Dayondon is planning to sail from Manila to southern China early next year, recreating trade and migration voyages made before Spaniards colonized the Philippines in the 1500s. They ask: ‘Wow, why climb Mount Everest? “Like Mount Everest, I want this to be symbolic of what our people can accomplish, of what can be possible out of the so-called impossible,” the 69-year-old said. Valdez, who also shepherded the first Philippine men up Mount Everest in 2006, said he hoped the government would financially back such feats but they had not. “Filipinos love us when we climb Mount Everest, love us with our exploits but they are not willing to pay for that.

Source: Manila Times November 02, 2017 16:42 UTC