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Quiet Parks International will award Quiet Trail status to Montañas Vacías.
Quiet Parks International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to identifying the world’s quietest places and raising awareness about the benefits of preserving them for people and wildlife.
Montañas Vacías Bikepacking Trail will become the first Quiet Trail in Europe, joining Niobrara Wild and Scenic River Trail, Nebraska 2023, and Coifing Lake Circular Trail, Taipingshan National Forest, Taiwan 2022. It’s also the first bikepacking route in the world to receive this award.
The road to this point began two years ago, with the first conversations with Quiet Parks, through a rewarding process of learning, discovery, research and many kilometres in the area to get to know the true dimension of this great treasure that is the natural silence. It also included riding part of the route in 2023 with Quiet Parks volunteers to collect and test the acoustic information of the area, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
When we talk about silence, we’re not just talking about the absence of sound, but the absence of man-made noise pollution.
«The quality of sound in the environment is an essential sign of ecological health. To have a meaningful observation of ecological acoustics you must take a journey. A journey of experience and contrast. For me this is as important of an inner journey as an outer one. A search for quiet and solitude, but also a shared experience, allowing the space of the location to bring people closer to each other and closer to themselves.».
Nick McMahan, Director of Quiet Trails
More information about the whole process, what it involves and the second visit of Quiet Parks volunteers to the area will be available soon.
Enlaces
–Nota de Prensa en pdf en inglés
–Nota de Prensa en pdf en castellano
–Nota de Prensa en web
Agradecimientos
A mi gran amigo Carlos Izquierdo, por ser la persona que me puso en la pista de esta asociación hace mucho tiempo. Sin él y su apoyo, todo esto no hubiera sido posible.
Gracias también a Nick McMahan y Vikram Chauhan, de Quiet Parks International, por todo su trabajo hasta llegar aquí. A Gordon Hempton, por toda su luz e inspiración para dar un paso al frente en la protección del Silencio. Y como no, a Úrsula, Emily, y Nahún, voluntarios de Quiet Parks que han pedaleado esta zona, dejando su huella en mí. He aprendido muchísimo de vosotr@s!!
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