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A few days ago the popular adventurer Jesús Calleja (55) became the protagonist of a controversy as a result of a news item from El Periódico de Aragón , and later published by other media, according to which the presenter was being investigated by the Government of Aragon after an activity he had carried out in the Pyrenees. A controversy that would be causing "significant moral damage" to the mountaineer. "To me, who am the number one defender of ecology," he says.

The aforementioned activity consists of ascending by helicopter to the Punta Suelza peak, in the Bielsa Valley, to later descend it by Enduro bike , that is, at an important speed. An activity against which environmental groups and residents of the area are positioned, who would have complained about the environmental impact it could have, which has led to this controversy in which Calleja has been involved.

"There is no investigation about me, I am not being investigated by anyone. I am only a client of the company that organizes this activity. In any case, the stir will be with the company, but it is not my problem", clarifies the famous adventurer to LOC. Likewise, Marta de Santos, General Director of Climate Change and Environmental Education of the Aragonese Government, has confirmed that, indeed, there is no investigation into him.

After the controversy generated, he clarifies, it would be technically checking that everything is correct, although an investigation as such is not being carried out to the organizing company.

In the same way that Calleja thinks Pablo, founder of Altitude Helibike & Ski, in charge of managing these helibike activities , as this practice is known: "Of course, if someone has to investigate or ask for explanations, it is us, not Calleja Because then they would have to do it with all the clients we've had. "

Pablo, a forest firefighter by profession, assures LOC that they do not fly "through any section of natural park or area restricted to flight. We have several routes approved by Civil Aviation, the competent body for flight permits, although we only use two."

"In addition, the Bielsa City Council granted us permission to land at the top. And there is no restriction to go down by bike on the trails we do, which are not in a natural park," he clarifies.

The requirement that, according to those who question and denounce this practice, the company should also have is an environmental impact study . Something that, says Pablo, they will do if they ask the rest of the active tourism companies that work in the area, not just their own.

"In the best of cases, we make two flights a week, which in total does not add up to an hour of flight. In each of them there are four clients plus the guide who then accompanies them on the descent," says Pablo.

Calleja, who did this activity with several friends, assures that he was delighted with this new sport, of which Altitude Helibike & Skique is a pioneer in Spain, it costs 360 euros and lasts all day.

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