Day 16 – Salardu to Alos d’isil – lost my hiking mojo – a wall of grass, an exposed ridge and a neverending boulder field 24k hiked, c.1800m ascent, pitched near the river, discreetly, ten minutes up the road from Alos In total 454.5 walked, 2.6kg cheese consumed Hubby dropped me off at the trail […]
Day 10 – Gavarnie to Lac Barroude – two rolled ankles, a skinned knee, a great lunch, and a misty afternoon 30k hiked, c.2900m ascent, bivouacked next to Lac Barroude In total 306.5k walked, 1.8kg cheese consumed I didn’t have much of a plan today. I had hoped to sleep in as was planning on
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Day 6 Lescun to Candanchu – an epic day of inversions 36k hiked, 2560m ascent, Stayed at a ski resort in Candanchu In total 204k walked, 1.3kg cheese consumed I woke up at 5 and it was raining, and I finally roused myself at 6.10, packed up my went tent, after putting on my wet
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So, avid blog readers may remember I hiked part of the haute route Pyrenean last year (a.k.a the Pyrenean High Route or the HRP). I loved the sections I did, and part of me also wanted to do the full traverse of the width of France (having done the lengthwise traverse a few years back),