Mountains of dreams | Núria Picas | TEDxReus

Описание: Humanity knows no boundaries. We have always looked beyond seeking for new limits, even endangering our own lives. Exploration has historically been key in broadening our knowledge and vision of the universe: from marine navigation, through numerous scientific discoveries and right up to the space colonization. So, can exploration be considered the world’s engine?
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La humanitat no coneix fronteres. Sempre ha mirat més enllà per descobrir nous límits, fins i tot posant en perill la pròpia vida. Històricament, l’exploració ha estat el què ha eixamplat el nostre coneixement i la nostra visió de l’univers: des de la navegació marítima a la conquesta de l’espai, passant per tots els avanços científics… Per tant, podem considerar l’exploració com el motor del món?

Núria Picas was born in Manresa in 1976. She is a firefighter working for la Generalitat de Catalunya and her live has always had a special link to nature and sport. She is a professional mountain runner and cyclist. Picas has won many mountain races, marathons and ultramarathons, and she became the Ultra-trails World champion after her great success in some extremely challenging races such as Kima or Cavalls del Vent. In March 2015 she announced a trekking expedition in Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in the world, which, as well as being her childhood dream, was the first peak to be reached by an expedition formed by people from Manresa (1977), including her father. Unluckily, this expedition, which begun last April, had to be interrupted and postponed due to the earthquake in Nepal.

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