Victor Rimac Foundation
The renowned athlete and high mountain guide Victor Hugo Rimac Trejo was born in Recuay, a small city south of Huaraz where he grew up surrounded by mountains and nature. From a very young age, he experienced some deprivations at home, which led him to work from the age of 8, a child who, while growing up, presented behavioral problems and hyperactivity, this caused him to have some complications to be understood at school and in the society where he was growing up. As time went by, he found out that he suffered from ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and although his family environment tried to deal with it in the best way, his social and school environment was not the best.
It was not until adolescence that he was introduced to climbing by a friend who invited him to participate and be a member of a club that trained young climbers, giving a new meaning to their lives and discovering not only a new sport but also a lifestyle. He entered the house of guides and graduated as an official mountain guide to later make each project a reality, including climbing the fourteen highest mountains in the world, of which there are already six.
“I think mountaineering is an exceptional way to discover what the human will and heart can achieve. Helping others to reach peaks, to develop, to find their own voice is something that inspires and motivates me. I will do everything possible to make those dreams come true because I believe in them and that is the reason why the Víctor Rímac Foundation was born. ”.
Thinking of all the children and adolescents who have the potential to be future mountaineering professionals, he decided to create a foundation that would channel efforts to give them opportunities to change their lives, to generate a movement of climbing athletes and share a mountain culture that preserves its origin and strengthen the sport in Peru and make us a hotbed of top-level climbers in South America.
“I thank each person who, even without knowing it, has pushed me to the top, now I want to support more boys and girls to achieve it.”
May the mountains protect us always.
