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2008.July.18 JOÃO GARCIA CONQUERS BROAD PEAK

Portuguese high-altitude mountain climber João Garcia reached the top of João Garcia reaches the Broad Peak yesterday. At 8,047 meters, Broad Peak is the 12th highest mountain top of Broad Peak in the world, located in the region of the Himalayas.

In the final assault on Broad Peak, João Garcia left Camp 3, at 7.050 meters, and it took him 15 hours to climb the final 997 meters. His return descent to Camp 3 took another eight hours. Broad Peak is 8.047 meters high As always, the climb was carried out without the use of artificial oxygen. And it came just two months after João Garcia successfully climbed Mt .

Today João Garcia will descend to Camp 2, and then it’s on to Base Camp.

With this quick ascent, João Garcia has conquered his 11th mountain of 8.000 The climb is part of the meters or more. To complete his project “Conquering the Peaks of the World,” “Conquering the Peaks of which runs through 2010, he faces just three more challenges: Mt. , the World” project and .

When he achieves this feat João Garcia will join the exclusive club of mountain climbers who have reached the top of all 14 of the world’s 8.000-meter mountains without using artificial oxygen – a club that so far includes just 14 alpinists. A series of expeditions will continue through 2010, Millennium bcp’s support for these climbing expeditions reflect the bank’s supported by Millennium continuing interest in innovative projects of international interest, which allow bcp for greater exposure and protagonism for Portugal all over the world.

Millennium bcp is Portugal’s largest listed banking group, with operations in Poland, Greece, Mozambique, Angola, Romania, Turkey and the US as well as in Portugal.

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