Romi Garduce began climbing mountains for a cause in 1991 as a member of the UP Mountaineers.
19 Facts About Romi Garduce
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Romi Garduce hosted the GMA News and Public Affairs special entitled Pito Para sa Pilipino with Richard Gutierrez.
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On September 26,2005, Romi Garduce became the first Filipino to ascend Cho Oyu, a death zone peak at 8,000 metres, then the highest mountain peak scaled by a Filipino.
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Romi Garduce reached the summit of Everest on May 19,2006.
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Romi Garduce is the first, and to-date the only Filipino, who has climbed all Seven Summits, or the highest mountains in all continents following both Bass and Messner Seven Summits list.
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Romi Garduce finished high school at Tomas del Rosario College and graduated Bachelor of Science in Mathematics major in Computer Science from University of Santo Tomas in 1989.
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Romi Garduce became a mountaineer after joining UP Mountaineers in 1991.
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On September 26,2005, Romi Garduce became the first Filipino to top out an 8000m peak, Cho Oyu, then the highest mountain scaled by a Filipino.
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Romi Garduce attempted to reach the peak of Mount Everest in an expedition sponsored by GMA Network concurrently with Leo Oracion's team, the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition and principally sponsored by ABS-CBN.
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On May 19,2006, Romi Garduce reached the summit of Mount Everest from the south ridge after Leo Oracion and Erwin Emata.
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Romi Garduce congratulated the three Filipino men for their determination and gave his greatest respect to the Filipino expedition team.
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On June 6,2008,9:30pm Philippine Standard Time, Romi Garduce reached the summit of Denali, Alaska, making his fifth summit among the Seven Summits.
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Romi Garduce climbed with a team from the American Alpine Institute.
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Finally, Romi Garduce completed the Seven Summits of the seven continents of the world last January 6,2012 when he reached the peak of Vinson Massif in Antarctica.
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In 2006, Romi Garduce became one of the hosts for Pinoy Meets World and, in 2007, he became one of the original presenters for the travel and wildlife show Born to Be Wild with veterinarian Ferdinand Recio.
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Romi Garduce appeared at one of the episodes of the children's educational show Art Angel.
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Romi Garduce hosted the special entitled Pito Para sa Pilipino with Richard Gutierrez.
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In September 2015, Romi Garduce became a global ambassador for Johnnie Walker and appeared in the said whiskey's commercial.
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In November 2015, Romi Garduce briefly returned in Born to be Wild as guest host.