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 (329 & 330) and finally to Benasque for no. 330bis.
Those were not the easy ones, each requiring one day of strenuous hiking and climbing. As usual with the ‘chasseurs des bornes’, they kept the difficult ones for the end. Bm330bis was done together with their son David and his ‘novia’ Noella. Also Pierre Gallart joined them and he took this photo:
Carlos and Conchita are now very happy and also relieved to have fulfilled their quest. It took them 10 years to do. And though as pensionados still in good health and shape, the years take their toll anyway. Congratulations for both of you. Now you can – as Carlos told me – retire for the second time and return to the status of ‘normal tourists’.
By the way, they are not the only ones to finish this year: Sébastien Marc has only 1 or 2 bordermarkers to go and Pierre Gallart about 17 markers. And than there is Didier Roux who hopes to finish in october with his last three markers. See this blog-post.
Thanks you ver much, Eef !
We want to add to your post, that we did all the bm’s, but without your help, It would be not posible.
Your help has been not only in explain us how to arrive at the bm’s, where we can park the car or where to sleep, but also on a lot of times you walk with us in the most difficult ones, and this last weeks you came from Holland to the Pyrenees only for help us in the last and difficult ones.
Thanks you very much !
Félicitations Carlos et Conchita , c’est une si belle aventure que rien ne remplace .
Merci d’avoir partagé ces moments .
Bonne route
Corinne
Merci beaucoup Corinne !
Tout simplement BRAVO!!
Pour moi, la route est encore longue, c’est un projet un peu fou, mais vous (tous les “finishers”), vous me donnez plein d’énergie !
A bientôt, peut être lors d’une rencontre entre chasseurs de bornes!
Jérôme