Kilian Jornet

has always shown his ability in the mountains and, at the same time, his respect for them.

Despite the speed with which it ascends and descends from the peaks, in races such as the Ultra Trail de Mont Blanc or the Zegama it has set an example by throwing the wrappers of the bars or the gels in the bins.

In the documentaries of the series 'Summits of my life' he has shown his naturist philosophy and the help he gave to the people of Nepal after the earthquake of April 2015. And, as if that were not enough, he has recently created a foundation with his own name to "preserve the mountain and its environment and combat everything that endangers it".

But nobody is free from the criticism of a part of the Catalan independence movement when it decides to get bogged down on an issue.

Last Wednesday, Jornet posted one of his now-famous videos crawling down a mountain near his home in Romsdalen, Norway.

As always, the piece showed his ability to run on high and, at the same time, a beautiful landscape.

But the former CUP deputy

Mireia Boya

did not think well.

Whoever was the protagonist of the most turbulent times in the Parliament of Catalonia, visible face of the crutch party that has allowed Convergence to govern for five years, criticized the runner for "dominating nature."

"Environmental and landscape values ​​are not explained in a video where man teaches to dominate nature, not to love it, not to have respect when he goes there," commented on Twitter the policy that in 2019, after declaring as investigated in the Supreme Court, left the leadership of the party due to the "psychological harassment" of a colleague.

Her words were widely criticized on the social network and, therefore, she turned her attack into a complaint against Jornet for multiplying the accidents that take place in the mountains.

According to her, the athlete's videos cause "respect for the mountains to be lost and the number of accidents and rescues to increase."

Jornet had no choice but to answer.

In a long thread, he explained to Boya his point of view on what he does and his respect for nature.

"I do not want to say that there is a good way and a bad way to go to the mountain, but that with which I feel identified is this, and each one has to find his own as long as the environment and other people are respected present ", he indicated before adding:" Risk taking is an individual decision that has to be made based on many parameters, including our capacity, conditions, etc. Obviously, what is very risky for a person is not. for another, because the capacities, experience, study of the conditions ... are different. I am very, very inspired by what people like climber

Alex Honnold do

, but I am very aware that if I tried, I would die " .

As he has done many times, Jornet appealed to the individual conscience of those who take him as an example, an argument that must have satisfied Boya because he quickly changed the meaning of his criticism.

"I agree with you, but one issue is missing: as a reference that you are, what role have you had in the proliferation of trails, how does this practice affect the mountains and what role have you accepted in the capitalist logic of the business behind it?" , questioned the policy of the runner before proclaiming that she approaches the mountain "in another way."

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