Former Speaker of the House
News reports have it that the question/debate surrounding the actual height of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, has finally been resolved. It is 8,848.86 meters or 29,032 feet, the Nepali government announced a few days ago.
We remember undertaking a flight tour of Mount Everest a few years ago when we addressed a conference in Kathmandu hosted by the current Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, who, for several years, was our colleague in the Standing Committee of our International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP).
Climbing the world’s tallest mountain is a death-defying adventure. We remember the Filipino people rejoicing and honoring our First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition (FPMEE) which made history in 2006 by reaching Mount Everest’s summit.