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Pyrenean Haute Route: A High-level Trail (Cicerone Mountain Walking)
 
 

Pyrenean Haute Route: A High-level Trail (Cicerone Mountain Walking) (Paperback)

by Ton Joosten (Author)
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  • Paperback: 315 pages
  • Publisher: Cicerone Press; illustrated edition edition (1 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1852844264
  • ISBN-13: 978-1852844264
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 12.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 356,310 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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The Pyrenean High Level Route takes the highest possible route through the centre of the Pyrenees, crossing the French/Spanish border many times. It is probably the most beautiful, spectacular and challenging walk in the Pyrenees, and this new guide from Ton Joosten breaks the unwaymarked 800km route into 42 stages in five groups.

About the Author
Ton Joosten grew up in the Netherlands, and in 1986 visited the Pyrenees for the first time. The range captured his imagination, and since then he has returned every year. In the 1990s he made a series of long backpacking expeditions in the Pyrenees and started to write walking guides. This, Ton's sixth guide, is about the long-distance route that he considers to be the most difficult, but also the most rewarding, walk from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea: the Pyrenean Haute Route. Ton has walked all stages of the GR10 (through the French Pyrenees), the GR11 (through the Spanish Pyrenees) and the Haute Route. He has walked every stage of the Haute Route more than once, all the stages in the high mountains at least three times, and has walked all the variants in the guide over the years. To date he has spent over 900 days in the Pyrenees, and the magic isn't over yet!

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5.0 out of 5 stars HRP reviewed, 28 Aug 2006
This is the definitive book on the HRP. Although Kev Reynolds' "Walks & Climbs in the Pyrenees" is useful (especially in giving the daily distances in kms -- a surprising omission in Joosten's guide) -- its HRP section is shorter, less useful and deviates a tad too much from the classic route.

Joosten's guide is a mine of information on routes, refuges, bad weather variants, transport, the lot. Don't go without it.

As with all these guides, the timings (without allowance for stops) are challenging, at least initially, and allowance needs to be made for this especially on the very long days and if walking at the end of the season when the days are much shorter. Personally I always walk with a tent + sleeping bag for safety, flexibility and to avoid snorers in some of the older refuges where you still sleep 'sardine style'.

Walking at the very beginning of September avoids the crowds (important if you want to turn up to the refuges on spec) and the snow. Joosten rightly points out that the weather is changeable but this is perhaps an acceptable trade-off for the aforementioned benefits plus cooler weather.

Happy & successful walking should be assured if you follow Jossten's advice.
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