Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo would not hear the word “reporter”. It was defined as a “vagabond” and explained: “They were the Benedictine monks who went from convent to convent, copying things in the ancient monasteries”. “That’s me.. By profession gyrovague Nomadic Great gyrovague” added
De la Quadra-Salcedo died on May 20 in Madrid.. Leave a legacy of love of adventure, journalism and training of the younger.
In 1979, at the suggestion of King Juan Carlos and with the aim of consolidate the foundations of the Iberoamerican Community among youth, laQuadra-Salcedo made his first expedition to the Amazon, project resumed with the holding of an annual trip since 1985.
Promote awareness of history shared on both sides of the Atlantic was the target of” America-92 “and” Adventure-92 “genesis of the” Ruta Quetzal “that began in 1993 and since 2000 has the sponsorship of BBVA.
on each trip repeated the routes of Columbus and other discoverers, in participating as expeditionary around 300 young people from fifty countries.
Born in Madrid in 1932, stood at a young age as an athlete, especially in track and field, and participated in the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960. After leaving the sport racing tried his luck in America as a physical education teacher in Chile as a tour guide in the Amazon and as a collaborator of the Anthropological Museum of Bogota.
in 1963 returned to Spain and the following year he began working as a reporter for Spanish Television (TVE) and was a pioneer in this environment, when appointed in 1967 first delegate in South America.
and in 70 was part of a group of reporters counted in Spain the most important events of the twentieth century and showed the likes of Pablo Neruda, Indira Gandhi, Salvador Allende, Yasser Arafat and the Dalai Lama in spaces like “reporters “” world in action “and” First page “.
Other programs were” Spaniards in the Pacific “(1980) and” A new venture ” (1981), but the most popular was “a treasure hunt” (1983 and 1984).
throughout his career received numerous awards, including the Spanish of the year (1973), Lifetime 2004 awarded by the Academy of Sciences and Arts Television (ATV) Prize Good Javier Prize Press Association (2003).
America.
Latin America was his great passion, both carrying two clocks, one with the Spanish hour and another with the time of the New Continent , one in which signed incredible stories and, over time, became the center stage of his great vital project today called Ruta BBVA (formerly Aventura 92 and Ruta Quetzal).
“I’m the big daddy of 10,000 children. No grandfather, because that word is banished in my house, “he told Efe last year in an interview on the occasion of the thirtieth edition of this academic-cultural project that, since its inception in 1979, has seen that number of Spanish and American students by land.
Many of those young expeditionary cry in social networks “Miguel,” who, referring to the slogan “Know thyself” he enrolled in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, always urged them to live that trip as a “discovery about who you are, what strength you have, what spirit possess sacrifice and what limits you can have.”
the journalist had no e-mail and cell used it just by necessity. Their romance led him to say, even today, with the extra flights, which had to “travel books” .
from bold and curious character, was a seasoned reporter and chronicler of historical moments, such as the Vietnam war, the military coup of Augusto Pinochet in Chile or the end Haile Selassie empire in Ethiopia, and made history in the Spanish television of the 70s and 80s, interviewing people like Pablo Neruda, Indira Gandhi or the Dalai Lama.
Stories.
Adventurous by nature, visited the most difficult areas of America. He was also a writer who was at the most important events of his time. He left journalism to organize the Quetzal Route, an educational trip for young people.
“THE SPANISH”
he created original style of throwing the javelin.
in 1954 Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo broke the javelin world record, although it was never approved. He succeeded “to the Spanish” with a similar rotating disc release technique. It was to replace the approach run to the line by a rotary movement on itself before releasing the instrument in the manner of a discus thrower, using centrifugal force to reach long distances. The presentation of the new style forced the Federation to change the rules. Then the athlete broke world records in javelin with a style that included a sponge, soap and water. They never accepted. De la Quadra-Salcedo maintained that his technique did not violate the rules of sport and felt that was a victim of “injustice” by the leaders.
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