It's August and it's bank holiday. In the cities, towns and villages of southern Spain people are fighting their annual battle against the searing heat. Bank holiday weekend might offer some relief but the beaches will be packed, the rivers walks choc a block with people littering the environment, only the mountains can offer the […]
Index Backpacking in the Pyrenees – the 3000 Ibones Arrival in Escarilla First look at Baños de Panticosa Day walk to the Refugio Respomuso 2150m Storms! Durston Mid-X 2 Tent Review Crossing Borders Return to Spain Vegetarians in Spain * The Road Trip South Backpacking in the Pyrenees – the 3000 Ibones Not many english […]
The walk into Siete Lagunas involved passing two small hidden lakes, rarely visited by other humans. Laguna Prado Negro and another further north which doesn't have a name on no map. It should, it's stunning! The wonderful wild side of the Sierra Nevada that few others get to see {% peertube "https://video.infosec.exchange/videos/embed/9767e71e-cbf8-4daa-b97a-847b9e2f2887","The Mighty Alcazaba, arguably […]
First of all let me say that this report doesn’t cover the whole Alta Via 2 trek. If you are looking for a complete trek report and tips I can recommend you visit Brooke Beyond This report details my experiences on the Alta Via 2 trek (AV2) in July 2024. My wife, Kiersten and I […]
My head is filled with images and experiences from this trip, the stars overhead, the tumbling waters, the stillness, the Ibex and even the mid-morning break to make a cup of tea! Here are just a few thoughts from a mind blowing overnight camp. It had started out as a trip to visit the accessible […]
A short trip to a secretive camp, don't stay too long … and leave. It sounds respectful and perfect! "No pain, no gain" so they say. Yesterday in the heat of the afternoon (and with no mechanical uplift available) we made our way uphill to a remote lake, rarely visited, that we had never been […]
The most spectacular path in the Sierra Nevada that nobody knows about! The Veredon Inferior is definitely superior to the better known "Veredon Superior" that leads into the Corral del Veleta some 500m south. It deserves to be known as the most spectacular path in the Sierra Nevada that nobody knows about! We now head […]
There's something special about striking campsite pre dawn and hiking in the first daylight hours, whilst the rest of the world is seemingly still in bed. The sunlight soon hits the mountain tops and a myriad of colours adorns the summit rocks. You amble slowly along the deserted mountain tracks. You are alone in the […]
Yesterday we went in search of Shangri-La. And we found it! To the people of Lanjaron, their Shangri-La is the upper Lanjaron valley, it's lakes and it's rivers. It's the source of it's life giving waters. A special place that we were privileged to walk and spend the night in. !Entering the spectacular upper Lanjaron […]
The North Face of Mulhacen. Its long been an ambition of mine to view the sunrise from Mulhacen's north face. This morning I got my wish and it didn't disappoint! Leave the summer crowds heading up Mulhacen behind and instead have a go at the Vasar de Mulhacen which takes an improbable looking horizontal shelf […]
