About 2 weeks ago, I received an email from a friend of mine. Initially I thought it would be one of those spams but when I browsed through the page, I immediately felt happy, hopeful, weak, mushy and a jumble of other emotions.
The content of the email was a reposted article from the Inquirer News website. It was about the wedding of two extraordinary people. The groom was one of our trainers at a Basic Mountaineering Course I took last 2008 - sir Fred Jamili. He was part of the First Philippine Mt. Everest Expedition Team’s technical and support group. He gave out a lecture on Philippine Mountains and even taught us how to tie knots. From what I knew, he was not in a relationship with anyone at that time. I remember someone even mentioned that he's married to mountains which was easy to believe. His eyes sparkled as he talked about it as though he was referring to an actual woman. I had the impression that he's resolved to loving mountains his entire life and will never tie the knot. He gave off that forever bachelor vibe actually.
Life is full of surprises indeed! Here's the link to their love story, written by Jeffrey Tupas for Inquirer :
Balangay romance: Love blooms at sea for mountain lover, prof