Inside the Mountain

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"Sir, baka hindi kaya ni ma'am yung secret passage" Inug-I our guide told me within earshot of Pris. Wrong move, that just got her more fired up to prove him wrong. We decided to go deeper into Sumagig cave in Sagada, in any case, if she really couldn't handle it then we could just turn around.

I've been caving before but in Biak Na Bato, Sumaging cave is definitely better. There is a cavernous entrance, slightly slippery because of all the bat guano on the floor but once you're inside the rock turns into this hi friction surface where the best footwear is no footwear. Actually for 90% of the time in the cave we were barefoot, taking our guides advice and leaving the shoes, slippers, etc after the slippery part. It's amazing too since there is a lot of water trickling down, sometimes nothing more than a small trickle running down a rock face and other times it's up to your chest.


It's not a walk through cave either, there are parts where Pris . . . . (I won't say got stuck) . . . . .hesitated but given the challenge thrown down by the guide she pushed on. For me, who is a little used to the great outdoors the cave was a cake walk but for my wife (no sense of balance or direction) it was a real trial by fire and she came out on top. As a reward we got to see some pretty amazing rock formations, was it worth it sweetie?