Dennis Gaviola

2 more Filipinos reach Mt. Everest summit

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Dennis Gasgonia

ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA -- Two more Filipino climbers have reached the summit of the world&#x27;s highest mountain, the Mount Everest.</p><p>Elaine Jhon Panganiban and Miguel Angelo Mapalad made it at the peak at 8,848.86 meters on Sunday (Manila time). Their feat comes days after another Filipino mountaineer in Rhisael &quot;Ric&quot; Rabe reached the top.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/2025/5/17/filipino-climber-ric-rabe-reaches-summits-everest-1044"><strong>Ric Rabe is first Filipino in nearly 2 decades to summit Everest</strong></a> </div><p>&quot;It’s official now – Philippines duo successfully summits Mt. Everest!,&quot; said  Seven Summit Treks in a social media post.</p><p>&quot;This morning (18 May), Elaine Jhon Panganiban (Jeno) and Miguel Angelo Mapalad of the Philippines successfully reached the summit of Mt. Everest (Sagarmatha) at 8,848.86 meters as part of the Seven Summit Treks expedition team. Both climbers are members of the Philippine 14 Peaks Expedition Team.&quot;</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsevensummittreks%2Fposts%2Fpfbid029pfbxVvYajoa3woTeqBJshPU2PJVzcvSzjNar8T5Fb5UG38d1cGbTQaXiE7UKkFWl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="791" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>The duo was accompanied by Sherpas Dawa Nurbu Sherpa and Danuru Sherpa.</p><p>Rabe successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world&#x27;s highest peak, on Thursday.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/5/15/filipino-climber-dies-while-preparing-to-summit-mt-everest-report-1815"><strong>Filipino climber dies while preparing to summit Mt. Everest - report</strong></a> </div><p>He became the first Filipino to reach the summit, nearly two decades since the last recorded Filipino ascent.</p><p>Another Filipino climber, 45-year-old Philipp Santiago, died last Thursday.</p><p>He was preparing to summit the peak but was exhausted when he reached the final camp (Camp 4) on Wednesday night, Himal Gautam of Nepal&#x27;s tourism department told AFP.</p><p>Nepal is home to eight of the world&#x27;s 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of climbers each spring, when temperatures are warmer and winds typically calmer.</p><p>Last year, more than 800 climbers made it to the peak of the world&#x27;s highest mountain, including 74 from the northern Tibet side.</p><p>A boom in climbers has made mountaineering a lucrative business since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa made the first ascent in 1953. -- <strong>with </strong><strong>Agence France-Presse</strong></p>

<p>Two more Filipino climbers have reached the summit of the world's highest mountain, the Mount Everest.</p>

Two more Filipino climbers have reached the summit of the world's highest mountain, the Mount Everest.