The 13 Peaks of Mt. Batulao, A Mother and Son Bonding Experience

As a late birthday gift, I introduced my son to the art of mountain climbing (looking at it in a mountain climber's perspective, it is an art so no argument please hehe). It was his first time so I brought him along to one of those easy climbs, Mount Batulao or locally known as Mount Pangil ng Buwaya (translated as crocodile fang in English because of its 13 peaks appearing like crocodile fangs from below). It is located in Nasugbu, Batangas. It stands at 811+ meters above sea level. The climb may be easy but challenging for a first timer, an appropriate climb for my energetic eldest.

We had a group of climbing buddies with us and after a short prayer, we started our ascent at 7AM. This is the view from a few feet above

The view gets better as you climb

Intermittent rainshowers accompanied us during our climb so it is not surprising should a beautiful rainbow appeared

A view of Batangas from this spot

Here are some views as we passed by Peaks 5, 6, 7

Halfway through, we stopped to rest at this small area to eat halo-halo (the reason why I climbed today)

My son waiting for his halo-halo

This is us near Peak 7 or 8 I think...

This is us climbing through Peak 7 or 8 (whatever)

And this is my son happily posting after reaching the last peak!

It was actually a good climb. We took our lunch there and rested for an hour before starting our descent. Going down was a cinch. We reached lowland by 5PM, the exact time to have a few drinks before going home.

The best part of this climb of which both mother and son agreed was this

It was a really good mother and son bonding experience. I am looking forward to more of this soon!