Wednesday July 22 We leave early from the splendid hotel Candanchu and hike up to Astun ski resort. Astun Mountain design ??? The 3 Stooges are there! They got drunk last night and managed to hike up here and sleep on the ground by the closed shops. Guy has an headache... Beautiful lake above Astun with horses. We enter the mountain area of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau. Little by little we get close to this quite famous mountain in the Pyrénées (landmark, alpinism...) We climb a mountain pass at 2400m, col de Peyreget, the highest we've been so far. Walk by the Pombie refuge: And set camp next to a quiet creek until a herd of cows passes by: So much cattle in the Pyrénées ! Thursday July 23 Another great day. A bit shorter as we set camp by 3:30pm Down and up again as usual! But we feel great and the scenery is 5 stars! We also keep meeting people from all nationalities hiking the HRP. Ne...