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Romi Garduce

Mount Everest attempt

Garduce attempted to reach the peak of Mount Everest in a mission sponsored by GMA Network concurrently with Leo Oracion's team, the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition (FPMEE) and principally sponsored by ABS-CBN. . On the North side is Dale Abenojar without network sponsor and corporate financial support.

On May 19, 2006, Garduce reached the summit of Mount Everest from the south ridge after Leo Oracion and Erwin Emata.

Garduce should have been in the summit on an earlier date but his sherpa guides advised him to postpone the assault to the Everest's peak due to bad weather. Upon learning that Oracion and Emata has reached the summit, Garduce clarified that he never intended to race and felt happy for them.

After the Filipinos successfully reached Everest's peak, Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to step in the peak of Everest, was interviewed by GMA Network in his Auckland home. He congratulated the three Filipino men for their determination and gave his greatest respect to the Filipino expedition team.

On August 25, 2007, Garduce reached the summit of Mount Elbrus (18,510 foot-high or 5,642 meters), Europe's highest peak located in the Caucasus mountain range within Russia boundaries and the 4th of the 7 summits he conquered. On June 6, 2008, 9:30pm local time, Romy Garduce summit Mount Denali, Alaska his 5th of the Seven Summits.

SMS from Romy, morning of 6/12 when we asked how difficult his climb is:

"30mph windstorm and very exposed summit, and summit ridge. 2min of wind iced our faces, goggles iced inside you cant see. A teammate fell on the ridge saved by our rope yanking me out. etc. miserable, way down we have to somehow semi-rescue that member because very exhausted, keeps sliding down n falling, went back to camp 230 with no lunch, dinner and drinks as our bottles frozen solid."

The summit Mt. McKinley, known as Denali, Alaska, is the highest peak in North America, on the list of Seven Summits. The Seven Summits are the highest peaks in each of the world seven continents. Only 3 out of their 9-man team made it to the Denali summit. Garduce climbed with a team from the American Alpine Institute (AAI). He is currently hosting a television show in GMA.

List of mountains climbed

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Unknown dates

Mount Nagcarlan, Laguna, Philippines

Mount Daedun, South Korea

Mount Rokko, Kobe, Japan

Known dates

Annapurna, Nepal (November 1998)

K2, Pakistan-China and other countries (September 2001, reached base camp only)

Pokalde, Khumbu, Nepal (October 2003)

Gokyo, Nepal (October 2003)

Kala Pattar, Nepal (October 2003)

Cerro Bonete, La Rioja, Argentina (January 2005)

Cho Oyu, Nepal-Tibet (September 2005)

Romi Garduce's six of the Seven Summits

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, in September 2002 (highest peak in Africa)

Mount Aconcagua, Argentina in January 2005(highest peak in South America)

Mount Everest, Nepal-Tibet in May 19, 2006 (highest peak in Asia)

Mount Elbrus, Russia in August 2004 (highest peak in Europe) but didn't reach peak it was aborted at 5,400 m due to bad weather conditions. In August 25, 2007 he climbed Mount Elbrus again and reached its summit.

Mount Denali, Alaska in June 6, 2008 (highest peak in North America)

Mount Kosciuszko, Australia in January, 2009 (highest peak in Australia)

Future plans

Garduce is planning to complete the climb of the Seven Summits of the seven continents of the world for a cause by 2014. This includes the Carstensz Pyramid (highest peak in Australasia) and Mount Vinson (highest peak in Antarctica) only one of the Seven Summits left.

Notes

^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-137639064.html

^ Himalayan Database Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley

^ http://news.inq7.net/nation/index.php?index=1&story_id=79186

^ The American Alpine Club

^ Himalayan Database Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley

^ Philippine News - Manila Standard Today - Romi in fourth phase of climb - may05_2006

^ http://www.gmanews.tv/story/6491/Garduce-on-top-of-the-world

^ Everest - Mount Everest by climbers, news

^ GMA NEWS.TV, Garduce reaches top of Europe's highest peak

^ a b technology.inquirer.net, Garduce defies snowstorm to reach Denali summit

^ www.gmanews.tv/video, Qtv: Romi Garduce back home after another successful climb, 06/14/2008

See also

Dale Abenojar

Leo Oracion

Erwin Emata

External links

Everest 2006: Philippine Everest 2006 Expedition

Information about Romi Garduce

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