From Sea to Sea Across the Spanish Pyrenees || GR11 - Thru Hike 2022 

Thanks!

Thank you so much! Yeah me too, I think I’ll have to do the HRP!

Thank you! I’m glad to hear that. The GR11 is an amazing Trail, you’ll love it!

Hey, I wanna do it. It it possible to do it without a tent?

Thank you so much! :-)

Thank you!! Congrats on finishing the hike! The Pyrenees are truly magical ✨😍

Hey Elena! Im happy you liked the video 😍 I used the cicerone guide book and I liked it a lot, it was really helpful! This is also how I knew about villages and so on. But I also used mapy.cz or komoot offline maps to see where villages are or where to find water. Hope that helps :-)

@@helena_hikes Okay great. Yes that helps for sure. Thank you! :)

Ahhh cool! 😍 Yeah I had such a great time with her and was so sad when we parted ways :-(

Thanks 🥰

Glad you enjoyed it! Congrats on finishing in 2016! :-)

Welcome to my channel. So glad you like it! Can’t recommend this trail enough, the video probably doesn’t even do justice to the beauty of the Pyrenees

That’s almost the exact spot we got sick as well. I started 12th of July and there was lots of people!

So happy to hear you enjoyed the video!!! :-)

@@helena_hikes It was a great watch. Have a good week.

Hi! I think I do remember you but we haven’t spoken much! I was not very well on that day haha… I’m happy you like the video :-)

Hey! Haven’t seen a shepherd dog, but my friend did. He barked but he didn’t attack or anything. No bears, just lots of cows and wild horses. I think you don’t need to worry about these. None of the people I met on trail encountered any problems :-)

@@helena_hikes Thank you, Helena 👍

Oh yeah I remember! If you really want to, maybe you can go back one day. I think it’s worth it 🥰

I feel you! 😅

Not really! At the Mediterranean side it’s generally hotter so I think it’s better to get there later (in my case end of august) instead of mid July which is very hot. Most people go that way, only met a few who went against the stream. Can be more lonely I think. But definitely possible!

thanks! great video :)@@helena_hikes

Hi! Glad you liked it! I started on the 12th of July and finished end of August.

In the beginning I had stretched where I was carrying 5 Liters because we were dry camping. Later in the high Pyrenees, there is plenty of water and you won’t carry as much. In the end it can be pretty dry again with longer water carries. I never had to carry more than 5 Liters and I wouldn’t even have needed these if we chose our campsites wiser 😂

I would say the best part is starting after Benasque. This was by far my favourite section 😍 and easy to reach with public transport

@@Vaelin223 hey! Yes I think it’s possible for beginners :-) probably a good idea to go on a small shakedown hike before

So glad you enjoyed it! Have fun, the Pyrenees are amazing.

@@helena_hikes 🙏

I would pick starting from Benasque and going east!

Honestly just an iPhone 11, no camera gear!

Wow! impressive. Did you take a tripod or gimbal? Did you have issues with battery life or did you have a battery pack? Thinking about doing this hike this year.@@helena_hikes

@@loganinsinga1620 no tripod and no gimbal, the camera automatically stabilises videos. It only sucks with front lighting and low light. I carried a battery pack but generally I was able to charge my phone as often as I needed in towns or mountain huts!

Hi! I do try to eat as healthy as possible so here’s a few tips on how I handle my nutrition on trail: - for breakfast I either eat porridge or granola with powdered oatmilk, that you just need to add water too. I put in some fresh fruits one day after Resupply or on the day of resupply and on longer carries i use dried fruits. - for lunch I like to eat tortillas and on the GR11 I always found some hummus or avocados. I usually also packed out some spinach or other kind of salad but I usually had to eat it within one day. Most of the time it was fine so I had some spinach in my tortilla and in my dinner too! - for dinner I mostly ate something with lentils even though I eventually really got tired of them. But I used to boil them in vegetable broth until soft, added some spices (curry or Asian spices) some of the spinach and some cashew nuts. Sometimes I also ate a bit of mashed potatoes. I found that I really liked a mix of mashed potatoes and lentils. Whenever I was in town I timed my meals so I had a big one with lots of fruits and vegetables right in front of the store. Luckily the food carries on the GR11 are no longer than 4 days depending on your hiking speed. I might also make a video dedicated to this topic soon :-) happy trails!!

Hey thanks a lot for your detailled reply :) that actually doesn't sound to bad. However I can imagine how nice it is to get something else whenever you can :)

I am going this summer!!

Around 47 days I think!

@@helena_hikes wow! Is there anything shorter? Maybe a loop that comes back to the same point?

Thank you!

@@helena_hikes thanks , do you recorded your track using some app like Wikiloc, strava?

@@neosynneto1190 i have not recorded it myself, but I followed this track on Komoot : www.komoot.com/tour/834988488?ref=itd I think you can probably download it from there

Whoa! Almost all people I met were sick with the same symptoms at least once.. for many it persisted for the whole rest of the trail. Glad you finished ☺️

Omg what a coincidence! I can remember!! 😍

I would recommend the section going east from Benasque! It was by far my favourite :-)

Hey! Yeah that would be super cool! you can write me a dm on instagram @helena_hikes

@@helena_hikes thank you so much! I just did! thanks a lot!!!

@@helena_hikes Hi!!! I wrote you on your DM on Instagram, thanks for this opportunity !