Where's the loud applause?

After much ado over who was the first pinoy to reach everest: Garduce or Abenojar or Oracion, with all the media coverage and hype and daily updates, another Filipino (or group of Filipinos) were able to set records not just in the Philippines, but in Asia and the world: Noelle Wenceslao, Carina Dayondon, and Janet Belarmino.


[Photo courtesy of pinaysoneverest.blogspot.com]

But where are the sponsors? Where's the media coverage? Where's all the talk?

Team Everest and Garduce (and the much-contested Dale Abenojar) were in it for the Glory of being the first Filipinos to be at the mountain. Sure it's a big deal for us, but maybe not for the world. And no doubt, their feat inspired the expedition of the first All-Woman Filipino team to climb the Everest.

But consider the achievements of these three women: they were the first ASEAN Women to climb the mountain. Plus they were the first women to traverse the two main routes to the world's highest mountain.

Truly they deserve much airtime, if not more, than the male counterparts.