Pilar G.

Age: 40
Born: Zaragoza, Spain; currently resides in Grenoble, France
Education: Bachelor in Physics. Masters in Financial Planning and Investment
Previous Life: entrepreneur with “more tasks than hands”
Languages: Spanish, English, French and Italian
Passions: sharing a good meal with interesting company, cycling, kayaking, backcountry skiing, climbing, hiking, canyoneering, experiencing new cultures, architectures and ways of living and … database programming!
Trips guided and/or traveled: All around Vancouver and Vancouver Island, Silicon Valley California, Madrid to Valencia, Picos de Europa (northern Spain), Pyrenees, Sierra de Guara (pre Pyrenees), tour of Andalusia, French Alps, all around Paris, northern Sicily, Amsterdam, Samothraki and Thassos on the northern Aegean Sea in Greece, west coast of Corsica, and El Camino de Santiago, to name a few!
Favourite Trips: El Camino de Santiago and Sierra de Guara
Why: The first one due to the history of the trail, the stupendous food and the charm of the people, and the other one because of its pristine water canyons and its still and wild landscapes

2 truths and a lie:
Rappelled a 200 metre cliff in pitch dark without a headlamp
Slept with an ice axe under her pillow in bear-infested Yosemite National Park
Has never been scared in her life.