I was a journalist dreaming of becoming an international correspondent and a passionate but inexperienced mountaineer, when I was hired by a national sport newspaper where everybody were soccer experts, but no one had any experience in reporting about outdoors or mountain sports. Then, one job led to another in the same field. I tried to scape but eventually always returned to the paper/radio/virtual mountains.
Topics of Expertise: High-altitude mountaineering, climbing, alpinism, ski, ski-mountaineering, profiles and interviews
Years in Expertise: 20+
Education & Certifications
Education: Bachelor degree in Journalism, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Master’s degree in Spanish as a Foreign Language, by University of Alcala de Henares
Certifications: Cambridge University’s Certificate of Proficiency in English, several academic certifications in the field of Education and Communication
Club or Association Memberships: Club Alpino Madrileño; Spanish Mountaineering Federation, researcher at UNED for European Commission’s ECO Project
Books: Cumbre! Los 14 ochomiles de Edurne Pasaban (Summit! Edurne pasaban’s 14 8000’ers)
The legendary Spanish endurance athlete is already burning through his latest superhuman challenge: racing up every U.S. mountain over 14,000 feet in the Lower 48.
A guiding service offers a pricey drug therapy (that’s also illegal in professional sports) to get clients to the Everest summit more quickly and safely.…
