Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Bajame una Estrella
Miriam Garcia Pascual is one of the shadow women of the climbing community worth a thought. I just finished reading her short and only Bajame una Estrella. She died climbing in the Meru Norte, in India, at 26, in an avalanche. The book is a kind of a diary with pictures from her trip from Yosemite to Patagonia, passing by Cordiliera Blanca. Familiar and unfamiliar grounds - and good, inspiring and emotional writing. Not sure how relevant it could be to the non-climbing herd, but it definitely speaks to the rat inside of any self-respecting climber...The paradox of the freedom call, the pleasure of risking one´s life - this actually is an interesting compliment reading with Fukuyama´s "End of the World" i´m into right now. Anyway, there goes a though for Miriam, looking up to her estrella.
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Hey,
BAJAME una estrella is also the name of a great route in Pirineus.
Just up on TRAVESSANI, over Cavallers, in a lunar viewscape but full of life: a lake with a beach at 2.400 mts heigh, far of common "CARROS de FOC" routes, and creepeng along a 60 mts perfect granite wall...this route is a 8a of 50 metres full of edges, adherence and technical movements...neat that route theres is also fiveteen more, from 6b to 8a+...climbing alone in the`paradise, having a swim in frozen water and enjoying sun...
mmm Travessani...
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