{"id":345,"date":"2024-01-15T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T05:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2024-01-15T05:30:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T05:30:44","slug":"hike-with-mike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/01\/15\/hike-with-mike\/","title":{"rendered":"Hike with Mike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a recent investor visit, Phitopolis welcomed three of Quantbot&#8217;s co-founders, Paul White, Ashar Mahboob, and Mike Lisak. It was Mike&#8217;s first time to visit the Philippines so Phitopolis decided to give him a different kind of immersion into the team \u2013 a trek through the Discovery Trail of Masungi Georeserve. Along with Ashar and the Phitopolis team, the journey featured rope courses, hanging bridges, caves, and steep climbs against the backdrop of the southern Sierra Madre in Rizal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond the physical challenges, this unique adventure served as a catalyst for teamwork and camaraderie, building a bond among the participants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope Mike returned from this adventure not only with a firsthand appreciation of the region&#8217;s beauty but also a deeper connection to the spirit of collaboration with the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-348\" src=\"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hike-with-mike-blog-1.jpg\" alt=\"hike with mike\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hike-with-mike-blog-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hike-with-mike-blog-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hike-with-mike-blog-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hike-with-mike-blog-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/hike-with-mike-blog-1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent investor visit, Phitopolis welcomed three of Quantbot&#8217;s co-founders, Paul White, Ashar Mahboob, and Mike Lisak. It was Mike&#8217;s first time to visit the Philippines so Phitopolis decided to give him a different kind of immersion into the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,23],"tags":[42,18,54],"ppma_author":[79],"authors":[{"term_id":79,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"mikki-zaballero","display_name":"Mikki Zaballero","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a0e5f793ea73dfde9278c3c1f34bd18?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"Mikki","last_name":"Zaballero","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phitopolis.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}