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After almost one year in my new job which really made me understand the concept of "full-time", I've finally been on a
mountain trip again. Friday after work Xavi and me met (also for the first time since our last trip) and off we were to
Benasque, the Pyrenees' main hub when it comes to climbing 3000m
summits. Our plan was to continue the Alba mountain ridge which we had
started three and continued two years ago. Those two trips had
successfully seen us summiting 7 of the 9 peaks comprising the ridge
between the "Gendarme de Alba" and "Pico Cordier". Unfortunately
however, there are two more we had not stood on yet: Pico Mir and Punta
Delmas. Not missing a certain logic, our plan foresaw to climb these. In case we would have time left we'd also go for the next mountain of that ridge: Pico del Collado de la Rimaya - a peak of secondary importance but considerably higher difficulty. We planned to
have dinner in Benasque, drive to "La Besurta", the last spot accessible
by car, and then either sleep there or start our hike in order to gain
as much altitude as possible before resting for the night.
