Many congratulations for Sébastien Marc who completed today his quest to do all esfr-bordermarkers. Together with cousin & bm-buddy Jérôme Loubière he climbed to Port de Barroude for bm322. It took him 29 years from his very first bm332 at Port de Vénasque up to this last one where the obligatory bottle of champagne was […]
Carlos and Conchita Roca have succeeded today in their goal: visiting all esfr-bordermarkers. The one of today – 330bis – was the last of a 4-weeks sprint to finish their project. From Bielsa / Aragnouet (325-329 and 322) to Refuge Wallon (313 & 314) to Lescun (272) to Col de Somport (296) to Le Plan […]
I was very surprised by the message yesterday of Sébastien Marc that he had found bm271bis on the Añelarra-ridge near La Pierre Saint-Martin. I searched for bm271bis for four times – first time in 2011 – and I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t find it. Bm271bis has been missing for at least decades. On […]
I’m proud and also a bit ashamed of my last update. It took me almost a year to update my website with the trips I did last year in august and september. My excuse: I am retired ergo busy. The update-page is a good starting point for checking this update. […]
Well, it’s of course no competition but the drive to find all esfr-bordermarkers is something most of us share. A list of those who did them all, can be found on this webpage. Some have their own list of bordermarkers but the one I use is explained on this page and a excel-checklist to use […]
What is the Bidaubus-dispute? We are talking about the esfr-borderline between bm407 and 409, not far from Bagnères-de-Luchon. The dispute has been described in full detail on earlier webpages and blogposts. A starting point could be this post from 2018 and this video: The different views on the borderline between bm407 and 409 : a […]
I came across this newspaper article (or see this pdf) about Didier Roux (age 56 years, Bagnères-de-Luchon) and his wanderings around Coustouges to find the bordermarkers as part of his project to visit all esfr-bordermarkers. Indeed not an easy task over there. We got into contact and he wrote me how it all began in […]
See for the update-details: https://www.grpdesbf.nl/esfr-html-miscellania-updatelog.html It has been once again challenging and interesting trips in april and september 2023. Among others: with Corinne Gourgeonnet searching for the Croix de Malafrenor and the Bidaubus-crosses, 3-days of backpacking in the increasingly dry Eastern Pyrenees and with Carlos & Conchita Roca their first wild camping experience. Also digesting […]
Jean Marc Dumont was a new and promising star in our field and now he has already reached his zenith: on 4 september he did his very last bordermarker: bm602 (with a kayak). And he did them all astonishingly fast: in 3 years! I already introduced Jean Marc (aka Marko) in the previous post and […]
A tip from Corinne Gourgeonnet: Jean Marc Dumont, a young man of 64 who is also aspiring to do all esfr-markers. He once started as a co-walker along the bordermarkers and now continues on his own with impressive trips on his MTB or by foot. As a former air traffic controller, he retired at an […]