{"id":39687,"date":"2024-02-02T10:21:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T09:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/?p=39687"},"modified":"2024-10-09T13:34:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T11:34:57","slug":"angel-lopez-cintero-premio-honorifico-del-pirineos-mountain-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travesiapirenaica.com\/en\/angel-lopez-cintero-honorary-prize-of-the-pirineos-mountain-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez \"Cintero\", honorary award at the Pyrenees Mountain Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE ARAGONESE CLIMBER IS AN ICON OF MOUNTAINEERING AND THE LONGEST ACTIVE CLIMBER IN THE WORLD TODAY.<\/p>

THE OLIMPIA THEATRE WILL HOST THE TRIBUTE CEREMONY ON THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY AND THE SCREENING OF THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING FILM \"YESTERDAY'S MOUNTAINS\". <\/p>

THE EXHIBITION \"THE PRODIGIOUS DECADE 1953-1963 OF ARAGONESE MOUNTAINEERING\" WILL COMPLETE THE TRIBUTE TO HIS FIGURE AND TO A WHOLE GENERATION. <\/p>

The climber \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez from Zaragoza will receive the honorary award of the Pyrenees Mountain Film Festival 2024; a recognition that highlights the figure of people and institutions with an important work linked to the mountain and the natural environment. <\/p>

Popularly known as \"el Cintero\", this pioneer of Aragonese mountaineering and also the oldest active climber in Spain will be in the capital of Huesca on 22 February. <\/p>

The award ceremony will take place at the Olimpia Theatre (20:30h) and the multi-award winning film \"Yesterday's Mountains\" will be screened at the same time. This film focuses on \"the prodigious decade\", an era of which L\u00f3pez is one of its emblems; this film production won several awards such as the best film on mountain culture in Banff. <\/p>

On the same day, the exhibition \"LA DECADA PRODIGIOSA 1953-1963 del Alpinismo Aragon\u00e9s\" (THE PRODIGIOUS DECADE 1953-1963 of Aragonese mountaineering) will be inaugurated, made up of unpublished and original materials from this generation that first climbed the west face of Mallo Pis\u00f3n in Riglos. <\/p>

The Pyrenees Mountain Film Festival will award its honorary prize to the Aragonese climber \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez, popularly known as \"el Cintero\". A recognition that highlights his career linked to the mountains and nature, being one of the pioneering climbers in Aragon and a member of the so-called \"prodigious decade\". <\/p>

The Zaragozan will attend the festival to collect the award on Thursday 22 February at the Teatro Olimpia (20:30h). \"He is an icon, a national reference, an example of dedication, devotion and passion for the mountains throughout his life. His person perfectly represents the spirit and meaning of this award\" declares David Asensio, director of the Pyrenees Mountain, Adventure and Nature Film Festival. <\/p>

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