Pinoy reaches peak of 6th highest mountain.(Sports)

From: Manila Bulletin | Date: October 18, 2005 | Copyright information

Barely a month after the 1st Philippine Mount Everest Expedition Team member Leo Oracion reached the peak of Muztag Ata (7,546 meters/24,902 ft) in China, another Filipino climber, Romi Garduce, summited Cho-Oyu in Nepal. At 8,201 meters (approximately 27,063 feet), Cho-Oyu, "The Turquoise Goddess,'' is the sixth-highest peak in the world. It is the highest recorded altitude reached by a Filipino climber, and his second Alpine peak after previously climbing Aconcagua (6,962 meters/22,841 feet) in Argentina earlier this year.

Following a few weeks of acclimatization around ...

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