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May 23, 2012 at 8:15 pm #1290262
I'm planning a long walk in August, either in the Pyrenees or possibly part of the Nordkalottleden in Finland and Sweden, but for now I want to ask about the Pyrenees.
If I had the time I'd love to do the entire coast to coast Haute Pyrenees walk, but I only have three weeks before I will meet my girlfriend in Chamonix.
Might anyone have any suggestions of the best section to walk that might last about three weeks? I doubt I'd be able to handle the very technical sections, so somewhat easier, but not as easy as the Tour de Mont Blanc. I'd be camping most of the time, with occasional stops at mountain refuges.
Thanks for any suggestions!May 23, 2012 at 8:59 pm #1880590
Hi Miguel
This URL was about our gear list for the GR10:
and this covered a post-trip assessment of the gear. There are some photos along the way.
This URL is to a write-up of the actual GR10 and GR11 tracks.
This last might answer some of your questions.
But really, if you get either the French FFRP guide books or a Cicerone one and skip the first few days (lower country), starting most anywhere is GOOD. I suggest the GR10 rather than the GR11 in Spain or the HRP.
CheersMay 23, 2012 at 9:55 pm #1880609
Michael SchwartzBPL Member
@greenwalkLocale: PA & Ireland
I'd recommend the middle section of the HRP, which is the best section. In August most snow should be gone. The Cicerone guide gives 500 GPS references to help with navigation, but the middle section is pretty well marked. Check out trip reports posted here at BPL. I believe the GR10 and GR11 have greater elevation gains and losses since these routes go thru villages for lodging and food. MikeMay 23, 2012 at 11:45 pm #1880640
> GR10 and GR11 have greater elevation gains and losses since these routes go thru
> villages for lodging and food.
Well, both run parallel to the watershed, but a little off it. Yes, lots of up and down (all good exercise!), but mainly for food. There are high huts, especially on the GR10. We really liked the GR10, and would go back – except that there are so mnay other long-distance trails in Europe to do.
CheersMay 23, 2012 at 11:57 pm #1880645
John Frederick AndersonMember
@fredfotoLocale: Spain
Hi Miguel,
I would start in the west, in Aragon, and walk east to the Med as far as you can, through Aragon, Andorra and the western part of Cataluña. Hiking in the Pyrenees is wonderful, and you can buy food along the way, and stop and eat in manned huts and camp along the trail or high up as you like. Water is good and plentiful, and you can choose to cross the borders and do your own route following all three designated trails, the GR 10, 11, and HPR.
Have a great hike, and I may see you along the trail as I am doing some sections this summer myself.
FredMay 24, 2012 at 1:37 am #1880650
A very strong and committed hiker could walk the entire HRP (the GR10 or 11 are longer) in 3 weeks but it wouldn't be so fun. As others stated, skip the ends. It's beautiful all along but necessarily mellower in the lower altitude, more inhabited east and west ends. If you hike west to east (most, all? guidebooks seem to follow this) I suggest you could start in eastern Navarre at the Port de Larrau road access, the terrain from there is truly spectacular and it never stops.
As for which route: the HRP will take you further east, it's wilder (less civilization, less people), it probably has lesser ups and downs than both GRs but expect 1000 m climbs regularly anyway. It gets a bit technical at times, just a bit beyond plain walking: some talus/scree near the passes, some big boulder fields where hands may be needed, some snow sections, some really steep slopes… I'd say (and I know this is somewhat subjective) that except for a couple of spots the rest is mostly fine for any good walker that's used to mountain terrain. Beware also this is in good weather. Bad weather conditions are a different game, can get very serious in the high sections. This applies also to the GRs but the passes are usually less exposed and the tread is usually better and easier to follow.
The GRs will take you closer to civilization which may be a bad or a good thing depending on what you're looking for. People from abroad sometimes prefer to visit villages more regularly to have a taste of the human landscape which is also interesting. The GR10 is probably better in that regard and it's also easier walking. The GR11 still has some steep sections near some passes where the tread is closer to a talus field than a trail. In general, I'd say the 11 is rougher than the 10. The terrain is also greener along the 10 but this is most notorious when coming down to the valleys. The weather tends to be drier and warmer on the south slopes and it can get uncomfortably warm sometimes during the day. On the north side, fog is common in the afternoons, it can be annoying but the trail is usually good enough to be easy to follow anyway.
