To all our friends!

We are happy to inform everybody that our team is now poised to make
an attempt for the summit of Cho Oyu within this week (1st week of
October).  The team has now established Camp 2 and have descended back
to Advance Base Camp and will return up the high camps in the next
couple of days.

We ae requesting that you please include in your prayers that our team
members will have strength and in good health for the coming attempts
on the summit.  and also for the continued good weather that
everybody\’s enjoying and hoping for the same while our team attempts
the summit of Cho Oyu.

To Aileen,

Maraming salamat sa pag alaala mo!

Fred Jamili

To all our friends,

Our team is right now acclimatizing at the Advance Base Camp
(5700m/18,696ft) of Mt. Cho Oyu on the Tibet side.  In a day or two
the team will start ferrying loads and supplies to Camp 1 (and
subsequently to Camp 2).  Depending on the team members\’ physical
condition and the weather, and if all goes well an attempt for the
summit can be launch on the 1st week of October.

Everybody\’s fine and raring to climb Mt. Cho Oyu (8201m/26,906ft) the
6th highest mountain peak in the world.

THIS WILL BE THE HIGHEST PEAK A PINAY/PINAYS WILL HAVE CLIMBED.

Include us in your prayers, that our team will have good fortune and
be successful.

Thank you very much for all your support.

MABUHAY ANG PINOY! MABUHAY ANG PINAY!

Fred Jamili

Sa Lahat ng Pinoy sa Mundo!

Maraming salamat sa inyong mapagmahal na pag alaala. Kaninang umaga malamig ang simoy pero inakyat namin ang Syangboche, ang may pinakamataas na airport sa buong mundo (may lumapag na \”Hind\” helicopter habang paakyat kami).  Sa ganda ng panahon nagpakita sa amin ang tuktuk ng Everest, malapit na po kami, pitong araw na trek na lang at mararating na namin ang Everest Base Camp.

MARAMING SALAMAT SA MGA DATING KAIBIGAN AT SA MGA BAGONG MAGING KAIBIGAN. IPAGMAMALAKI NATING LAHAT ANG PINOY!

aileen ng benguet, Salamat sa paalala mo. Hindi ko pa nakalimutan. Alam ko si Art hindi rin.

madonna, cdo. Huwag kang magalala iniingatan namin si Carina at 2 pang Pinay! Maski na mabinta sila sa mga puting trekkers.

Butch buhay ng amerika - salamat tsong. Ito ay para sa lahat ng Pinoy! Saan man sa mundo!

Mathias Baumann, Germany - Leo, Pastor & Carina and the rest of the FPMEE Muztagh Ata Expdition extend their regards to you. YOu\’ll be updated on our plans for next year.

Kaye, USA - Salamat! 4 kaming UPM dito sa team.

Christine Mae Balogo, Negros Occ, - Salamat sa imo nga mensahe. Si Art Valdez taga Bacolod kag ako taga Maao, Bago City.

Jon torella, palmc - 2 kami ni Larry Honoridez miembro ng palmc dito sa team.

Pasensya na po kung hindi namin kayo lahat masagot sa ngayon. Sa tutoo lang po, napakalamig ngayon dito at paakyat pa mamaya ang papunta sa lodge na tinotuluyan namin (nasa 12,000ft+ elevation na po kami).

Hindi lang po ako (kami) nagagalak sa mga nababasa naming mensahe ninyo, sa tutuo lang po nakakaiyak at nakakataba ng puso.

SANA PO IPAGPATULOY NYO ANG PAGPANALANGIN PARA SA IKATATAGUMPAY NG AMING PAKAY DITO!

KAYA NG PINOY!
Fred “Tatang” Jamili

Hi gys,

so far everythings pleasant here. the problem is boredom. the khumbu icefall is still closed so everybody is in namche bazar or wherever. so nobody is climbing yet or even setting up tent at everest base camp. the gys are still in good spirit. leo is just back from a trek up kala pattar, a 6,000m summit. pastour finished a 6 day trek in two days. so i guess they are acclimatizing well in the altitude.

the rest of the team have arrived in kathmandu. but they have been unlucky as there is a general strike going on in the city and most of the shops are closed. also there is a curfew so it’s hard to go around

the good thing was the filipino community here in nepalhas again hosted a wonderful dinner party for the team. a lot of filipinop food was prepared. like the pochero of butch was really delicious. I guess wherever you are the spirit of filipino bayanihan goes with you. Thanks to all the filipinos in kathmandu the team was able to adjust very well here

thanks again to our sponsors

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jong

salamat s lahat!

We have just finish having mass at the local catholic church here in
kathmandu. we’ve also hooked up with a lot of pinoys after the mass.
kaya tuloy nagkaroon ng improptu party. Bigla na lng nagbilihan sa
market then diretso sa bahay ni terese stuart isang pinay working
for unicef.

mabuhay ang pinoy abroad. we met people from tuegegarao, nueva
ecija, cebu, capiz, davao, iligan, cagayan de oro, iloilo, naga,
sorsogon at ewan ko mukhang may na miss pa ko. they prepared
sinigang dinuguan pata enselada at marami pang iba. Ang sarap talaga
ng pinoy food especially after a week of dhal bat, nasala, roti momo
at kung ano ano pang nepali food.

right now pastour is back in namche bazar after a trek around the
area, yung dapat na six day trek ginawa nyang 2 days. si leo went
back to kala patar and gorak shep then towards everest base camp. by
tomorrow he will be back with pastour.

Pastour just had a night out with the malaysian and singaporean
team. mnagdadatingan na yung mga expeditions. yesterday we were with
the polish team although hirap sila mag english

hopefully in threee four days pati kami makapunta na dun

salamat sa philippine airlines, summit water, medcentral, fitness
first, PAMI, coleman,abs-cbn, stratworks, mozcom, kodak, mational
sports grill, globe. sana po tangkilikin natin sila

at sa mga tumulong po sa amin ang habagat, bombproof, fluid,
sandugo, trek, power up, montanara at lagalag

sa muli

jong narciso

hi guys,

right now me and Jb have met up with Fred Jamili here in Kathmandu.

the place is great and i’m sure you guys will love it here. Kathamdu

is like a mixture of baguio sagada and boracay. baguio because of

the weather and the physical layout. sagada beacayse of that old

world ambience and boracay because of the tourist and shops.

they say that there are two kinds of tourist here. the one that goes

out for adventures, like mountaineering and that ones that goes for

another kind of high (dami kasi dito ). Our question is pano kami

where do we fall in these category, hehe

Sa mga mahilig mag ukay magsasawa kayo dito ang daming gamit na if

you compare the price in manila makukuha nyo gusto nyo. Yung nga

lang ang dami rin fakes dito. Jun kabayo pag nandito ka maglalaway

ka!

Hopefully by next week we can go to Lukla then start our trek to

Namche Bazar to link up with Pastour and Leo. Naghahanap pa kami ng

bargain na gamit dahil ang dami pa naming kulang.

anyway sa lahat salamat sa suporta at sana mag ingat ang lahat

jong narciso

kathmandu, nepal

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