The most difficult climb…

…is behind us! The walk out of St Jean climbs 600 meters in just 9 km to Orrison and Borda. It was cloudy and foggy as we climbed up the Pyrenees mountains. Tonight, it’s raining hard and the temperature has dropped to 5 degrees C. Tomorrow will be a bit brutal, continuing up another 600 meters over a less steep rise in cold and rain/snow. It should take about 5 hours to get to Roncesvalles. We’ll stay at the Monastery there, along with about 100 other pilgrims.Read more