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Leo Oracion
Leo Oración (born 1974) is a Filipino mountaineer and sportsman widely recognized as the first Filipino to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 17, 2006, at the age of 32. He reached the summit at 3:30 p.m. (local time), together with 15 other climbers. Early life Oración was born in the town of Lucbán in Quezon Province, Philippines. Prior to climbing Mount Everest, he worked as a lifeguard at the Shangri-La Hotel in Mactan Island, Cebu. He quit his job to pursue his passion full-time. Aside from being a mountaineer, he is also a triathlete who has won various adventure races. He and fellow Mount Everest summiteer Erwin Emata are also enlisted officers of the Philippine Coast Guard. He is also a member of the triathlon team, Coast Guard-Sandugo, which placed second in the Philippine adventure race, the Carrera Habagat. Everest expedition Oración was a member of the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition, whose quest to conquer Everest was supported by the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucban, Quezon
Lucban, officially the Municipality of Lucban ( tgl, Bayan ng Lukban), is a 2nd class municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 53,091 people. Lucban is dubbed as the Art Capital, Dance Capital and Rice Capital of Quezon province. It is accessible by land from Metro Manila passing through Rizal Province, via Manila East Road or via the South Luzon Expressway with approximately 2-3 hours drive. The municipality is known for its annual Pahiyas Festival, which is held every May 19 in honor of Isidore the Laborer, San Isidro Labrador and known also as the 'Baguio' counterpart of Quezon, Province. Etymology Legend - poetically inOde to Lucban - has it the town derives its name from the ''lukbán'' or pomelo tree. Three hunters from neighbouring Majayjay— namely Marcos Tigla, Luis Gamba and Lucas Mañawa— lost their way following the trail of wild animals at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Armstrong
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue University, he studied aeronautical engineering; his college tuition was paid for by the U.S. Navy under the Holloway Plan. He became a midshipman in 1949 and a naval aviator the following year. He saw action in the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier . In September 1951, while making a low bombing run, Armstrong's aircraft was damaged when it collided with an anti-aircraft cable, strung across a valley, which cut off a large portion of one wing. Armstrong was forced to bail out. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue and became a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino Mountain Climbers
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People From Quezon
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Living People
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Romeo Garduce
Romeo Roberto "Romi" Garduce (born 1969 in Balanga, Bataan), sometimes nicknamed as "Garduch," is a Filipino mountain climber, a scuba dive master (since 2000), an environmentalist, writer, motivational speaker and works as an IT professional. He began climbing mountains for a cause in 1991 as a member of the UP Mountaineers. Aside from being a mountain climber and IT professional, he became one of the host for the GMA Network public affair shows ''Born to Be Wild'' and '' Pinoy Meets World''. He also hosted the GMA News and Public Affairs special entitled ''Pito Para sa Pilipino'' (''Seven for the Filipinos'') with Richard Gutierrez. Romi wrote and published his first book in October 2013, entitled ''Akyat! A Filipino's Journey to the Seven Summits''. The book chronicled his adventures and major climbs and expeditions. ''Akyat'' is a Filipino word that simply means "climb". After reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2002, Garduce became the first Filipino to climb o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Tibet Mountaineering Association
The China Tibet Mountaineering Association (also known as China Tibet Mountaineering Team) is the only authorized issuing authority of Everest summiteers on the northern Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...an side of the mountain. References External links Official web site Sports governing bodies in China Climbing organizations Tibet {{sport-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Hawley
Elizabeth Hawley (9 November 1923 – 26 January 2018) was an American journalist, author, and chronicler of Himalayan mountaineering expeditions. Hawley's '' The Himalayan Database'' became the unofficial record for climbs in the Nepalese Himalaya. She was also the honorary consul in Nepal for New Zealand. Biography Early life Hawley was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1923. She was educated at the University of Michigan and graduated with an honours degree in English in 1946. Having visited Kathmandu on a round-the-world trip in 1957, Hawley moved to Nepal full-time in 1959, giving up her job as a researcher for '' Fortune'' magazine in New York. In 1960 she started as a journalist and correspondent for ''Time'', but later moved to the ''Reuters'' news agency in 1962. She covered the 1963 American Everest expedition that traversed Mount Everest. Her article on the death of the Nepalese prime minister made the front page of ''The New York Times''. She socialized regularly wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Abenojar
Dale or dales may refer to: Locations * Dale (landform), an open valley * Dale (place name element) Geography ;Australia *The Dales (Christmas Island), in the Indian Ocean ;Canada * Dale, Ontario ;Ethiopia * Dale (woreda), district ;Norway * Dale, Fjaler, the administrative centre of Fjaler municipality, Vestland county *Dale, Sel, a village in Sel municipality in Innlandet county * Dale, Vaksdal, the administrative centre of Vaksdal municipality, Vestland county * Dale, Vaksdal, the administrative bop on the head *Dale Church (Fjaler), a church in Fjaler municipality, Vestland county *Dale Church (Luster), a church in Luster municipality, Vestland county * Dale Church (Vaksdal), a church in Vaksdal municipality, Vestland county *Dale Church (also known as Norddal Church), a church in Fjord municipality, Møre og Romsdal county ;Poland * Dale, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland) ;Sweden *The Dales, English exonym for Dalarna province ;United Kingdom * Dale, Cumbria, a h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Bulletin
The ''Manila Bulletin'' (), (also known as the ''Bulletin'' and previously known as the ''Manila Daily Bulletin'' from 1906 to September 23, 1972, and the ''Bulletin Today'' from November 22, 1972, to March 10, 1986) is the Philippines' largest English language broadsheet newspaper by newspaper circulation, circulation. Founded in 1900, it is the second oldest extant newspaper published in the Philippines and the second oldest extant English language, English newspaper in the Far East. It bills itself as "The Nation's Leading Newspaper", which is its official slogan. According to a survey done by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Manila Bulletin is considered "one of the most trusted news organizations"; placing 2nd with 66% of Filipinos trusting the organization. History ''Manila Bulletin'' was founded in 1900 by Carlson Taylor as a shipping journal. In 1957, the newspaper was acquired by Swiss expatriate named Hans Menzi. From 1938 to his death in 2002, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunar Module
The Apollo Lunar Module (LM ), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program. It was the first crewed spacecraft to operate exclusively in the airless vacuum of space, and remains the only crewed vehicle to land anywhere beyond Earth. Structurally and aerodynamically incapable of flight through Earth's atmosphere, the two-stage lunar module was ferried to lunar orbit attached to the Apollo command and service module (CSM), about twice its mass. Its crew of two flew the complete lunar module from lunar orbit to the Moon's surface. During takeoff, the spent descent stage was used as a launch pad for the ascent stage which then flew back to the command module, after which it was also discarded. Overseen by Grumman, the LM's development was plagued with problems that delayed its first uncrewed flight by about ten months and its first crewe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module ''Eagle'' on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later, and they spent about two and a quarter hours together exploring the site they had named Tranquility Base upon landing. Armstrong and Aldrin collected of lunar material to bring back to Earth as pilot Michael Collins flew the Command Module ''Columbia'' in lunar orbit, and were on the Moon's surface for 21 hours, 36 minutes before lifting off to rejoin ''Columbia''. Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 at 13:32 UTC, and it was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program. The Apollo spacecraft ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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