Is this the most beautiful place in the Pyrenees? (Ordesa, GR11 etapa 16-17)

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park on the GR11, day 22 of my hike across the Spanish Pyrenees: waterfalls everywhere after the storm, and racing the next bad weather to a small shelter. Slow letters from the trail and the road, in your inbox: https://livewild.kit.com When I walked here two days ago, the river streams were blue and calm. After the big thunderstorm they were wild, with waterfalls all around, and I had no idea it was going to be this beautiful. Camping in Ordesa is very regulated, so if you're a little bit slower, like me, smelling all the flowers along the way, you have to plan this part carefully. There are only a few places where you are allowed to sleep, and Góriz is a busy shelter you need to book way in advance. On the way I met Maria from the Netherlands, who slept at the refugio with more than 20 tents outside, and when she woke up more than half of them were destroyed by hail, thunder and rain. The weather is not a joke in the mountains, so I kept going. That's Monte Perdido, the third highest peak of the Pyrenees, and perdido means lost. And guess what? I ended up on the wrong trail to Monte Perdido. Off track here means going downhill or uphill the wrong way, and that's how accidents happen, so I walked back to the trail marker and checked AllTrails. I still had about 550 kilometres to go, so let's stay safe. I wrote about this stage in my GR11 diary too: https://www.theoceanpreneur.com/desti... Chapters 00:00 GR11 day 22 in Ordesa National Park, without Wingo today 00:20 Waterfalls, and staying ahead of the next storm 01:18 Recap: my dad, a thunderstorm and a rest day in the van 01:49 Back in Ordesa at 8 am: camping here is regulated 02:54 Waterfalls after the thunderstorm 03:30 Where you can sleep in Ordesa y Monte Perdido 04:01 Racing the weather to a small shelter 06:17 A made path and an empty park early in the morning 09:25 Maria's story: hail, thunder and broken tents 10:48 Noon, and the clouds are filling with water 12:05 Poncho ready: the forecast changes faster than I walk 13:07 Monte Perdido, and on the wrong trail 14:05 Only nature: waterfalls, birds and no airplanes 14:56 A mountain pass at 2,343 m and two GR11 options 15:50 A well-marked trail, like a treasure hunt with clues 17:18 Off track again: why I check AllTrails 19:04 A tough downhill, and saving my ankles 20:40 Soft grass after all the stones 23:08 How to read GR11 trail markers 24:10 No signal, and the Garmin inReach 26:00 Sharp rocks: my main worry for Wingo's paws 27:20 Smelling pines at lower altitude 28:35 A minefield of nettles on the way to the shelter 29:19 Sleeping surrounded by waterfalls? The gear in this video Satellite tracker (Garmin inReach Mini): https://geni.us/garmin-inreach-mini Backpack (Osprey Eja): https://geni.us/osprey-eja My full GR11 gear list on LighterPack: https://lighterpack.com/r/ytgikq Resources GR11 blog and trail tips: https://www.theoceanpreneur.com/tag/g... GR11 guidebook (print and e-book): https://geni.us/gr11-book GR11 maps: https://geni.us/gr11maps My favourite hiking app (7-day free trial): https://www.theoceanpreneur.com/alltr... Planning your first multi-day hike? I wrote a field guide for exactly that, Your First Hike. Pre-order it here: https://yourfirsthike.com Watch next The previous episode, GR11 day 20:    • The trail nearly broke me, then my dad joi...   The night after this video, ants vs thunder at the shelter:    • Would you sleep here? Red ants or a thunde...   What happens when you hike 850 km across the Pyrenees:    • What happens when you hike 850 km across t...   Fisherman's Trail Portugal, an easier first long walk:    • Fisherman's Trail Portugal: An intro & gui...   Slow letters from the road (my newsletter): https://livewild.kit.com Support the channel and go deeper into the wild on Patreon:   / suzannevanderveeken   Instagram:   / suzannevanderveeken   Ocean Nomads, a community for people who want to live a little wilder, explore a little further, and do it with good people: https://www.oceannomads.co?utm_source... Subscribe:    / @suzannevanderveeken   Filmed on iPhone 11 and Sony ZV-E10: https://geni.us/sonyalphaZV-E10 Camera backpack clip: https://geni.us/peakdesignclip Microphone: https://geni.us/rode-wireless Edited in Final Cut Pro and Descript: https://www.theoceanpreneur.com/descript Music: https://share.epidemicsound.com/a4iu4t License code: SRCGPG2UZQ0B3DAX Some links above are affiliate links. I only recommend gear I use myself. Thank you for the support, it keeps these videos free. What do you think, would you sleep in the shelter or pitch the tent? Tell me in the comments. Stay wild, Suzanne #GR11 #Ordesa #Pyrenees