Waking up to the unmistakeable squeak and yip! yap! of marmots and realising our tent was surrounded by marmot mounds (we had suspected as much!), watching them sunbathe and play and eat their breakfast and wrestle as we sipped coffee, setting off in the sunshine, admiring all the views that were obscured by yesterday's cloud including the huge glaciers on the back of Vignemale, kestrels hovering and choughs squawking above, more mountain mice scurrying about, even more marmots, vultures devouring a cow and squabbling with each other (very vicious), diverting off the GR10 to Gavarnie to check out the famous cirque which is seriously awesome, pizzas for lunch, and a lazy afternoon pitching our tent by a field of horses with an amazing view of the cirque...
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| One of the many marmots looking rathe regal by the thistles |
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We pitched our tent at La Bergerie, an ‘aire naturelle’ in Gavarnie which was cheap, had an excellent breakfast, clean sanitaires and absolutely amazing views of the Cirque de Gavarnie....
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| The cirque rocks glowed pinky orange as the sun set and the moon emerged from behind the rocks. |
Vital statistics:
Total hiking time: 5h30
Peak: 1898m
Total ascent: 113m
Total descent: 652m
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