (Summit); 3-3.5 hours (Traverse);

Features: Scenic views of the mountains of Rizal and Bulacan,

Multi-tiered waterfalls, LLA: 121°9'36.01" E, 14°45'49" N, 340+ MASL

October of 2016, when I decided to join another twin hike hosted by Tiangala Travel and Tours. I got comfortable with the service given by the organizers and staff of this travel group so I ended up joining their events. 

Mt. Oro is a newly open mountain in Brgy Mascap. It is more of a hill than a mountain. The trail comprised of open grassland and moderately steep assault. We started the ascent around 4 in the morning. It's still dark but the trail is easy since it's quite an open one.

Makati - Ortigas Skyline at night. Sorry blurred! Lol.

After less than an hour, we reached the foot of the mountain. 

Take 5 buds! 

Trail bud! 

We started early and reached the summit after almost 2 hours trek just in time for the sunrise. 

Slight silhouette shot at the summit. Haha!

The summit is a wide open flat ground full with tall grass so wearing arm warmers or full sleeved shirts is highly recommended .

VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT

Overlooking view of Sierra Madre Mountain Range.

GROUP PHOTO OPS

One thing I loved about joining group tours is the fact that there will be all kinds of different people whom I can make friends and socialize as much as I want. It's just nice traveling with other like-minded individuals who respect my independence and I can be myself without judgments.

We stayed and rested at the summit for an hour and we start to descent around 7:30 am. We back-trailed to the jump-off via rough road to Mt. Sipit Ulang.

See the continuation of this climb here  ----   9th Summit : Mt. Sipit Ulang