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Tenth Festival "Vertical"

SAGARMATHA: THE ROAD TO EVEREST

Category: Mountaineering films
Year: 2006
Time: 52 min
Country: Philippines
Camera-man: V. Cuenca, D. Plaza
Director: Abner P. Mercado

Subject: This is the triumphant story of the first Philippine bid to climb Everest. After 50 years since Hillary and Norgay made history in the mountaineering world, finally “The Philippine Eagle has landed” on Sagarmatha, the local name of Mt. Everest on the 17th of May 2006, putting the Philippine on the international mountaineering map.


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SAGARMATHA: THE ROAD TO EVEREST