Boboy Francisco Philippine Mountain Man
If you have climbed pretty much any mountain in the Philippines you can be sure Boboy and the UP Mountaineers, the org he co-founded has had some hand in it. Whether it was a first ascent or training the first guides to these mountains or even simply putting these areas on the outdoor adventure map he and those who have followed his footsteps have had an enormous influence on how the outdoor scene in the Philippines has developed.
Starting his outdoor journey at a very early age in what was then the wild backyards of Krus na Ligas in UP Diliman he and a group of close friends went on micro adventures often using rudimentary equipment from their parent's closets and whatever food they could scrounge up. They would point their fingers to the mountains of Montalban and Rizal and go exploring and that was how Boboy's wonderlust for the mountains and adventure started.
It is a great privilege for me to share this conversation with Boboy who is such a treasure throve of Philippine mountain memories. I can only imagine the world that he grew up exploring and am extremely grateful for the path they broke for people like myself that followed them into the outdoors.
You can find Boboy on Instagram: @themountainmanph to read his stories and see images from his era of mountaineering -they are quite riveting!
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