Romi Garduce back from latest conquest

By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines–Mountaineer Romi Garduce on Friday thought he could slip back into the country as quietly as he left two weeks ago.

But Garduce, one of the first Filipinos to have conquered Mt. Everest, was pleasantly surprised to find media persons waiting for him at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport when he arrived Friday afternoon from Moscow.

“O, anong ginagawa nyo dito? Anong meron? (Hey, what are you doing here? What’s up?” said a grinning Garduce upon seeing the reporters and photographers at the airport.

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