EDURNE PASABAN
Friday December 8 – 19:30 Euskalduna - Auditorio
Edurne Pasaban Lizarribar (Tolosa, 1973) completed the list of 14 eight-thousanders between 2001 and 2010. She was the first woman to achieve this feat, leaving her mark on history. She currently combines her sporting career with her professional career as a lecturer and coach in both national and international companies. She is patron and founder of the association Mountaineers for Himalayas by Edurne Pasaban. In which she works to develop projects related to the education of Himalayan children. The Award, which for ten years has been given by The Walk On Project Foundation and the Mendi Film Festival Association, in recognition of the defence and dissemination of the values of mountaineering.
WOP Award-BBK Mendi Film Bilbao-Bizkaia:
• Eduardo Martínez de Pisón (2022)
• Sebastián Álvaro (2021)
• Fundación Baltistán Fundazioa (2020)
• Nives Meroi e Romano Benet (2019)
• Juanjo San Sebastián (2018)
• Peter Habeler (2017)
• Sir Chris Bonington (2016)
• Josep Manuel Anglada (2015)
• Drawn film by Jeremy Collins (2014)
