"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
--Ernest Hemingway
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tomherren - Feb 4, 2019 8:29 am Date Climbed: Oct 1, 2018
Fall SummitBeautiful day of climbing. Made it to the top in about 3.5hrs and had the entire mountain to ourselves. Very enjoyable and scenic!
Flachlandtiroler - Aug 16, 2016 5:30 am Date Climbed: Aug 1, 2016
Normal routeStarted from P.1944 below Col du Tourmalet.
The cable car is a complete rip-off with 38 euros for the retour ticket and what's more: They refuse hikers to enter the station/restaurant etc. in case the don't pay 18 euros *entrance fee*.
Rick B - Nov 26, 2006 9:20 pm
Good views!Went to the observatory on a nice summer day with great views over the Pyrenees. I think I was 12 years old or something :-)
Rafa Bartolome - Sep 21, 2006 9:28 pm Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2006
Hard but amazing dayVery hard day after a recent snowfall. In the last part of the ridge NE a lot of snow and dangerous ice. We're lucky to take the rope to the last meters. For the scape of the terrace we must to realize a rappel in the ice to exit to the snow of the ramps of normal route from lake d'Oncet. In col de sencours we returned to Col d'Aouet across a long walk for the Cabanne d'Arizes. Total slope of 2003 meters and 10 hours (4h30 to summit).
In the summit with the cableway damaged we lived a special momment, we're lonely in the most popular summit of all the Pyrenees... amazing!