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I ve always wanted to climb Mt. Balingkilat and spend a night on its summit, so me and my friends went to experience this mountain.Mt. Balingkilat is a well-known mountain for most hikers. Due to it s proximity from Manila plus the view and experience it offers to its visitors, no wonder it is one of the most climbed mountains in Zambales.BackgroundThe name Balingkilat is derived from the native Aeta language which means Mountain of Thunder. Mt. Balingkilat is located in the province of Zambales, which main jump off point is at Brgy. Cawag, Subic, Zambales. It stands at a towering height of 1,100+ meters above sea level. It is one of the most hiked mountains in Zambales and is popular to day hikers.PreparationBefore you can go and hike Mt. Balingkilat, you need to let the Chieftain of Brgy. Cawag know that you are planning to hike the mountain. He will be the one who will assign your guide and transportation if you don t have your own vehicle. He will also serves as your main local contact whom you can ask regarding the hike.Once you re done coordinating with the Chieftain, it is now time to prepared yourselves. If this will be your first major hike, it best if you will climb at least two minor mountains in order to prepare your body for a strenuous major hike.On the day of your climb, you are required to drop by the Subic Fire Rescue — SPOSO, near the public market, to have you names registered and your photos taken. It is important that you ve coordinated with the locals/chieftain of Brgy. Cawag because they ll be getting the name of your guide too.The HikeWhen hiking Mt. Balingkilat, you ll need to consider the time when you will start your hike, and the duration of the trek/climb from jump off point to the summit or camp site. In our case, we started at exactly 10AM, when the sun is bright and shining hot. We really don t have other choice but to start at that time because we want to reach the campsite before dawn.The first part of the hike will just be a gradual trek going to the first and only water source, the Kawayanan area. It took us one and a half hour going to the first water source, and from here we took our lunch, drank as much water as we can, took a little rest, and then started the second part of the trek, a moderate to hard assault going to the summit. We we re a little slow in this part, aside from it is an assault trek, the heat of the sun affected our speed because it is already 12PM.We trekked for almost 3 hours to reach the last section of the hike to summit. This last section is the most technical part of the trail, extra precautions is required as you will be scrambling through the edge with rocks and boulders with high steps. You might also do some face-the-walls in some parts of this section.At around 6PM we reached the camp site, which is and open area 15 minutes from the summit. We ve had a hard time setting up our tents because of the strong winds blowing from every direction. There s little to no shade for setting up tents in the area.After setting up the tents, we started preparing our meal for the night, eat, and then rest for the night. I never had the chance to go out of the tent for star gazing because the wind is so strong and cold that I chose to just sleep inside my tent. But as per my friend who went out that night, the sky was clear and there are plenty of stars that night. Next time, I will be getting out of my tent regardless of the cold.

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