The ZAFMOS Pith Helmet has become the symbol of Zamboanga's Eco warriors

The fight against global warming is the fight of the young and the old alike

Reforesting Muruk for the Future

Members of the Zamboanga Fearless Mountaineering Society together with 25 children from the St. Francis Home for Orphaned Children did their heroic act to save the Mountain of Muruk in upper Abong Abong, in Zamboanga, when they recently undertook a two day tree planting activity.

It took a one and a half hour climb to reach the Muruk area on August 8, where zafmos together with the Junior zafmos kids, pitched their tents and began their preparations for the tree planting activity scheduled for the next day. Danny Tuazon and Jonathan Racho, came earlier to do the preparations of the site where some 152 trees were to be planted. Members of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office were kind enough to bring the 152 seedlings of mahogany trees for the tree planting activity.

Despite the 85 degree heat, the group went uncomplaining, to do their task of reforesting the area of Muruk, which has been left denuded because of kaingin encroachment in the area.

Jojo Nanquil and myself escorted the kids together with their house mother Maricel, who doubled as a cook for the entire gang. Feasting on fried eggs and sardines and of course the adobong chicken, was enough to give us the strength for the two day work...not to mention the 6 cases of Nestea donated by the Coca Cola Bottling Company in Zamboanga.

We look forward to more activities like this, because this is where mountaineering really can count.

152 Trees Planted by Zafmos and St. Francis Children

Reminder to ZAFMOS Members

Please be reminded that we will be in our yellow ZAFMOS Uniform with the official pith helmet for the tree planting activity on August 8-9,2009.

Also bring garden tools like picks and digging tools for the tree planting activity.... There will be 120 trees to be planted on our tree planting day.

Fearless guys at the very edge of Mt. Kanla-on active creater

Zafmos News: ZAFMOS is now listed in PinoyMountaineers.Com

Hey guys..... here's good news, Gideon Lasco was kind enough to include our group among the list of active Mountaineering Groups in Southern Mindanao. This is indeed great news considering our effort to gain more recognition for our mountaineering club, and our goal on ecological preservation. Kudos to Gideon Lasco and his special group of friends whom we got to know during our recent climb to Mt. Kanlaon