Edurne Pasabán, mountaineer from Tolosa (Basque Country) of 53 years old and first woman to complete the fourteen eight-thousanders, grants an exclusive interview where she recalls her beginnings in mountaineering in the nineties, a time when this sport was almost invisible. Born in a region where walking and enjoying the mountain is tradition, her parents took her to the mountain from a young age, although they weren't mountaineers. Pasabán describes that initial phase of her career as something that seems to belong to another life, so distant is it from the current reality of Himalayanism and eight-thousander climbing.
CATEGORY: sports DETAILED: Edurne Pasabán, 53 years old, from Tolosa and born in 1973, is a world reference in mountaineering and the first woman to complete the fourteen eight-thousanders. The Basque athlete granted an exclusive interview to the Sport newspaper, where she talked about her beginnings in mountaineering.
The mountaineer explained that she comes from the Basque Country, a region where, according to her, everyone goes out for walks and enjoys nature. Her parents took her to the mountain from a young age, although they themselves were not mountaineers, and Edurne grew up surrounded by mountains.
According to the interview, in the nineties, when mountaineering was a sport that was almost invisible, a young woman driven solely by her passion for the mountains decided to approach the 8,000 meters and try to climb them. Pasabán stated that she sees that era "as if it belonged to another life," showing the distance between her beginnings and the current reality of Himalayanism and eight-thousander climbing.