Mt. Cristobal; a not so Devil a Mountain

trusting God won't make the mountain smaller but it will make climbing easier. Hope you we'll be able to climb all our mountains... thekuah a Tibetan Friend

I already had forgotten those vivid memories of that said climb. I don’t even remember the very date when it was. The night before the climb there were apprehensions and tensions between the team leaders and the applicants. The typhoon signal was raised to signal #2 in the Southern Tagalog area. I was a bet scared because the mountain was known to be the “Devil’s Mountain”, the opposite of Mt. Banahaw; i.e. as the Holy Mystical Mountain. As far as I can remember, after our pre-climb, I searched the internet for the Yiddish version of the text of Psalm 23, from where I believed to be as my amulet against the evil force. Funny but true. Moreover, it works for me. It was our skills I climb, and we did it amidst strong winds and occasional heavy rains. The climb was a bet difficult due to the terrain and the weather, but, in good fate, only Mimssy’s shoes’ was treated with first aid. We survived, we’re alive back, and we’re not bewitched. Mt. Cristobal, which is known to be “the Devil’s Mountain” is not a devil’s mountain after all. All mountains are God’s mountain!