Monday, January 23, 2012

Maybe we can Ride up Dalton Pass? (to be Renamed Balete Pass?)

Bike and Save the Earth

Yesterday and today, I was not able to ride because I had a business trip to Solano Nueva Vizcaya.  I welcomed the opportunity to survey Dalton Pass.  It does not look bad to climb after all.  I think they are of the same difficulty as Atimonan long route.  The roads, just like in Atimonan, are undergoing construction.  If we have done Atimonan, Real, Cavinti and Caliraya, then we can climb Dalton Pass.

There is a pending news that Dalton Pass will be renamed Balete pass, in honor of the Battle of Balete that took place there.

The pass, the only access to Nueva Vizcaya, and the boundary between Nueva Ecija and Vizcaya, was named after Gen James, assistant commander of 25th ID who was pursuing Yamashita... Dalton,  was felled  by Japanese sniper shot performing that mission.

Here is the link to the news:

bill-seeks-to-rename-Dalton Pass

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