Climbers attempt Guinness world record
By DEXTER SEE
May 26, 2011
Manila Bulletin
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – The country will try to set a Guinness world record of having the most number of people climbing mountains in 24 hours which will climax in a simultaneous flag raising ceremony around 9 a.m. in more than 100 mountain peaks nationwide on June 12, Independence Day.
Dubbed “Freedom Climb,” the activity which started a few years ago will be shifting to higher gear this year with this city as the nerve center.
The ambitious attempt has brought organizers to invite at least 10,000 mountain climbers or hikers in various mountains in the country and 10 other countries where overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) signified their intention to participate.
Aside from the thousands of people climbing mountain peaks during Independence Day, the organizers and climbers are also expected to plant at least 100,000 trees to help in the national government’s regreening program to preserve and protect the deteriorating state of the country’s mountains which are now being invaded by illegal loggers and slash-and-burn farmers.
With this mountain resort city as the headquarters of the adjudication or counting of all the climbers nationwide, Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan was tasked by the Freedom Climb organizers to announce in the afternoon of June 12 the results of the climb and that the same will be done at the Burnham park where there will be established a tent city for returning climbers.
The record to be achieved during the Freedom Climb will then be forwarded to the Guinness Book of World Records for validation and eventually inclusion as the record holder for the said activity.
Based on records from the organizers, there are already 109 mountain sites to be climbed in 46 provinces, 87 municipalities and cities, including those in the ten countries outside the Philippines.
Dubbed “Freedom Climb,” the activity which started a few years ago will be shifting to higher gear this year with this city as the nerve center.
The ambitious attempt has brought organizers to invite at least 10,000 mountain climbers or hikers in various mountains in the country and 10 other countries where overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) signified their intention to participate.
Aside from the thousands of people climbing mountain peaks during Independence Day, the organizers and climbers are also expected to plant at least 100,000 trees to help in the national government’s regreening program to preserve and protect the deteriorating state of the country’s mountains which are now being invaded by illegal loggers and slash-and-burn farmers.
With this mountain resort city as the headquarters of the adjudication or counting of all the climbers nationwide, Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan was tasked by the Freedom Climb organizers to announce in the afternoon of June 12 the results of the climb and that the same will be done at the Burnham park where there will be established a tent city for returning climbers.
The record to be achieved during the Freedom Climb will then be forwarded to the Guinness Book of World Records for validation and eventually inclusion as the record holder for the said activity.
Based on records from the organizers, there are already 109 mountain sites to be climbed in 46 provinces, 87 municipalities and cities, including those in the ten countries outside the Philippines.
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