Romi Garduce, questing for the “Seven Summit”
It’s been a very busy first half of December. Aside from doing the regular bi-weekly Philippine Mabuhay News, there’s some things that also needs taking care of for the Magazine and of course the Company’s Christmas party which I’m partly in charge of the setup as well as the group’s presentation for a competition. I like only have 2 hours of sleep Thursday night. I was planning to shoot the first Simbang Gabi that morning with that amazing full moon, but I was at the office, still working early in the morning. And thank god (and also my generous boss) deadlines are done, we went home by the end of the week with more money in our pockets, and more gifts that our hands can carry and most importantly we’re glad our group won First place in our Christmas competition! Woohoo!
So I didn’t get a chance to shoot that much except for our interview with Romi Garduce, who currently holds the record for the highest altitude reached by a Filipino, when he recently climbed Mt. Cho-oyu. Well he’s a good guy and was able to accomodate us. Check out his blog chooyuclimbforacause.blogspot.com for updates on his activities. I was also slated to interview the Philippines’ First Team Everest but things didn’t work out. Regie Pablo is a kind dude but PAL (Philippine Airlines) is a major sponsor for their team and their manager said it would be a conflict of interest. Oh well.
Well hope to shoot some churches in the morning and try to figure out where I’ll be going this long weekend since I already got my leave.
Ferdz Decena is an award-winning travel photographer, writer and blogger. His works has found print in publications such as Singapore Airlines’s Silver Kris, Philippine Airlines’ Mabuhay, Cebu Pacific’s Smile and Seair InFlight. He has also lent his expertise to various organizations like the Oceana Philippines, Lopez Group Foundation, Save the Children and World Vision, contributing quality images for their marketing materials.
