Metropolitan mountaineering society

Metropolitan Mountaineering Society (MMS)
Location Manila, Philippines
Year Founded 1994
Founding Members Dennis Sacro
Long Henson
Ed Ocampo
Jerick Yaya
Boying Amio
Richard Kahulugan
Joey Avila
Anne Sacro
Official Website http://www.metropolitanms.org

Metropolitan Mountaineering Society (or MMS) is a mountaineering/outdoor recreation organization in the Philippines. Based in Manila, the group intends to educate its members in protecting the environment by promoting responsible mountaineering and other outdoor related activities. The organization was founded in 1994 and currently has around 200 members in and around Metro Manila.

History

The group started out through the efforts of Denis Sacro. He initiated its organization through advertisements from free ads publications. During the same year, the initial policies of the organization were established. The first official climb which is now considered the foundation day of the organization happened on March 13 of the same year at Mt. Makiling, attended by now considered the eight founding members Dennis, Long, Ed, Jerick, Boying Amio, Richard Kahulugan, Joey Avila and Anne De Leon (now Anne Sacro).[1]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metropolitanms.org/about_us.html - MMS official website


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