Crisscrossing Sarimoro Mountain Range

Two sets of climb on February 20 and 23, 2012 were organized by this club as officially instructed by the local authorities of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur to validate the reported tension cracks in the area. The location was at Sitio Sarimoro, Barangay Coronon; situated Northwest of the municipality and majority of the land class is extremely mountainous. The first climb was a mere rapid field assessment while the second was a corroboration climb with a team of geologists from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau conducting actual field analysis of the cracks.

Joining such a technical climb allows my group to explore more beautiful mountainscapes in Sta. Cruz which were not discovered before. Sarimoro range is a carpet of lime vegetation as seen in distant reference point. While we were standing above the Habitat for Humanity (HH) in a hill measuring some 60 masl, we saw the gorgeous 796 peak in Barangay Zone 1, the sight I and Jonas had always wanted to climb around even before we created LOGSAC. The western slope features the famous kawa-kawa mountain of Coronon, considered to be the main source of Binuangon Spring where the barangay’s potable water is wheedled out.

In a secluded portion of Coronon adjacent to sitio Sarimoro, we saw the rock face in sitio Langan positioned in a very interesting vicinity. According to local folks, that stone structure is a point where several other stone formations below are located and there are even caves in there that prompted our group to set an exploration climb anytime March 2012.

Lastly, the eastern lower slopes from HH features overlooking vistas of Coronon which include the green building of WL Foods, Franklin Baker Company, Maharlika Agri-Marine Ventures Corporation, the paved national highway and the scenic Davao Gulf.

Much as we were delighted with the result of our tension crack analysis as it is not as alarming as others have earlier thought, we were more delighted watching the many beautiful panorama of Coronon.

Thanks to those who joined the climb namely: Tolits, Pawiks, Kiba, Jonas, Melvin, Mulong, Jopacs. Special thanks also is due to the two geologists from MGB and to the Barangay Council of Coronon for providing the guides.