Bulusan Itinerary

From Sir Jovi

BULUSAN VOLCANO
Bulusan, Sorsogon
Major jumpoff: Lake Bulusan
Brgy. San Roque
LLA: 1565 MASL
Days/to summit: 1-2 days / 6-9 hours
Specs: Major climb, Difficulty 6/9, Trail class 1-4

The original itinerary for the Bulusan Climb last Saturday:
Day 0 Friday
7:00pm Assembly @ McDonalds Crossing

Day 1 Saturday
8:00am Arrival @ Irosin
9:00am ETA Lake Bulusan
10:30am Early lunch
12:00nn Start kayaking across the lake
12:15pm Arrival @ jump off point
12:30pm Start trek
2:30pm ETA ranger station
5:30pm ETA campsite / set camp (explore)
7:00pm Dinner socials

Day 2 Sunday
3:00am Wake up call
3:30am Summit assault
6:30am ETA summit/ crater (picture)
7:30am Start descend
10:00am Back @ lake Aguingay (break camp)
11:00am Start descend
1:30pm Arrival @ Lake Bulusan
2:00pm Tidy up
3:00pm Late lunch
5:00pm ETD to Manila

What actually happened:

Friday

2200 Time of departure

0000 Arrived at San Pablo to pick up Chichi

0400 Saw a road accident, had to help

0500 Turned over the victims to local help

0700 Breakfast

1300 Lunch at Jollibee

1700 Arrived at Irosin

1800 Arrived at Bulusan Lake

1900 Kayaked Lake Bulusan

2000 Pitched Tent

2030 Dinner

2100 Checked BP and Oxygen level of blood

2200 Early conked out

Sunday

0230 Woke up

0400 Start of Trek

0500 Arrived at Ranger's Station

0700 Arrived at Aguingay Lake

0700 to 1000 Assault to Crater - grueling and technical

'shrooms

Dino and his crazy antics

Cogon-landia! The grass was lethal. They cut you, slap you in the face, and stab you, albeit unintentionally.

 1030 Summit

This was our summit.

1130 Start descent/ slide all the way dooown! My pants bore remnants of the muddy trail, and it tore to the point that I left it behind.

1330 Lunch at Lake Aguingay
1500 Start descent

1700 Arrived at Rangers' Station

1800 Arrived at the other side of the lake. Waited for the RESCUE boat.

1830 Broke camp, Merienda - Pancit + Hotdogs

2000 Left Bulusan Lake for a hotspring resort to tidy up.
2200 Left Sorsogon

Monday
1700 Arrived in Manila
Yehey!!!

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