Not long ago I recommended a book, so let’s get to work. The choice today is world explorers. We have always felt a special fascination for the pioneers adventurers, those men who faced the unknown towards overcoming the human being. Sometimes serious risk putting...
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Entradas con la etiqueta "Aventureros"
Kilian Jornet, lakes counter
The first time I heard the name Kilian Jornet, he was associated with the brutal Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc. For those who do not know, it is a race where participants must travel 166 kilometers of the Tour of Mont Blancin less than 24 hours....
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Tribute to Walter Bonatti, a large mountaineering
On Tuesday he died at his home in Rome Walter Bonatti, one of the most celebrated contemporary alpinists. We were surprised that the daily and sports press has echoed the death of this myth of mountaineering. We would like the protagonist mountain outside more often,...
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Fram Museum in Oslo, living adventure history
As we have already mentioned, during 2011 we celebrate the year of Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, two Norwegian adventurers who were pioneers in the Arctic exploration. Curiously, Amundsen moved to the South Pole with Fram, the same ship that had brought Nansen to his...
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Fernando de Magallanes and the first circumnavigation of the globe
From time to time we like to take a look back in time and remember historical feats of great adventurers of the past. We have already spoken about the norwegians Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen, and the Spanish Francisco de Orellana The great adventurer to...
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500 years since the birth of Francisco de Orellana, discoverer of the Amazon
This 2011 has been a prolific year in terms of commemorations on adventurers. I already talked at the time of Norwegians Fridtjof Nansen Y Roald Amundsen But today we talk of Spanish Francisco de Orellana Because in 2011 marks the 500th anniversary of his birth....
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100 years since Roald Amundsen conquered the South Pole
The other day we were talking about that 2011 was the year of a character as interesting and pioneering as Fridtjof Nansen. The coincidence has wanted that also coincides with another ephemeris very peculiar and that also have like protagonist to another Norwegian universal. This is...
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The year of Fridtjof Nansen
This 2011 is the year of Fridtjof Nansen. The aim of this initiative is to commemorate the 150 years since the birth of this extraordinary man and pioneer in many aspects. We could simplify by saying that Nansen was only an adventurer, but he is...
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