dialogues of the lantoy climb

...@ home; friday; 10:00 PM...

mom: "are you sure you're going later? there's a military war game exercise happening in argao until tomorrow afternoon. the mountains are npa (armed communists) infested."

me: "we're going with seasoned climbers who are familiar with the place. no one's going to get hurt."

desi: "vinnie, we'll leave you behind. the npa will kidnap you because you're a foreigner."

vinnie: "i can put dirt on my face as a disguise. they won't notice me i promise."

toni (on the phone): "there won't be rebels out that day. they'll be watching the pacquiao-delajoya match."

...inside the pickup truck; saturday; 10:00 PM...

tin: "i don't think that's jerry or peter outside. no one brought yellow lights, all our headlamps produce white light."

nax: "let's calm down tin. but i swear, if those two strangers out there come any closer i will start this truck."

tin: "what are they doing lurking here?"

...honking of the truck's horn reverberated...

me: "get up guys, i think something's going on outside. "

toni: "stay in your tents. don't make them think that we're mostly girls."

tin: "let me in your tent. im so scared. there were two guys trying to get on the back of the truck."

peter: "carl, help me look for jerry. he's not in the hammock area."

nax: "shit. let's break camp guys. we have to leave."

...the strangers disappeared into the woods. for sure they were caught off guard by the honking. they would have had us first if that wasn't the case...

*jerry by the way is safe.