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Oct 19, 2008 at 12:52 am #1231605

ed hyatt
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@edhyatt
Locale: The North, Scotland

A few shots from an eight-day trip my brother and I made to the High Pyrenees region this summer.

below el salto del agua

the ibons de anayet: a superb open and shallow basin at around 2200m that is still pretty-much snow-filled

embalse de respumoso

below el puerte de bujarelo

valle de lOule

ski tour route; hard going!

bivouac ravine du lac noir

east down the ravine du lac noir

approaching France at the col de culaus

looking down into France valle de lutour

Oct 19, 2008 at 1:13 am #1455088

Jay Wilkerson
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@creachen
Locale: East Bay

More great pictures!!!

Oct 19, 2008 at 4:19 am #1455098

Peter Atkinson
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@peterbob
Locale: Yorkshire, England

Lovely pictures! You had some great camping locations.

Did you carry 8 days' worth of food or did you have re-supply stops? And a geeky question – what is your tent? I don't recognise it!

Oct 19, 2008 at 4:30 am #1455099

ed hyatt
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@edhyatt
Locale: The North, Scotland

We carried a few days of food a couple of times but it is easyish to hit villages and/or refugios to resupply.

The tent is a Hex 3, with a nest on this occasion….

Oct 19, 2008 at 4:40 am #1455100

Peter Atkinson
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@peterbob
Locale: Yorkshire, England

Slack Sunday's are great!

Is the hex still made? – it looks good.

Oct 19, 2008 at 4:47 am #1455101

ed hyatt
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@edhyatt
Locale: The North, Scotland

Yes it is still made but re-badged as the Shangri-La…

http://www.golite.com/product/proddetail.aspx?p=SH6125&s=2

Oct 19, 2008 at 4:55 am #1455102

Peter Atkinson
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@peterbob
Locale: Yorkshire, England

Thanks, I'll have a look – not that I need another tent – but since when has that stopped me….!

Nov 20, 2008 at 5:23 pm #1459912

drew doty
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@saltyotter

how much money was it to resupply for a 5-6 day trip in one of the refugios/trail towns? and is there wilderness camping once you get away from the huts? i am used to the sierras and am trying to grasp what it is like in parts of europe.

drew

Feb 16, 2009 at 2:58 am #1478163

ed hyatt
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@edhyatt
Locale: The North, Scotland

Drew – apologies for the tardy reply

If you think about the same prices as the US and add about 20% that would be about right. You would be buying from a supermarket in small towns so be aware that dehydrated food is probably not going to be available. Refugios are MUCH more expensive to buy from and have quite limited food stocks.

You can camp with discretion overnight in a lot of places; in some it is illegal but I have never had any issues.
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