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Romeo Roberto "Romi" Garduce (born 1969 in Balanga, Bataan), sometimes nicknamed as "Garduch," is a Filipino mountain climber, a scuba dive master (since 2000), an environmentalist, writer, motivational speaker and works as an IT professional. He began climbing mountains for a cause in 1991 as a member of the UP Mountaineers. Aside from being a mountain climber and IT professional, he became one of the host for the GMA Network public affair shows ''Born to Be Wild'' and ''Pinoy Meets World''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2428585/ )〕 He also hosted the GMA News and Public Affairs special entitled ''Pito Para sa Pilipino'' (''Seven for the Filipinos'') with Richard Gutierrez. Romi wrote and published his first book in October 2013, entitled ''Akyat! A Filipino's Journey to the Seven Summits''. The book chronicled his adventures and major climbs and expeditions. ''Akyat'' is a Filipino word that simply means "climb". After reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2002, Garduce became the first Filipino to climb one of the Seven Summits. On September 26, 2005, Romi Garduce became the first Filipino to ascend Cho Oyu, a death zone peak at , then the highest mountain peak scaled by a Filipino. That record was broken by Leo Oracion on May 17, 2006 when he was the first to reach the peak of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, and planted the Filipino flag. Although, the Himalayan Database had included Dale Abenojar in the list of Everest North summiteers on May 15, 2006〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.himalayandatabase.com/2006%20Season%20Lists/2006%20Spring%20A5.html )〕 recognizing him as the first Filipino on top of Mount Everest. Garduce reached the summit of Everest on May 19, 2006. Due to Garduce's feat, he was awarded an Order of Lakandula - Special Class of Champion for Life by then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as well as one of The Outstanding Young Man (TOYM) of 2006 for his feats and service to community work. Garduce is the first, and to-date the only Filipino, who has climbed all Seven Summits, or the highest mountains in all continents following both Bass and Messner Seven Summits list. ==Biography== Born in 1969, Garduce hails from the municipality of Balanga in the province of Bataan in the Philippines. His father originally comes from Catarman, Northern Samar and worked all his life at Subic. He finished high school at Tomas del Rosario College and graduated Bachelor of Science in Mathematics major in Computer Science from University of Santo Tomas in 1989.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ust.edu.ph/index.php/2011/1193-roberto-romeo-qromiq-garduce.html )〕 He became a mountaineer since joining UP Mountaineers in 1991. Aside from being a mountaineer, Garduce is a scuba diver master, an environmentalist, writer, motivational speaker,〔 an IT professional and TV host. He works at Procter and Gamble Philippines as systems manager of the financial reporting unit in the P&G office at Petron Megaplaza, Makati City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.everestnews.com/everest2007/phileverest2007.htm )〕 In 2006, Garduce became one of the hosts for ''Pinoy Meets World'' and, in 2007, he became one of the original presenters for the travel and wildlife show ''Born to be Wild'' with veterinarian Ferdinand Recio. He appeared at one of the episodes of the children's educational show ''Art Angel''. He also hosted the special entitled ''Pito Para sa Pilipino'' (''Seven for the Filipinos'') with Richard Gutierrez. In October 2013, Romi launched his first book entitled ''Akyat! A Filipino's Journey to the Seven Summits ''at the Bonifacio High Street in Bonifacio Global City. ''Akyat'' means "climb" in Filipino. The book tells his mountain climbing adventures and struggles as a mountain climber. He hoped to inspire people through his book. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romi Garduce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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