Mt. Pinatubo TWIN FALLS -- Porac, Pampanga

After almost 9 hours of what seemed to be an unending lahar trek during our Mt. Pinatubo delta 5 climb, we reached a cascading waterfalls.  The base is a mini pond with a mini falls and as we ascended, another mini-falls.  Then finally the upper tier is the beautiful main waterfalls. Looking at this different panorama has brought relief and merits of the trek that we did.  It also inspired us to endure the challenges ahead and to haunt for more.  This sight also gave courage that the summit trek the next day awaits another beauty and wonder.



 I cannot search online the name of the said waterfalls so I called it Mt. Pinatubo Twin Falls.

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MT. PINATUBO VIA DELTA 5 TRAIL -- Pampanga (The Mt. Pinatubo Experience)

MT. PINATUBO - delta 5 trail 
Jump-off: Porac, Pampanga

From USGS: Until June 1991, Mount Pinatubo rose 1,745 meters above sea level but only about 600 meters above a gently-sloping apron and only 200 meters above nearby mountains that largely obscured Mount Pinatubo from view. The surrounding mountains are older volcanic centers and relics of an ancestral Mount Pinatubo ... The gently-sloping apron consists of thick pyroclastic-flow and lahar (volcanic mudflow) deposits.

Mt. Pinatubo (view from the summit)

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