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Everest and if you are successful in the 8000m altitude or popularly known as the death zone, then you will be ready for Mt.
…Everest and to be the first Filipino to ever set foot in the great mountain and come back alive is a different story. … Cho Oyu climb : Romi’s Cho Oyu Blog (by Romi) Cho Oyu Pictures (by Romi) New Filipino Altitude Record Set by Romi for Climbing Mt.
Everest , there was a pinoy_kiwi person who left a comment on my blog that Rommel Indaflor-Brass first climbed Mt. … So as a last ditch of effort, I’m creating a post here as a cry for help to whoever has information and who can verify Rommel Indaflor-Brass achievement. The intent is to give credit where credit is due and so that when Romi climbed Everest next year, we can properly claim it as probably the first natural born Filipino to ever climbed Everest.
New Filipino Altitude Record Set by Romi for Climbing Mt.
… We are glad you are alive Romi (Awesome Planet)
… No Mountain High Enough (Manila Standard)
Hello again, and thank you for the congratulatory notes & birthday greetings (I celebrated in ABC w/ the yaks, no beer and sisig unfortunately). We just got back in KTM last night after 2 days of fast walk from ABC, down to Chinese basecamp, then a fast jeep ride to Tingri (Tibet) then over the China-Nepal border in Zangmu then finally KTM , now on recovery and healing mode — we all looked like POWs or soldiers who just got back from war =) the injuries, the burns, malnourished bodies, etc… ;)” see related articles:
…Everest by Romi Garduce For perspective how significant this achievement is, here are the 7 peaks which are the highest mountain in each continent: Mt.
Aconcaqua at 6962m (22,800ft) set the record for the first Filipino to climb the highest peak in the western hemisphere last January 2005. … Everest Expedition Team The well funded (FPMEE) everest team is composed of Regie Pablo (Globe Telecoms), Leo Oracion, Karina Dayondon, Levi Nahayangan, Ariel Ambaye, Erwin “Pastour” Emata, expedition physician Dr. … About Romi Garduce Romi is an IT manager in P&G with a passion to be the first Filipino to climb Everest.
Here is an update on Romi’s Mt. Cho Oyu climb 🙂 Here is an excerpt:
… “that last 5 minutes of rock scrambling on the slippery and unstable knife-ridge of the summit of Yala (w/o safety ropes), with 1000m vertical fall potential on both sides of the ridge; those leaps of faith over several crevasses (again w/out ropes hehe) ”
He invited me to join at least the short trek at the slopes of Nepal during the first part of his climb but my schedule and finance does not permit it. I’m glad Ching was able to join and I’ll expect very nice pictures from their trip. … For those who wants to contribute here and know more information about this noble cause, here are some links:
I’m amazed at how it is being done, and I was fortunate to witness how Raymund Isaac brings the concept of “Essence of Wellness” to life. All elements of the visual are handled with excellence — from the projection of professional models, to the perfect make-up, to the artistic props/setup, and and choreography of the visual scene.
…In this particular case, Raymund’s hands were the closest in tone so he decided to be the aloe vera hand props.
