Mabuhay Pastour Emata, ang ikalawang Pinoy na nakarating sa summit ng Mt. Everest!
ABS-CBN News: Mountaineer Erwin "Pastour" Emata has reached the summit of Mount Everest at dawn Thursday, ABS-CBN News reported from Nepal.
Correspondent Abner Mercado cited information from expedition leader Arturo Valdez, who said that Emata stepped on the peak of the 8,848-meter mountain at 5:34 a.m. (7:34 a.m. in Manila). Mercado and fellow correspondent Vince Rodriguez are with the rest of the expedition at Everest Base Camp.
Valdez said Emata, a Davao native, called him up by radio to confirm word he has climbed the top of the world's highest mountain. "We we're stunned [and] excited," Valdez told Rodriguez in an interview after Emata's successful climb.
Emata was the second Filipino climber to reach Everest's peak following Heracleo "Leo" Oracion. Oracion became the first Filipino to scale Everest's peak at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Oracion became the first Filipino to reach the summit of Everest Wednesday. He made it safely back to Camp 4 of the world's tallest mountain Thursday night.
Valdez told ABS-CBN's Insider that Oracion arrived at Camp 4 at 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
At 8,000 meters, Camp 4 is also known as the Death Zone, since it is here where climbers may suffer from fatal illnesses such as cerebral edema, when water from extreme cold enters the brain, and pulmonary edema, when water seeps into the lungs. Oracion left this camp at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Oracion reached the summit of the mountain and ended the suspense of a tropical nation riveted by the stories of a handful of its countrymen conquering the peak.
"The Philippine eagle has landed at the summit of Mt. Everest," Valdez quoted Oracion as saying.
Aided by good weather, Oracion reached the summit ahead of Romi Garduce, the Filipino adventurer who first set out in April to reach the top of the world on his own.
Valdez said he was worried after Oracion made it to the summit after a 17-hour climb and may not have enough oxygen to make it back.
He said Oracion climbed Camps 1 to 4 without using his oxygen supply. "Oracion is really a very strong climber," he told Insider.
The Philippine expedition is supported by Asia Brewery’s Summit Water, Philippine Airlines, Globe Roaming Services, Coleman, ABS-CBN, Stratworks, MedCentral, Mozcom, National Sports Grill, Fitness First, PowerUp, the Rudy Project, Kodak and the Philippine Accident Managers Insurance. (abs-cbnNEWS.com is the online news unit of ABS-CBN Interactive Inc., an ABS-CBN subsidiary.)
GMANews.TV: Mountaineer Heracleo "Leo" Oracion reached the peak of the 29,035-foot-high Mt. Everest on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. in Manila), becoming the first Filipino to ascend the world’s highest mountain.
The head of the First Philippine Mount Everest Expendition, Anthony Valdez, made the announcement Wednesday evening. The information that Oracion and his Sherpa guides had made it to the top was relayed by a liaison officer from Nepal's Ministry of Information. Oracion, a member of the expedition, made his summit assault via the south trail in Nepal.
GMA 7 reporter Jiggy Manicad reported live Wednesday from Base Camp that Sherpas told him climbers can only stay at the summit for 15-20 minutes because of the thin air.
It would take them 11-17 hours to make it back to Camp 4 at 26,000 feet. Mountaineers eventually need to get back to Base Camp, a village at 17,600 feet and found below the four numbered camps en route to the summit. Mountaineer Romi Garduce is also attempting to reach Mt. Everest’s summit through the same south trail.
Manicad reported that Garduce is nearing Camp 3, and is expected to reach the summit on Friday. Earlier, Garduce wished well other Filipino climbers aiming for the summit of Mt. Everest this year.
Oracion's teammate, Erwin “Pastor" Emata, will try to reach the summit on Thursday. Another Filipino, Dale Abenojar, is making his attempt via the north trail in Tibet, China.
Manicad said that Garduce consistently told him in conversations that he would also feel proud should his fellow climbers first reach the summit of Mt. Everest because it was "not a race but a journey."
In previous interviews, Garduce, 37, insisted he would like to pace his body and mind in scaling Mt. Everest. He also put weight on the advice of Sherpa guides. Up to 21 expedition teams from different countries are vying to reach the summit this year.
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