Conde Aznar Jaca

... 2 we were at the gates of the national park and set off on our 4 hour hike up to Refugio Goriz, at the base of Monte Perdido. Described as the Grand Canyon of Europe it was a lovely walk, but we agreed that anything described as the XX of YY never quite is ...

I shouldn't complain, but I will anyway, as a girl it's in my genes. I'm still waiting for the second parcel to arrive. It's now 11:46am and unlikely I will receive it now until Monday, that'll be 4 days in one place. It's very nice and very comfortable here, but I'm itching now to get away. I'm considering speaking to the guardian of the refuge to ask him about having the parcel forwarded on to a post office 4 days walk from here.

Lescun, Aquitaine, France asummersday

... no I demand they fit now, otherwise I'm complaining to the Pyrenees Ministry of Weight Loss!

The last couple of days have been bitter sweet, I've enjoyed the walking, but alas the horse flies have enjoyed feasting on yours truely! My legs and arms are bruised from my slapping them to shake off the little buggers, often after the damage has been done. Seems I'm ...

This short two days work trip rafting the Gallego River, surely brought my memories back to my trip around South America in 2005. The sun is shining, the scenery is beautiful and while floating down the river watching big birds soaring around the Mallos de Riglos (spectacular rock formations popular with rock climbers) in the foothills of the Pyrenees, I get this well-known feeling ...

Ordesa es el parque nacional de los Pirineos en su vertiente española. Su macizo principal es el Monte Perdido con 3.355m y sus valles mas destacados son los de Añisclo, Ordesa, Escuaín y Pineta. Durante estos días de la Semana Santa del 09 recorrimos los dos primeros valles, con la suerte de que durante la noche anterior a la ascensión por el valle de Ordesa, cayó una importante nevada , dejando un paisaje espectacular.

Our yearly trip to Astun! Group has gotten larger this year, Myself, Ra, Sean, Annemarie, Cas, D, Tim & Lynn all hit the road in search of snow. It has been a terrile yr for snow. We prayed all through the month of Jan and to our suprise we arrived to snow. 4th - 11th.

... of which, they were those new curved skis, which I hear are supposed to help in one way or another - I saw them more as an impediment to turning compared to the old-school straight style, but that could just be because of how long it had been since my last runs. I fared better than I would have guessed after such an absence. The first couple runs were tentative but controlled, and the only time I was in over my head was when we had to go through a ...

After a winter without snow in Europe, the alternative to sky was walking throught the Camino de Santiago and later to Ordesa National Park. Ordesa is situated in ...

Real fast: Miss flight to FRance. Get there via another flight to other town (carcosonne) hundreds of miles to the east. Take trains all night to get back on track, amazingly only several hours behind schedule (but with no sleep for 40 straight hours). Climb 27k over the Pyranees anyway, and exchausted and ...

... station at 10pm for the 11.14pm train. The station was heavily policed...but there were a few characters lurking. Remember to reserve a seat or sleeper on the train in advance costs an additional €17.50 ...get ready to Queue at the station to do this. We found our platform and boarded the train many times until we found the right carriage. Found our compartment and fought over who would get the top bunk...i ...