Mountain writer and filmmaker Jean-Michel Jordà has 30 years of experience in audiovisuals, 40 documentary films, and 12 international awards. His work will be screened on October 24th at the Xesc Forteza Theater. Everest Invaders, which focuses on the human destruction of a unique territory. It also questions the touristification of mountaineering, which is why it uses the term "neoalpinists."

Catalan mountaineer and filmmaker Ester Sabadell is a member of the jury for the 16th Colonya Palma Film Fest, which will award several short film prizes. She is well acquainted with the reality she will be examining: she worked as a camera operator on the Spanish-language TVE program. On the Edge of the ImpossibleCarrying the camera on particularly challenging routes, she admits, "is a plus." "You barely have the strength to climb, let alone go ahead of people, take out the camera, ask them to wait, because you have to film, and of course, people don't wait because they're doing their best," she recalls: "It's very difficult." She recalls as an anecdote that she once "slept with the camera batteries in her sleeping bag so they wouldn't run out." "In the end, the camera is your partner; you become a friend, you sleep," she recalls.

The Galatzó refuge hosted the 1st Symposium on Hiking and Trekking in the Balearic Islands on Saturday, a meeting organized by the Balearic Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing and the Colonya Palma Muntanya Film Fest with the aim of promoting collective reflection on the present and future of this sport in the Archipelago.

Hiking and trekking are more popular than ever. But success must also be accompanied by responsibility. This year's 16th edition of the Colonya Palma Muntanya Film Fest will lay the groundwork for this collective reflection. "Where do we come from, where are we, and where are we going?" summarizes its director, Bartomeu Tomàs. Between October 18 and 28, eight documentaries and twelve short films from eleven different countries will be screened, and sixteen guests will participate in discussions with the aim of bringing the Balearic public closer to mountaineering culture and leaving no questions unanswered.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18

From 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Galatzó Refuge

AND BALEARIC SYMPOSIUM ON HIKING AND TRAILS. 'WHERE WE COME FROM, WHERE WE ARE, AND WHERE WE ARE'

This event aims to promote collective reflection on the trajectory and future of hiking and trekking in the Balearic Islands. In this regard, all stakeholders involved—clubs, athletes, guides, and institutions—will meet to analyze the current situation and future challenges. These include promoting the conservation of mountain habitats in a manner compatible with their public use, as well as moving toward inclusive, safe, and sustainable hiking. Other issues to be addressed will include the role of technology, regulation, and new models of collaboration between clubs, institutions, and the federation.

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