Los valores en los primeros guías de los Picos de Europa
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Universidad Camilo José Cela
info
ISSN: 2254-2132
Datum der Publikation: 2011
Ausgabe: 1
Nummer: 2
Seiten: 88-99
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: AGON: International Journal of Sport Sciences
Zusammenfassung
From! the! middle! of! the! XIXth! century! to! the! beginning of the XXth! one,! there! were! a! few! “tourists”! who came! into! Picos de! Europa! mountains,! but! they! were! always! with! local! people! working!as!guides.!Those!guides!carried!the!luggage, and! drove! the! tourists inside! the! mountains.! Nowadays!we!only have!small!information!on!them. Who!were! they?!Which!was! their! occupation?!How! did! they! carry! out! their! job! as! guides?! There! is not! much!literature!based!on!them. They!were! the!main!architects!of! the!successes!and! failures!of the first! travelers.!While mostly!illiterate,! they!had!no!difficulties!to!get!along!with!French!and! English travelers!(with!low!levels!of!Spanish!language! in!many! cases).!They!were! honest!and! hardworking! (as! “tourists” themselves),! but! also! tough! and! stubborn,! just! as tardy.! But! certainly the! most! appreciated! value! was! their great! climbing! ability! and! the!great! help! rendered,! finding!ways! to!go! on! and always!willing!to!help!when!needed!(with!a!hand! or! even! the! whole! body! “being! a! bridge! if! the! situation!required!it”). In! this! historical! review,! based! on! articles! wrote! by! the!first!tourists,!we!find what!they!think!about!their! guides.! We! will! pay! attention! to! articles! by! those! first! tourist! (especially!G.!Schulz,!Casiano!del!Prado,! and! SaintOSaud)! and! also! the! first! climbers! (Pedro! Pidal,! José! Fernandez! Zabala! among)! of! Picos! de! Europa. We! found! differences! between! first! travelers! and! climbers! relationship! with! their! guides.! These! ones! began! as! good! carriers,! and! became! guides,! almost! friends.