Romi Garduce successfully completes his Seven Summits Quest

The Philippines finally puts on record a historic feat in the elite adventure sport of mountaineering. This after renowned Filipino mountain climber Romi Garduce officially set foot atop Mt. Vinson Massif in the Antarctic Region on January 5 at 6:45pm, Antarctica time (January 6, 5:45am, Philippine time) – officially completing his historic “Seven Summit” quest after long 10 years.

According to news, Romi’s team has successfully reached the summit of 16,067-foot alpine mountain lying in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains on a cold -26 degree Celsius weather.

Here’s the list of mountains conquered by Romi Garduce

Mt.Kilimanjaro in Africa (September 2002);

Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina (January 2005)

Mt. Everest in Nepal (May 2006)

Mt. Elbrus in Russia (August 2007)

Mt. McKinley or Denali Peak in North America (June 2008)

Mt. Kosciuszko in Australia (December 2008)

Mt. Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia (July 2011)

Mt. Vinson Massif in Antarctica (January 2012)

Africa - Mt. Kilimanjaro (2002)- 5,895m

Sept 2002. Garduce on top of Uhuru Peak, Kilimanjaro (Tanzania, East Africa)

 South America - Mt. Aconcagua (2005) - 6,960mJan 1,2005. Summit of Aconcagua with Magnus (Sweden) and Pablo (Argentina), Andean Range (Argentina)

Asia - Mt. Everest (2006) - 8,848mMay 2006 Mt. Everest Summit Photo

 Europe - Mt. Elbrus (2007) - 5,642m

Aug27, 11.02am Local time - Romi made it to the top of Mt Elbrus' West Peak 5642m (Highest in Europe). This is the 4th of the 7 SUMMITS!

North America - Denali Peak (2008) - 6,194m

Post-summit picture of Mt. Denali climb

Australia and Oceana - Mt. Kosciuszko (Dec. 2008) *highest peak in Bass List - 2,228 m

Dec 28,2008. On top of Mt. Kosciuszko

Australia and Oceana - Carstensz Pyramid (July 2011) *highest peak in Messner List - 4,884m

July 22, 2011. Summit Photo