tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post6978802879837993823..comments2024-03-26T21:10:39.866+00:00Comments on Postcard from Timperley: Pyrenees HRP - 2004 - Day 15Phreerunnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-40282747931416769042019-08-14T21:55:54.215+01:002019-08-14T21:55:54.215+01:00That's her Karrimor Jaguar 65, the only backpa...That's her Karrimor Jaguar 65, the only backpacking rucksack I've ever known Sue to use. It looked very similar on this year's TGO Challenge, possibly made just a bit slimmer following the replacement of her Karrimat with a Thermarest. Our kit list shows her carrying 14.3 kilos including snacks and one day's food.Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-12422326627508863202019-08-14T16:49:39.729+01:002019-08-14T16:49:39.729+01:00That’s a rather large rucksack Sue is shouldering ...That’s a rather large rucksack Sue is shouldering in photo 4, Martin. afootinthehillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06670636358354420373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-36192155971842704212019-08-14T11:16:56.452+01:002019-08-14T11:16:56.452+01:00Been there, done that, Conrad - many times. There ...Been there, done that, Conrad - many times. There may in fact be one of those occasions coming up in this story soon...Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-44825030602404770952019-08-14T09:50:29.310+01:002019-08-14T09:50:29.310+01:00Very sound reasoning which I totally understand. C...Very sound reasoning which I totally understand. Crowded huts are not much fun. Refuge Nice on our alternative finish through the Mercantour springs to mind. My friend Gimmer had joined me for the last few days. The dorm in that hut was a long narrow room about 12 ft. wide with a raised continuous platform running the length leaving a three foot wide trough at the foot end of the platform which was a continuous communal bunk which was more or less fully occupied on our visit. In the trough everybody stowed their rucksacks so it was difficult to say the least to move up and down, especially if you needed to get up in the night. We left very early in the morning.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-38951024288762189802019-08-14T09:33:58.758+01:002019-08-14T09:33:58.758+01:00We had stayed in a hotel the previous night, and w...We had stayed in a hotel the previous night, and we had lots of food, and I knew there was good camping near Pombie. Also, we sleep better in the tent than in a crowded hut, the latter being a safe refuge in the event of bad weather, and of course a handy place to go at 'beer o'clock', though we didn't feel a need for that in 2004.<br /><br />I see from an old diary that three of us (me, Dave, and Martin W) camped here, similarly 'illegally' on 3 August 1995, and I don't think we visited the crowded hut on that occasion either.<br /><br />Pombie Hut's close proximity to an iconic mountain actually means that I would pay more to camp than to stay in the hut, where early starters and a hot dormitory would disrupt attempts to get a good night's sleep!Phreerunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551842487502221703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670908392024479748.post-88086618044775309532019-08-14T08:51:12.842+01:002019-08-14T08:51:12.842+01:00I had camped halfway round the Pic du Midi circuit...<br />I had camped halfway round the Pic du Midi circuit on the lower slopes and stopped off at the Pombie Hut for Orangina on the way to Gabbas . I wonder why you didn't stay at the hut rather than camp? I was also on Day 15. If it had been me the reason would have been expense.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.com