Our 2-man team set out for the southern ascent of Dalayapan Pk from Barrio Gawahon far to the southwest of the peak. In the second day, we broke camp from our first-day camp in the west side of Dinanlagan Pk and headed for Sicaba Wala, the river in the southern side of Dalayapan. We hacked a trail in the forested slopes to get to the logging road that we eventually followed eastward. From the logging road we selected a buttress where we scrambled up until we were forced to camp by dusk on a spot 40 meters above the logging road.
The next day, we hacked a trail through the wooded buttress and later on the summit-wall. We clinched the summit with nary a sign of human passage by mid-morning. The hovering fog denied us the chance to view the northern side of the peak.