00:00Filipino mountaineer Jeno Pangaliban shared their preparations
00:06before facing the challenge of climbing the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest.
00:13For more details, let's listen to teammate Paolo's report. Thank you.
00:19Mount Everest, Pumori.
00:23After 18 years since the first Filipino arrived,
00:27Mount Everest will once again be challenged by Filipino mountaineers Jeno Pangaliban and Miguel Mapalad
00:34to climb the world's highest mountain this April.
00:39As the main members of the Philippine 14-Pix Expedition Team,
00:43Jeno Pangaliban and Miguel Mapalad will aim to reach the 14 mountains that are not lower than 8,000 meters,
00:51including Mount Everest, which is 8,849 meters high.
00:57Before they left on the first week of April,
01:00they continued their training and preparation for the great challenge of Mount Everest.
01:05In the PTV Sports interview, Pangaliban shared what inspired their idea
01:12to climb the world's highest mountain.
01:16It started in 2022 when I first saw Mount Everest.
01:23I went to Everest Base Camp in 2022.
01:27I saw the peak of Mount Everest.
01:32It was like he was talking to me.
01:34He was telling me to climb it.
01:39Mount Everest is known as one of the most dangerous mountains to climb
01:44and the heaviest challenge for all mountaineers.
01:48Due to its thin air, extreme cold, and sudden change of weather,
01:54every year, many climb and try to reach the peak,
01:58but not all of them succeed.
02:01Pangaliban also made an announcement about their preparations
02:06before their summit expedition.
02:09We're from a tropical country.
02:15We live at sea level.
02:18We're used to two seasons, wet and dry.
02:22We don't have snow or ice.
02:25We don't have winter here in the Philippines.
02:28My transition is that I need to train abroad.
02:33I need to adjust my body to the elevation and oxygen level.
02:40Their two-month summit expedition will start on April 14.
02:45Paolo Salamatin for Atletang Pilipino for Bagong Pilipinas.
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