SGS Trip of the Year Award

The SGS Trip of the Year Award is presented to the most interesting trip developed or completed during the year in which the awards are presented or during the past year if the trip is of a longer nature. Particularly recognized are those trips that involve breaking a personal record and discovering and reaching new geographic borders for mankind.

2004. To Jan Mela, a 15-year old Polish explorer who reached the North and South Poles in 2004 (In April and December respectively), walking upon the ice and becoming the youngest person to reach the Poles and the first person with a physical handicap to do so.

2003. To Mercé Martí. This year it went to the commemorative trip "Centenario de la Aviación" ("The hundredth Anniversary of Aviation") carried out by plane in 1930. With this flight, the Catalonian pilot hoped to pay homage to the historical legacy of aviation, to it's founding pioneers and to the entire group that has made it possible for millions of people to enjoy the pleasure of flying.

2002. To the Crossing of the gorges of Yarlung Tsangpo completed by Antonio Perezgrueso, José Carlos Tamayo and Ángel José Martínez Corres.

2001. Trans-Greenland Expedition, the longest Spanish polar expedition ever undertaken completely independently.

2000. Juan Carlos González, mailman from Castro Urdiales, who played an unusual role in ascending Mt. Everest on his own.

1999. Shared Award. María Jesús Lago, for her ascent of Mt. Everest and in particular for being the first Spanish woman to accomplish this feat without the use of oxygen.

Juan Antonio Alegre, for his exceptional bike trip of 36,000 kilometers from China to Lisbon.

1998. Miguel Ángel Gordillo, for his trip around the world in an ultra-light plane of his own design.