Who doesn't have dreams? Who hasn't believed they could be someone special and fought for it? Edurne Pasaban is a dreamer who one day began to dedicate herself to doing what she liked most and has been lucky enough to be able to make a living from it.
Success comes to those who pursue it and Edurne is a specialist in that sense. From a very young age, just being a teenager, she became interested in the world of mountains and began to delve into it. It was at the age of 16, 16 tender years, when he traveled to the Alps and managed to climb Mont Blanc (4,810m.), the Matterhorn (4,478m.) and Mont Rosa (4,614m.). Quite an achievement.
Climbing is a sport that not only requires minimum physical conditions, but also requires psychological abilities strong enough to dare to climb a mountain. You have to be prepared to withstand inclement weather and have a lot of confidence in yourself, because it is you and only you who can get you through.
Edurne Pasaban meets the necessary requirements to climb and, not only that, but she has managed to becomethe Spanish woman with the most summits reached. Success lies in your strength, your tenacity and your enthusiasm for doing what you like most, for being able to dedicate yourself to a profession as hard as yours.
In 2001, a race to reach the highest peaks in the world began, starting with the Himalayas and, year after year, it has been surpassed until reaching peaks such as Makalu, Cho Oyu, K2, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak or Manaslu. In 2005 she received the Best Athlete of the Year Award from the Spanish Olympic Committee and Kangchenjunga has become the latest success in her record, the 12x8000, whose summit is celebrated with great enthusiasm.
Currently we have it fighting to reach the Shisha Pangma, in the Himalayan Mountain Range with 8,027 meters. On its website www.edurnepasaban.com you can see the communications it offers when it has a space , keeping his fans and closest loved ones informed.
Your next challenge will be Annapurna, also in the Himalayas, with a height of 8,091 meters. We know that she will do phenomenal, we will just have to wait to see how she overcomes the last two peaks meter by meter to be crowned asthe first woman in the world to climb all 14 highest peaks in the world.
