Jordi Merino has been president of the Federation of Hiking Clubs of Catalonia (FEEC) for fifteen years. At the FEEC headquarters on La Rambla, right in front of Barcelona's Plaça Reial, Merino receives the ARA newspaper and admits that these years "have felt like half a century," as things have changed so much. When Merino took over as president, none of the sports under his umbrella were Olympic. Now two are: climbing and a mountain ski that gives medalsBut things have also changed for the worse, especially the relationship many people have with the mountains. The FEEC (Catalan Federation of Mountaineering and Climbing) knows this all too well, as some of the mountain huts they manage have been vandalized recently, such as the one in Besiberri (Alta Ribagorça).