Kelly Floro

Oh hey there! I'm Ibex, managing editor of this site. I mostly spend my spare time scheming new adventures and inadvertently setting my hair on fire while cooking. Thru-hikes: Appalachian Trail 2018 | Wonderland Trail 2019 | Colorado Trail 2020 + 2021 | Wind River High Route 2022 | Pyrenean Haute Route 2023

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HRP Chapter 11: Fueled by Rage

HRP Chapter 11: Fueled by Rage

Day 19 We check out very early in the morning. By some crazy coincidence, the guy manning the desk is the same one who asked us for a lighter the

Nov 6, 2023 : Kelly Floro
HRP Chapter 10: Max the Beautiful Dutchman

HRP Chapter 10: Max the Beautiful Dutchman

Day 18 In the morning, Harv and I hike out well before sunrise. We’re nearly to the top of Paso de los Caballos by the time it’s light enough to

Nov 5, 2023 : Kelly Floro
HRP Chapter 9: “Tourism”

HRP Chapter 9: “Tourism”

Day 16 Harv and I get an early start this morning, and we’re well up the switchbacks before anyone else has stirred in the hamlet below. I know

Nov 4, 2023 : Kelly Floro
HRP Chapter 8: Kelly Throws Her Phone off a Cliff

HRP Chapter 8: Kelly Throws Her Phone off a Cliff

The condensation inside our tent has frozen solid by morning. But as promised, the new day dawns clear and fair. We laze around and only pack up

Nov 3, 2023 : Kelly Floro
HRP Chapter 7: Mush

HRP Chapter 7: Mush

Some sociopath has taken a shit on a rock behind our campsite and then, apparently, tried to hide the evidence by lighting it on fire. At least, this

Nov 2, 2023 : Kelly Floro
HRP Chapter 6: Kelly Grows a Mustache and Is Allergic to Spain

HRP Chapter 6: Kelly Grows a Mustache and Is Allergic to Spain

Our impromptu rest day gives us time to bus down to Canfranc and visit the grocery stores there. We mean to go to an ATM while we’re there, having

Nov 1, 2023 : Kelly Floro
HRP Chapter 5: Kelly Sets Things on Fire

HRP Chapter 5: Kelly Sets Things on Fire

The next morning we decide to have a rest day in Lescun, but the gite kind of sucks, so we move to the campground just outside of town. It’s very

Oct 31, 2023 : Kelly Floro
HRP Chapter 4: Kelly Meets a Happy Little Cloud

HRP Chapter 4: Kelly Meets a Happy Little Cloud

Larrau is very picturesque, though I’m not sure where all the people are. At first the only sign of life is a tiny hedgehog lying half-dead in

Oct 30, 2023 : Kelly Floro
HRP Chapter 3: Sheep. Everywhere.

HRP Chapter 3: Sheep. Everywhere.

Our time in Roncesvalles is both restful and intriguing. The Camino de Santiago (one of them, anyway) comes through here, and the monastery itself

Oct 29, 2023 : Kelly Floro
HRP Chapter 2: It’s Always Sunny in Basque Country

HRP Chapter 2: It’s Always Sunny in Basque Country

We decide to sleep in this morning. The route is taking us directly through a farmer's courtyard and we feel like it would be weird to walk through

Oct 28, 2023 : Kelly Floro