Paul
04-19-2007, 10:15 AM
Last year the Philippines witnessed and celebrated the first Filipinos to climb Mt. Everest... A not-so-easy feat by anyone's standards and something that should make us all proud. Yet the Philippine media networks somehow managed to transform it into one of the battlegrounds of their 'network wars' and showed the world the divisiveness of the Filipino people :(.
Well, now it's the turn of their female counterparts. Three Filipinas will attempt to climb to the top of Mt. Everest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest) (Chomolungma) within the next few weeks. At present, they are already at Advanced Base Camp (ABC) acclimatizing themselves to that oxygen-deprived altitude in preparation for their ascent to the peak.
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/417/1301/320/953777/2006%20Trio%20Island %20Peak.jpg (http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/417/1301/1600/230241/2006%20Trio%20Island %20Peak.jpg)
Janet Belarmino, Carina Dayondon and Noelle Wenceslao.
The Philippine All Women Everest Team
Read more on their blog at Pinays on Everest (http://pinaysoneverest.blog spot.com/).
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Filipinos are adventurers by nature. Our forefathers are seafarers who populated our islands on board wooden balangays (http://www.filipinoheritage .com/crafts/boat/filipino_boat.htm). The Filipino seamen of today, who are renowned to be among the best crew in the global maritime industry, owe their excellent seafaring skills to them. We have already shown the world our mastery of the seas (not to mention our uncanny ability to cross them to assimilate ourselves into other societies :D). Now it's time to show them that we can also conquer the mountains of the world. Mountaineering is something that in we Filipinos can excel, like boxing or billiards (which still makes me wonder why we keep on insisting on playing basketball ;)). I hope more Filipinos would discover the joy of mountaineering. Striving to reach the top of a mountain is an exercise in aiming high. Maybe someday it might eventually help us develop into a nation of ambitious and progressive people.
To the Pinays on Everest, may you reach your goal and come back home safe.
OT: A Japanese once said to me, "The hope of your country lies not on your men but on your women. They are the ones who work hard, here and abroad." He was referring to the female workers in their factory.
Well, now it's the turn of their female counterparts. Three Filipinas will attempt to climb to the top of Mt. Everest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest) (Chomolungma) within the next few weeks. At present, they are already at Advanced Base Camp (ABC) acclimatizing themselves to that oxygen-deprived altitude in preparation for their ascent to the peak.
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/417/1301/320/953777/2006%20Trio%20Island %20Peak.jpg (http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/417/1301/1600/230241/2006%20Trio%20Island %20Peak.jpg)
Janet Belarmino, Carina Dayondon and Noelle Wenceslao.
The Philippine All Women Everest Team
Read more on their blog at Pinays on Everest (http://pinaysoneverest.blog spot.com/).
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Filipinos are adventurers by nature. Our forefathers are seafarers who populated our islands on board wooden balangays (http://www.filipinoheritage .com/crafts/boat/filipino_boat.htm). The Filipino seamen of today, who are renowned to be among the best crew in the global maritime industry, owe their excellent seafaring skills to them. We have already shown the world our mastery of the seas (not to mention our uncanny ability to cross them to assimilate ourselves into other societies :D). Now it's time to show them that we can also conquer the mountains of the world. Mountaineering is something that in we Filipinos can excel, like boxing or billiards (which still makes me wonder why we keep on insisting on playing basketball ;)). I hope more Filipinos would discover the joy of mountaineering. Striving to reach the top of a mountain is an exercise in aiming high. Maybe someday it might eventually help us develop into a nation of ambitious and progressive people.
To the Pinays on Everest, may you reach your goal and come back home safe.
OT: A Japanese once said to me, "The hope of your country lies not on your men but on your women. They are the ones who work hard, here and abroad." He was referring to the female workers in their factory.