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Rockfax is grateful to the following companies
who have supported this guidebook.
Climbing Walls
Awesome Walls
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St. Alban's Church, Liverpool.
Tel/Fax: 0151 298 2422
The Engine House, Stockport.
Tel: 0161 494 9949
Sefton Road, Stoke-on-Trent.
Tel: 01782 341 919
North Park Fingles, Dublin.
Tel: 01 8800088
Garter Street, Sheffield
www.awesomewalls.co.uk
Outdoor Gear
Black Diamond
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www.blackdiamondequipment.com
Mammut
- Inside front cover
www.mammut.ch
Beta Climbing Designs
- Inside back cover
www.betaclimbingdesigns.com
Accommodation
Chez Arran
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Tel: +44 (0)7951 058053
www.chezarran.com
Gîte de la Borde
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Tel: +33 (0)561644942
www.gitedelaborde.co.uk
My Pyrenees Adventure
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www.mypyreneesadventure.co.uk
Base Calamès
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Tel: +33 (0)561017680
www.basecalames.com
Le Forge
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Tel: +33 (0)561642950
www.climbAriège.co.uk
Outdoor Activities
Spa-Treks
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Tel: +33 (0)642 654653
www.spa-treks.com
A big thank you to all the local route equippers for
making this area the stunning location it is with
a huge melting pot of creations. Rest is not the
order of the day and since arriving four years ago
more sectors are emerging both in the valleys and
also in semi-equipped higher mountain terrain.
Besides the route cleaning and equipping a great
job has been made to make the base of crags
friendly but rest assured if you want an adventure
there are many more to be had!
Thanks to the ex-pat climbers who have shown
us around at one time or another after we landed
in the area ready to explore. Climbing partners
and crag advisors include Ivan Van Cleef and
Marie-Pierre Bayol, Terry Spamer, Thomas Cook,
Graham and Christine Lynch, Stevie Haston
and Laurence Gouault-Haston, Jon Stoelker, Ian
Storey, Sam Smith, Andy Mitchell and also local
climbers Pablo Péper, Jean Bouichou, Jules and
Eric Villepinte and sometimes-local Mark Mc
Gowan - hope no-one has been forgotten!
Andy Ridehalgh of
Suryapyrenees.com
was
invaluable in helping with mountain bike info as
well as triathlete and sometime-climber Sean
James on his selection of road bike options.
Ruth Jenkins has been particularly supportive in
helping with the walks section. Thanks to David
Marfaing for his reassurance. One of the benefits
of running Chez Arran is that our guest climbers
provide a constant source of feedback on routes
and crags we may not regularly visit ourselves - a
big thanks to all for helping!
Thanks to the Rockfax team for making our
barbecue a lively one on their visit and zooming
about route checking - great to see you all - we
certainly hope it isn’t the last visit.
Co-author Chris Craggs has been a linchpin and
constant source of required urgency and often
inspiration, in the process offering useful tips on
Photoshop, PDFs, generally chivvying us along
and steering us in hopefully the right direction. Not
to forget Sherri who always kept a jolly persona at
the post-crag barbecue and charmed our cats.
John and Anne Arran, November 2012
Moun t a i n Wa l k s
Ax - l e s -Th e rme s A r e a
S i n s a t A r e a
Au z a t A r e a
N i a u x A r e a
Ca l amè s A r e a
Th e P l a n t a u r e l
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Acknowledgements
Ariège