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 15: Lounge Music and Existential Dread
Day 28 We pack up silently in the dark, moving with purpose. It's Town Day, baby! There's no time to lose. Today we'll enter Andorra and catch a bus
HRP Chapter 14: The Fork
Day 27 Harv and I tiptoe out of camp while it's still dark, opting to skip breakfast. The morning climb is steady and we make excellent progress.
HRP Chapter 13: Good Vibes and Lasagna
Day 25 It takes several years to finish our giant pot of peanut butter oatmeal, so we don't get moving until about 9 a.m. I'm a little sluggish
HRP Chapter 12: That Belgian Guy
Salardú is magical, but soon enough it's time to move on. We've gotten caught up in Spain's third brutal heat wave of the summer, which has made the
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
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
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
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
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
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