Edurne Pasaban
Edurne Pasabán was born in Tolosa, Spain, on 1st August 1973. She is A graduate* in Industrial
Engineer*. When she was 14, she was in a mountain club and little by
little she climbed mountains more AND MORE difficult like Pyrenees, Alps, Andes and
Himalayas. At the age of 15 he started ROCK climbING with her cousin. After
that she climbed the Mont Blanc and at the age
of 17 she climbed the Alps.
Edurne Pasabán is a
Spanish alpinist and the first woman to climb all
of the fourteen eight-thousanders * peaks in
the World. Because of her hard work, she won a lot of awards, as Gold Medal for
Sports Merit and Award of the Best Sporty of the year.
Edurne
Pasabán climbed the fourteen eight-thousanders in 9 years. She started climbING Mount Everest, her first eight-thousander, on 23rd May in 2001 and she finished
climbING Shisha Pangma, her last eight-thousander, on 17th May in 2010.
Now, she LECTURES for young people, teenagers and businessMEN about personal motivation* and
will power*.
VOCABULARY
* Industrial
Engineer: Ingeniería industrial.
* rock: roca.
* will power: fuerza de
voluntad.
* The
fourteen eight-thousanders: los catorce ochomiles.
* personal motivation: motivación personal
CANDELA MORALES 2ºA
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