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Ric Rabe is first Filipino in nearly 2 decades to summit Everest
Ric Rabe is first Filipino in nearly 2 decades to summit Everest
Ched Rick Gatchalian,
ABS-CBN News
Published May 17, 2025 10:43 AM PHT
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Updated May 23, 2025 08:26 PM PHT
Filipino climber Ric Rabe documented his ascent to Mt. Everest's summit. Facebook/Ric Rabe
Filipino climber Ric Rabe documented his ascent to Mt. Everest's summit. Facebook/Ric RabeMANILA — Congratulations, Ric Rabe for braving the heights of Mount Everest!
MANILA — Congratulations, Ric Rabe for braving the heights of Mount Everest!
Filipino mountaineer Rhisael "Ric" Rabe successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, on Thursday, 7:15 a.m. (Nepal Time), his wife announced on social media.
Filipino mountaineer Rhisael "Ric" Rabe successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, on Thursday, 7:15 a.m. (Nepal Time), his wife announced on social media.
Rabe, who hails from Cotabato City, defied Mount Everest's extreme altitudes at 29,030 feet.
Rabe, who hails from Cotabato City, defied Mount Everest's extreme altitudes at 29,030 feet.
He becomes the first Filipino to reach the summit in nearly two decades since the last recorded Filipino ascent.
He becomes the first Filipino to reach the summit in nearly two decades since the last recorded Filipino ascent.
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"We all know that Ric from Cotabato City — unsponsored, unpublicized, and quietly determined — already reached the summit yesterday morning (May 15) thru the South Col (Nepal)," his wife Aileen Rabe wrote on Facebook.
"We all know that Ric from Cotabato City — unsponsored, unpublicized, and quietly determined — already reached the summit yesterday morning (May 15) thru the South Col (Nepal)," his wife Aileen Rabe wrote on Facebook.
"There are two other Filipino climbers currently making their way toward the top — widely expected by media and their sponsors to be the first Filipinos to reach the summit since the last recorded ascent of a Filipino almost two decades ago," she added.
"There are two other Filipino climbers currently making their way toward the top — widely expected by media and their sponsors to be the first Filipinos to reach the summit since the last recorded ascent of a Filipino almost two decades ago," she added.
She said her husband's journey is not over yet since he still needs to descend.
She said her husband's journey is not over yet since he still needs to descend.
Rabe also documented his first days of climb on Facebook.
Rabe also documented his first days of climb on Facebook.
"Day 1: Hazy sky, red sun, no planes. So we were helicoptered to Lukla instead. Trekked the sherpa way - 23+kg on the head, straight Lukhla to Phading in 2hrs! Usual time is 4 hours. My guide said we were fast. I said no. We could have run if I had my backpack," he shared on April 6, where he first started his Mt. Everest journey.
"Day 1: Hazy sky, red sun, no planes. So we were helicoptered to Lukla instead. Trekked the sherpa way - 23+kg on the head, straight Lukhla to Phading in 2hrs! Usual time is 4 hours. My guide said we were fast. I said no. We could have run if I had my backpack," he shared on April 6, where he first started his Mt. Everest journey.
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Climbing Mount Everest is known to be dangerous aside from challenging, due to scarcity of oxygen in high altitudes and its impact to circulatory, cardiovascular, and immune systems.
Climbing Mount Everest is known to be dangerous aside from challenging, due to scarcity of oxygen in high altitudes and its impact to circulatory, cardiovascular, and immune systems.
He is the sixth Filipino in total who conquered the mountain's summit.
He is the sixth Filipino in total who conquered the mountain's summit.
Other mountaineers from different countries reached the top with him as well.
Other mountaineers from different countries reached the top with him as well.
Several Filipino mountaineering groups online poured support for Rabe's success.
Several Filipino mountaineering groups online poured support for Rabe's success.
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