a reason to celebrate amidst all the election craziness. hay. nakakakilabot. nakakabilib. nakaka-inspire. pinoys ROCK.
from abs-cbn news...
(2nd UPDATE) Filipinas conquer Everest
Two Filipinas made history Wednesday by becoming the first ASEAN women to reach the top of Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain.
ABS-CBN Correspondent Abner Mercado said Noelle Wenceslao was the first to reach the summit at 6:10 a.m.
"Ang mensahe namin sa sambayanang Pilipino: naabot na ng Pinay ang tuktok ng mundo (Our message to our fellow countrymen is: a Filipina has reached the top of the world)," Mercado quoted Wenceslao as saying.
Mercado said the Philippine team at the Everest base camp has lost contact with Janet Belarmino but they are confident she will be able to reach the summit.
Lt. Arman Balilo, Philippine Coast Guard spokesman, earlier said Belarmino is just 30 minutes away from the summit.
An ABS-CBN report earlier said the three members of the "Kaya ng Pinay" Everest Team reached Advanced Base Camp (ABC) at 6,400 meters on Sunday.
ABS-CBN Correspondent Vince Rodriguez said the three Filipinas started their final ascent at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The team expects to return to base camp in
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ReplyDeleteYou said it! Sobrang nakakabilib! Hehe i also wrote about it in my lj. These women make really proud to be Pinay. ;)
whoo go noelle! :)
ReplyDeletekung nagaaply ang 6degrees of separation,
1 degree lang ako away sa Everest. haha!
true true true. kanina binabasa ko yung front pager nila sa inquirer, at naluha ako (seryoso!) my gulay. sooooooobrang galing.
ReplyDeletewhooo ina naalala ko ang taga ko nang d nakikita si ja! pati ikaw hahaha
ReplyDeleteewan ko lang a, pero mukhang nagtake over na ang global warming sa everest. hahahahaha nung sina leo yung umakyat napaka white. ngayong sina ja, hindi na white :)