A teacher from Sabtang town, Batanes province went viral online for fearlessly climbing a metal flagpole to install a rope.
TEACHER Carol Figuro fearlessly climbs a flagpole to install a rope. (Arlene Castillo FB screenshot)
A 30-second video posted by Savidug Elementary School principal Arlene Castillo on Facebook on Wednesday morning, July 31, showed teacher Carol Figuro going up the flagpole without any harness or safety gear.
A blue rope was tied on her waist and she reached the top of the flagpole in about 10 seconds.
She removed the rope from her waist and inserted the rope into a small hole after which she went down safely and looked up to check if the rope was properly put in place.
Castillo, in the video caption, said: "Wednesday morning exercise daw (in love emoji) dko kaya yan maam mam Carol Baro Figuro (in love emoji)."
(Wednesday morning exercise (in love emoji) I can't do that maam mam Carol Baro Figuro (in love emoji)
Her colleagues and netizens were amazed by her climbing skills.
The post has been played 8.7 million times, earned 62,000 reactions, 474 comments, and 35,300 shares as of posting time.
Figuro, in a Facebook post on Thursday, July 1, thanked netizens who appreciated her simple act.
“Super overwhelmed po ako sa saludo at appreciation po ninyo sa simpleng act ko po, hindi lng naman po ang pag-akyat sa flagpole ang ginagawa ko na men's job for school and even po s bahay,” she said.
(Thank you for appreciating my simple act. I always do a man’s job not just in school but also in the house)
“I was so thankful po kay Lord for blessing me these talents na gingamit ko naman po para makatulong po sa iba...super thank you po sa inyong lahat na sumaludo at nainspire po at thank you din po sa mga nagpaabot ng pagaalala sa akin...thank you po kay Principal Arlene R. Castillo at kay maam Llewellyn Almeyda sa na nagvideo ng pag akyat ko.”
(I thank the Lord for blessing me with these talents to help others. Thank you for your concern. Thank you also to Principal Arlene R. Castillo and Maam Llewelyn Almeyda who recorded the video)
“I wish po na kung ang mga vdeos po n ito ay nagagamit po ng iba para magkapera, sna po magkaroon po ng proper credit at kung may konting kita nman po i wish you can spare some for our school Savidug ES to support our projects😊...Thank you po...”
(I ask people posting the video for content to earn to give proper credit and spare some of your earnings to our school Savidug ES to support our projects. Thank you)
Batanes is the Philippines' northernmost province. Its capital is Basco.
The province, famous for its peace and order, has a lone airport in the capital and there are regular flights from Manila.
It is said that radio programs from Taiwan could clearly be heard in the province.