FROM MOUNT Everest to Biak-na-Bato.

Leo Oracion and Erwin Emata, the first Filipinos to reach the world’s highest peak, have come a long way to save the national park in San Miguel town, Bulacan province.

The members of the First Philippine Mt. Everest Expedition (FPMEE) team will join the Trek to Save Biak-na-Bato next week to stop quarrying operations that are destroying the national park.

FPMEE leader Arturo Valdez, Oracion, the first to reach the summit on May 17, and Emata, who followed a few hours later, had pledged to help the Bulacan provincial government and environmental groups stop marble quarrying in the historical and protected site.