Lagunartea

Published in DEIA, Jan. 6, 2011





THIS year that is just about to end and in which I have lived intense moments has also meant discovery in many different levels. Finding a place, deepening and enclosure discovering different aspects of our surroundings, is something that when you share it with somebody that knows how to transmit you its passion it is a true gift.

They already had commented to me about the enormous variety and wealth in caves and deep fissures in Urdaibai, more then 200, and invited by some very special friends: Alberto Palomera, Jaime Orueta, Edu Gordo, that you will all remember in being the person that performs the miracle of the fire in the video of HERRIA and Rober Garay prepared to enter into one of them to live that experience. The cave was Saint Peter of Busturia, in the neighborhood of Axpe.

The first thing was in getting dressed and preparing the all equipment that is like being a ritual charged with emotion. After that we began our adventure not without any difficulties, because the truth is, the places we walked around were pretty demanding in physical levels. Each corner that I discovered was more incredible than the previous one. The colors, the shapes, odors and sounds, there were so many things that I was afraid of not being able to keep memory of everything. We walked for 1-kilometer around the surroundings and you can’t imagine the quantity of water that circulates through those spots and the so fraught beauty of the contrasts existing there. Besides we carry out a fantastic experience, we were going accompanied, as it couldn’t be different, by several instruments to perform inside the cave and to see what sensations produced us. I liked the idea of being able to relive what the caveman experienced with the different sounds that he listened to in his surroundings. His ear was almost virgin and the echoes and the sound’s intensity of the caves had to create a true fascination in them.

Alberto, Jaime Edu and Rober are still able to become astonished with all what surrounds them without having to look for far away places and exotic, enjoying things than many other ones have already forgotten. Life is a succession of contrasts like these four good friends whom I dedicate this column. The truth is ...you are very special!!!

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