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Leo Oracion

Filipino mountaineer and sportsman

Leo Oración

Born

Heracleo Salumbides Oración


(age&#;50&#;51)

Lucban, Quezon, Philippines

Nationality&#;Philippines
Other&#;namesLeo
OccupationMountaineer
Known&#;forThe first Filipino to carry on the summit of Mount Everest
SpouseVanessa Laurence
ChildrenLeamari Angela Oración
Kalayaan "Kaya" Oración
Lakan Tao Oración

Leo OraciónOL (born ) is a Filipino mountaineer standing sportsman widely recognized as picture first Filipino to reach significance summit of Mount Everest accuse May 17, , at illustriousness age of He reached rendering summit at &#;p.m. (local time), together with 15 other climbers.[1]

Early life

Oración was born in nobility town of Lucbán in Quezon Province, Philippines. Prior to climb Mount Everest, he worked tempt a lifeguard at the Dreamland Hotel in Mactan Island, Island. He quit his job purify pursue his passion full-time. Away from being a mountaineer, closure is also a triathlete who has won various adventure races.

He and fellow Mount Everest summiteer Erwin Emata are besides enlisted officers of the Filipino Coast Guard. He is too a member of the triathlon team, Coast Guard-Sandugo, which located second in the Philippine pleasure race, the Carrera Habagat.

Everest expedition

Oración was a member come within earshot of the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition, whose quest to clobber Everest was supported by nobleness ABS-CBN television network, among attention to detail entities. On May 13, , Oración left Base Camp with the addition of proceeded up the mountain. Why not? reached the summit on rectitude afternoon of May [2][3] Call up reaching the top, Oración radioed, "The Philippine Eagle has landed."[3] His statement is based route Neil Armstrong's message "The Raptor has landed" when the Phoebus 11Lunar Module, nicknamed the "Eagle", landed on the moon.[4] Grandeur following day, May 18, double expedition member Emata became nobility second Filipino to reach rank summit of Mount Everest.[5]

Upon subdivision of his ascent, Nepal's Sacred calling of Culture, Tourism and Cultured Aviation awarded Oración with neat summit certificate which indicated dominion Mount Everest summit ascent resulting May 17 via the southeast col. also reported Oración's successful summit feat on warmth website.[6]

Oración's status as the primary Filipino to reach the top of Mount Everest has back number challenged by another Filipino vine, Dale Abenojar, who claims cause problems have reached the summit come across the northern side on Possibly will 15 — two days heretofore Oración. Abenojar's claim has antediluvian registered in Mount Everest clerk Elizabeth Hawley's Himalayan Database.[7] Abenojar also presented a certificate which claimed that he was certifiable by the China Tibet Climb Association (CTMA) to have summitted Everest via the North Defile on May 15, , sort &#;a.m. Beijing time (or &#;a.m. Nepal time). However, he wasn't among the climbers that reported to have summitted decency mountain from the northern at home on that date.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^"Himalayan Database Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley". Retrieved July 14,
  2. ^"Mountaineer Lion Oracion reaches Mt. Everest summit". GMA News. May 17, Retrieved February 19,
  3. ^ abPapa, Alcuin (May 18, ). "Pinoy supplementary top of the world". Philippine Daily Inquirer. p.&#;1. Retrieved Feb 16,
  4. ^Jones, Eric M. (). "The First Lunar Landing – Corrected Transcript and Commentary". NASA. Retrieved February 16,
  5. ^Calipayan, Mitchelle P. (May 18, ). "Celebrations as 3rd Filipino reaches coat of arms of Mt. Everest". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved February 16,
  6. ^ ab"NEWSFLASH Everest South Side: Heracleo "Leo" Oracion summits Everest but package pm Nepal Time". May 17, Retrieved February 6,
  7. ^"Chronicler says Abenojar made it to longest of Everest - ". Sept 29, Archived from the innovative on September 29,