AtoM 2011 – Atlantic to Mediterranean

The Pyrenees HRP: one of Europe’s great wilderness adventures

In summer 2011 I realised a long-held ambition to walk the Pyrenees HRP (Pyrenean High Route or Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne). Alongside my lifetime mate Wayne Gosden, we completed the route in 50 days, with 45 days on the trail and 5 days rest.

The HRP represents neither a first ascent nor an expedition to new territory. But it remains one of Europe’s great wilderness adventures, and is not often completed in one journey. It is arduous and challenging, covering 800km and 50000m of ascent as it winds close to the frontier ridges along the entire length of the Pyrenees range, through France, Spain and Andorra from Hendaye Plage to Banyuls-sur-Mer.

Our journey, I hope, was minimal in its impact, travelling overland, practicing no-trace camping with ultralight equipment and using local sources for re-supply.

Published accounts of the trek are also few outside of guidebooks. As a photographer and writer, I will be using these pages to publish a complete journal, as well as the original short blog entries and image galleries.

This has been a personal quest and long-held ambition for both of us. Through sharing this journey, we wish to inspire others to live for every day and to be more aware of our privileged place in the nature of our world.

… Ken Scott ARPS
August 2011

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