Three Filipino women have left Manila for Nepal to climb Mount Qomolangma of the Himalayas, local media reported Monday.

The trio are Carina Dayondon, 28, Janet Belarmino, 28, and Noelle Wenceslao 27, who flew to Thailand enroute to Nepal on Sunday to conquer the world's tallest mountain. All of them are from the Philippine Coast Guard.

The team plans to train for a month and a half in high altitude conditions in Nepal before making the attempt to reach the summit, said the reports.

Two summitteers left Manila with the trio to join the team as expedition leaders who will stay at a base camp to direct the Filipino women climb. An expedition physician also joined the group to be on medical duty throughout the summit attempt.

Former transportation undersecretary Art Valdez, who is the team leader, said the trio will seek to traverse the mountatin by climing up its North Face on the Chinese side and descend through the Southern Part to come out of in the Nepalese side.

Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos saw the team off Sunday and handed them a cash donation.

From Thailand, the expedition team will change planes to get to the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu. They will then travel to the Solu Khumbu area for two weeks of acclimatization, and then to the base camp for another month of adapting to the mountain's weather, according to Belarmino, who is the mother of a three-month-old baby named Himalaya.

The women's team had succeeded in expeditions around the world in preparation for the ultimate climb by taking up mountaineering lessons in India and New Zealand.

Three Filipinos men conquered the mountain in May last year when Leo Oracion, Erwin Emata and Romeo Garduce made to the top separately.

Source: Xinhua