I wrote an extensive report on the HRP for my website and the version in english is particularly geared towards potential visitors from abroad. I'll mention I've also got there a yet more extensive piece on the Nordkalottleden which was at the time a big void even on the internet and hope you can use it when the time comes.May 24, 2012 at 9:02 pm #1880967
Thanks everyone, for your advice and suggestions. One of the reasons I am considering the Pyrenees is because of reading the lyrically waxed accounts of all of you in both forum threads and blog posts that you all wrote. And the photos you all took, definitely inspired me. Inaki, while I was planning for the Nordkalottleden last year (but unfortunately couldn't do because I got very sick and was hospitalized all August), I read your very thorough account and information very carefully. I still find that it is one of the most realistic and useful articles on the Internet about the walk, including your thoughts on hiking it alone for the first time, and taking on something so unfamiliar.
Everything I've read about the Pyrenees makes them sound remarkably similar to the mountains of Japan, including the heights of the highest peaks. I was shocked by the overdevelopment of the Tour de Mont Blanc and other walks in the Alps; the mountains trails in Japan are far more rugged and cut off from civilization, in spite of having a hut system based on that of the Alps. So, experience-wise, the Pyrenees fall into what I regularly do in Japan. I have little worry that I can handle most of the regular routes… I'm just not sure about the sections without waymarks or with a lot of snow. Weather-wise it sounds exactly like Japan, including the big storms, heavy fog, and heat. Japan probably has a lot more rain, so I think I'm set up for what to expect on that score. I was surprised by several accounts which spoke of the 3,000 meter heights of the peaks as being exceptionally big. I find them to be average now, especially after having visited the Alps and being almost awestruck by how huge and foreboding they were compared to the mountains of Japan.
Gear-wise I'm all set. I'm using either my Solomid, Notch, cuben Duomid, or Trailstar. Most likely the Trailstar is out because I'm worried, as in Japan, about limited footprint space, though it would probably be the best shelter for heavy weather. I just received the Notch a short while ago and will be trying it out several times during the summer to determine whether or not it can handle mountain storms… if so, I'll probably be taking that. If not, it's either the Solomid or the Duomid. I like the Duomid, but again it needs a big footprint, and another funny thing is that at times I find it a bit too big. It takes more to warm up the inside with my body heat than with the Solomid.
I'll just take my MontBell Down Hugger #3 and augment that with a MontBell Ex Light Down Inner Parka for colder nights.
I love my Granite Gear Crown 60 and that is what I will use for a pack.
Inov8 Terroc 330's for shoes.
As soon as I get the route figured out, I'll post a gear list and hopefully get some feedback on it.
Thanks again!May 24, 2012 at 9:36 pm #1880973
Hi Miguel
>I'm worried, as in Japan, about limited footprint space, though it would probably be the
> best shelter for heavy weather.
Ah, but the Pyrenees are NOT Japan.
Most places, you could pitch a circus tent with room to spare. Me, I would take a pretty rugged tent if you are going to camp up high. Yes, we had some bad weather I would not want to try with a light tarp or tarp-tent.
> I was surprised by several accounts which spoke of the 3,000 meter heights of the peaks
> as being exceptionally big
No, 3,000 m is not *exceptionally* big – but those peaks do seem pretty solid. And being on the crest of the Pyrenees, it's a long way down to the plains of Spain.
Lots of French bread and cheese!
CheersMay 24, 2012 at 10:53 pm #1880989
Well, I've been to the base of the Pyrenees before, have traveled throughout Spain and France (five times), walked the Picos de Europa, and spent a month traveling in the Alps, besides my 30 years of walking the alpine regions of Japan, so I think I do have at least a teensy-weensy bit of a background in what I'm getting into. ;-)
I was thinking for a while that I should try to come up with a joke about not having Caffin Tents commercially available… but thought perhaps I'd stomped on that one a fair bit, so perhaps I'll stick with the shelters I am sadly relegated to above ;-)
The bread, cheese, and sausage way of life is perfect for walking all day with energy to spare! With you all the way on that!
Here are some images of the 3,000 and 2,500 meter mountains I regularly walk here in Japan. I think it might give you an idea of what experience I have and whether or not I can imagine what the Pyrenees are like:
My main obstacle is psychological. Going solo, with diabetes, to a foreign country, up into unfamiliar territory can be terrifying. I try my best to overcome this fear and not let diabetes impact the dreams I want to follow, but nevertheless there are real dangers I must consider every minute of the every day, and going to the Pyrenees is something that I need some level of reassurance about before I can get over the fear. The Norkalottleden even more so. My biggest fear, and something that very strongly impacts my ability to even get out the door and get started, is food. If I don't get that right, it can easily kill me when I am far from food sources or help. I almost died on the 2nd day of the Tour de Mont Blanc, simply because the chocolate I was eating for snacks along the way was not giving me enough carbs to overcome the bonking I was going through… and it wasn't even a particularly difficult trail.
