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| | Bundok Philippines - Mt. Banahaw, Central Luzon |
 | | Today I made the ascent to Camp 1, on the mountain called Mount Banahaw, about one third of the mountain's total height, maybe 6,000 ft. Some call it a holy place, or a magic mountain, and the local superstition of the place is that it will rain whenever a foreigner is on the mountain. |
 | | The local effects of the periodic global weather pattern, anomalous and mysterious, called El Niño, are unusually high temperatures, and drought conditions. |
 | | He happened to be visiting friends and family in Quezon, when he made the trip to Mt. Banahaw, and wrote the article. |
| www.geocities.com /yosemite/3712/tbanahaw.html (1610 words) |
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