AMCI Activities

Members of Ayala Mountaineers* have been to many major and popular mountains in the Philippines. These destinations include Mt. Apo, Mt. Halcon, Mt.Pulag, Mt. Banahaw, Mt. Kanlaon, Mt. Guiting-Guiting, Mt. Kitanlad, Mt.Dulang-Dulang, Bulusan Volcano, Mt. Mayon, Mt. Amuyao, Mt. Ugu, Mt. Pinatubo, Mt. Natib and many more. Expedition teams have explored new trails and opened up new routes in Mt. Banahaw and Mt. Cristobal, in the Sierra Madre mountain ranges and in Mt. Mariveles in the Bataan ranges.

AMCI was accredited by the Mountaineering Federation of the Philippines (MFPI) in 1986. Since then, the club has been actively participating in all various activities of the MFPI every year.

The physical, mental and emotional preparations we have had to climb mountains were harnessed in giving our own humble part in our involvement with community work. Various community services and activities were organized such as:

• April of 1990 - Clean up drive with the "Bantay-Banahaw" volunteers covering Kristalino, Suplina and Tatlong Tangke trails of Mt.Banahaw
• July 16, 1990 - 50 AMCI members volunteered to assist in the rescue operation and distribution of relief goods in the earthquake stricken areas in La Union in coordination with the Ayala Corp. and Makati Municipal Govt.
• August 1990 - 10 AMCI members volunteered their services to the Phil. Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) in its relief operations in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija which includes reconstruction and rehabilitation of the area.
• July and August 1991 were spent by the civic-minded AM members in soliciting donations from friends, acquaintances and donors which were brought to a Mt. Pinatubo evacuation center in Bacod, Botolan,Zambales.
• February 1993 - 60 members planted trees on the denuded areas of Mt. Malasimbo in Oriental Mindoro after which they headed to Puerto Galera for a beachside dinner hosted by Doña Bea Zobelde Ayala.
• February and March 1994 - the club assisted the DOH in its "Oplan Alis Disease" program. Areas visited were Makati and Baco, Oriental Mindoro.
• June 1994 - Club members joined the tree-planting project held at the Federation Park in Nagcarlan, Laguna.
• September 1994 - The club joined students and Manila based mountaineers in a project called "Clean Up the World" at the Roxas Boulevard section of Manila Bay.
• January 1995 - The medical staff of AMCI andthe Asian Mobile Medical Service Mission, Inc., conducted a Dental Clinic in Dinapigue, Isabela treating around 200 patients for free in three days.
• February 1998 - Members donated and brought books and school supplies for the children of Lusod Elementary School in Mt. Ugu, Benguet.

Having done these activities as an Ayala Mountaineer* instilled utmost respect in keeping in touch with man and nature which made mountaineering a worthwhile and fullfilling sport all the more.

*Ayala Mountaineers Club, Inc. is now known as - AMCI Mountaineering Club, Inc.