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==Garduce conquers "Seven Summits"== | |||
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/SportsArticle.aspx?articleId=765427&publicationSubCategoryId=200 | |||
*By: Joey Villar | |||
*''January 06, 2012'' | |||
Romi Garduce just became the first Filipino to climb the "Seven Summits," or the world's highest mountains spread through all seven continents. | |||
A source from GMA 7, Garduce's main backer, yesterday confirmed the 41-year-old Balanga, Bataan University of the Philippines mountain climber reached the peak of the 16,067-foot Vinson Massif located in the cold, ice barren of Antartica. | |||
"He (Garduce) just reached the summit now," the same source told The STAR at mid-afternoon yesterday. | |||
Accompained by fellow UP mountaineer Levi Nayahangan, Garduce's conquest of Vinson Massif, the sixth highest but not necessarily one of the easiest among the seven and definitely the coldest since the temperature there could dip to as low as -40 at any given time, thus completed his ascent of the Seven Summits. | |||
Garduce had conquered Mt. Kilimanjaro (South Africa in 2002), Mt. Aconcagua (South America in 2005), Mt. Everest (Asia in 2006), Mt. Elbrus (Europe on 2007), Denali Peak (North America in 2008), Mt. Kosciousko (Australia in 2008) and the Carstenz Pyramid (Oceana last July). | |||
And now Vinson Massif. | |||
An information technology expert on the side, Garduce's main backers are GMA-7 and Primer, his official outfitter, and R.O.X. in Bonifacio High Street. | |||
==Balanga gains== | ==Balanga gains== | ||
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/346996/balanga-gains | *Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/346996/balanga-gains | ||