Good Luck to the Filipino Mt. Everest expeditions!

I love to climb mountains, but have not been doing so in the last few years as I've been kept busy changing diapers by my three chikitings(and that's no easy feat at 1AM!).

That's why I envy the three expeditions going up Mt. Everest this year.

Sadly, a lot of criticisms have been popping up at the MFPI egroups (the network wars, how the Philippine Team was a barkadahay, and that one of the climbers is "not worthy" to summit the world's highest peak carrying the Philippine colors, due to his lack of experience(or popularity?).

To me, summiting a great mountain shreads you of all your physical attachments. At the summit, fatigued and in pain, you don't say "I did it for my country" or "I did it for my sponsors", but rather a simple "I did it" does the trick.


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Read more about the Philippine Everest expeditions at the sites below:
Mt. Everest News
The Official Philippine Everest Expedition Website
Romy Garduce's Blog Site