Angela Benavides
Angela Benavides
Title: High-Altitude Mountaineering and Climbing journalist
Email: angela.benavides@explorersweb.com
Location: Madrid, Spain
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Expertise
- Topics of Expertise: High-altitude mountaineering, climbing, alpinism, ski, ski-mountaineering, profiles and interviews
- Years in This Expertise: 20+
Education & Certifications
- Education: Bachelor degree in Journalism, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Master\’s degree in Spanish as a Foreign Language, by University of Alcala de Henares
- Years of Writing: 25+
- Certifications: Cambridge University\’s Certificate of Proficiency in English, several academic certifications in the field of Education and Communication
- Club or Association Memberships: Club Alpino Madrileño; Spanish Mountaineering Federation, researcher at UNED for European Commission\’s ECO Project
- Books: Cumbre! Los 14 ochomiles de Edurne Pasaban (Summit! Edurne pasaban\’s 14 8000\’ers)
- Awards: Several trophies in ski-mountaineering\’s local competitions: Madrid, Asturias, Catalonia, etc.
- Previous Publications: ExplorersWeb between 2004 and 2013 and 2018 and the present moment; AlpineMag, Barrabes.com, CampoBase magazine, Diario Marca, Radio Marca, diario El Mundo del S. XXI,agencia EFE, etc.
A Word from Angela Benavides
- Why Author Chose This Career: This career chose me
- How Author Began Career: I was a journalist dreaming of becoming an international correspondent and a passionate but inexperienced mountaineer, when I was hired by a national sport newspaper where everybody were soccer experts, but no one had any experience in reporting about outdoors or mountain sports. Then, one job led to another in the same field. I tried to scape but eventually always returned to the paper/radio/virtual mountains.
- Personal Interests: Amazingly, I still love the mountains. Reading, geopolitics, long chats with friends over dinner and at hiking, skiing or cycling, travelling – in the rare periods in which I have time enough to leave my computer for a while.
Conflict, Garbage, Controversy: Lessons From K2
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Africa’s Tallest Mountain Will Soon Have Full Cell Coverage
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Mont Blanc Refuges to Reopen on Saturday
The Tête Rousse and Goûter refuges, essential stopovers on...
Karakoram Season Ends; Mingma G Gambles on Nanga Parbat
Last month, Sanu Sherpa became the first person to...
It’s Over on Masherbrum; Climbers Going Down
Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh have admitted that they...
An Epic Descent: Two Ailing No-O2 Climbers Helped Down Gasherbrum 1
They wanted the summit badly, they had no supplementary...
Gasherbrum I: Six Pakistanis, Including 20-Year-Old Sheroze Kashif, Going For the Summit Tonight
Nepali guides Pasdawa Sherpa, Dawa Ongchu, Nima Gyalzen, and...
Harila Notches Number 11 on Gasherbrum I; Just Three More to Go
But to beat Nirmal Purja's speed record up all...
Hard Conditions on Masherbrum and Gasherbrum I
Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh are advancing slowly on...
Climber Appalled by K2 Conditions, Calls it a ‘Pigsty’
Flor Cuenca of Peru doesn't make as many headlines...
Gasherbum II: Harila and Company Summit #10
Kristin Harila, Pasdawa Sherpa, and Dawa Ongchu have summited...
Beyond Oxygen: What it Means to Have A Sherpa At Your Side
Yes, there is a clear distinction between climbing an...
‘Pseudo-Alpinists’ Prompt Closure of Mont Blanc Refuges
"I give up," exclaimed the exasperated mayor of Saint...
Far From Empty: Who’s Still Climbing in the Karakoram?
Over 150 climbers summited K2 recently, but now most...
K2 Summit Seen As Never Before: From a Drone
Photographer Sandro Gromen-Hayes had a history of poor luck...
For First Time In A Century, Record Heat Cancels Alps Climbing Tours
Even the Matterhorn is not an option.
The extraordinarily hot,...
Bottled O2 Goes Global on Khan Tengri and Aconcagua
Yesterday, Dmitry Grekov of Ak-Sai Travel announced an unusual...
