The Philippine Outdoors

Well, this is my wife’s baptism of rocks and muds at Mt. Makiling-Mudspring trail. A day before, we have to decide between Nuvali track in Sta. Rosa or Mt. Makiling in Los Banos for our trail ride destination for the day. And, I opted for Makiling (where I can do downhilling) which she agreed.
Thus, it becomes her first trail ride on this beautiful mountain. It is challenging and exasperating for her as expected. And that she has to push her bike up during the first ascent and well….. most of the time towards mudspring…. and even on descent. But, that’s okay, because I don’t want her to have any accidents. I warn her to go slow on downhill and if necessary go down in your bike and just walk. And she did because she’s also afraid and at the same time careful.
Likewise, I met the Makiling Team Gravity riders on that day. It’s a pleasant reacquaintance for the group that I know and ride with for a long time, already. Since, I have to wait for my wife most of the time during our descent(downhill), I was able to get a small videos of them while going down. And it was also an opportunity for me to have my video taken in a downhill ride, since my wife is with me as my videographer.

Lei pushes her bike during the first ascent.

You have to register here at the guardhouse before moving on with your ride. Registration is worth P5.00.

A look of exasperation.

buko juice is a source of extra energy for mountainbikers here.

The mudspring in the background.

rewriting the definition of downhill riding...

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