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President Arroyo expressed admiration for the three Filipino women who made history on Wednesday by being the first female climbers from
In a statement, Mrs. Arroyo said the Filipino people are “awed by their sense of adventure, physical strength and endurance.”
The feat of Noelle Wenceslao, Carina Dayondon and Janet Belarmino, she said, honored not only the country but the entire region as well.
“The summit of
“This only shows that women are equal, or sometimes better than, men,” Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said.
He noted the three mountain climbers were from the Philippine Coast Guard and “were proven to be physically fit.”
Wenceslao became the first Filipina to reach the summit of
She reached it at
Dayondon arrived 10 minutes later while former varsity tennis player Belarmino, who got caught in a big traffic jam of more than 150 mountain climbers, arrived at
Last year, three Filipinos —Leo Oracion, Pastor Emata and Romeo Garduce —became the first Filipinos to reach the summit of
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