I need to look at the sections of the Pyrenees carefully, see if my body can handle it, where food sources are, and whether I can feel safe enough to handle it mentally. Otherwise it's just not worth it… this is supposed to be fun, not a measurement of how man enough I am.May 25, 2012 at 3:04 am #1881009
Hi Miguel
Very nice mountains!
Carbs – yeah, we need lots too. We don't use chocolate much for snacks, prefering good solid bread & cheese and so on. We only eat 'snacks' late in the day for a last minute boost.
What we did find was that everyone was friendly. Actually, we have found that anywhere in the alpine regions.
CheersMay 25, 2012 at 4:57 am #1881022
I don't think you should worry about trail marking on the HRP. Some sections are rough but I find there's always *some* kind of marking. Sometimes it'll be just rock cairns, very typical in the highest, rocky areas when the HRP takes some climbing route to a nearby peak. But there's always something. Following the route in good weather conditions shouldn't be a big problem for anybody used to be in the mountains as it's your case. Bad weather is the potential problem because these high sections with no tread and marginal marks may be difficult to very difficult to follow but if that happens there's always the option of taking an alternate or at least wait the weather. In August, bad weather spells shouldn't last more than a couple days, typically from some weather system coming off the Atlantic. In summer, this systems usually stay further north but in three weeks time there's a good chance you meet one or two. Thunderstorms sometimes degenerate into day-long instability too.
Camping shouldn't be a problem, space wise. There's usually meadows in the high areas, just below the crests.
In your condition maybe the GRs are a better option, if only psychologically, because you visit the villages more often and you'll meet more people on the trail to the point you'll hardly ever feel alone. Mind you, on the HRP you cross tarmac almost on a daily basis (depending on pace) but you don't usually go through villages and there's less people on average. Then, the HRP takes on both GRs here and there so you could hike a mix. Nordkalottleden would be indeed much harder in that area, very few people to meet and long distances in between inhabited places.
Ressuplying shouldn't be difficult but in some villages the selection may be tiny. Plan accordingly if you have specific needs. Surely the bread, cheese and sausage is ubiquitous and an excellent option. When on the french side, be sure to get some cheese off the shepherds at the huts. In Spain, be sure to try the mature cheese out of the local sheep, easily found in the village shops.
I don't know the mountains in Japan (beautiful pictures, indeed) but the Pyrenees are quite impressive. The Alps probably have longer, flat-bottomed, inhabited valleys where you can get impressive views that are not so common on average narrower valleys in the Pyrenees and the Alps have all the glaciers and the massive extension of the range that the Pyrenees miss. Other than that, the Pyrenees have a good amount of rock walls and towering peaks to leave a print on anybody's eye. Hope you can go and enjoy them.Jun 3, 2012 at 6:18 am #1883484
Sam SockwellBPL Member
Miguel- look for a description of a route by Andy Howell available online using his name and search a great walk in the pyrenees. He has a hybrid route of about 18 days that we really enjoyed last year. We really enjoyed Torla and a day hike around Ordesa, for example. If you have more time then you could start further north in Basque country say around st Jean de Pied, and I think that might be nice too. Lots of elevation change some of the days, but overall a winner.
Sam.Jun 5, 2012 at 8:25 am #1884184
Regarding routes, I yield to others who have hiked a greater diversity of routes in the Pyrenees (especially to Roger who has hiked GR10, GR11 and HRP), but thought I'd chime in about your concerns about access to food. Jim and I walked the HRP abut have not been on any other trails/routes in that range.
On the HRP there are several fairly long sections without a food store (at our pace 5-8 days between stores). However, in those sections there are staffed huts on a pretty regular basis and those huts serve food, even if you're not sleeping there. So if you got grounded by storms and ended up taking longer than expected to travel to the next store, you could camp outside a hut (or get a bunk in the hut) and take meals at the hut so as not to deplete your food supply while waiting out the storm. In our limited experience, the huts served a limited menu all day long. I suspect you've seen it already, but in case you missed it, take a look at the Re-Supply and Restaurants/Refuge sections of our trip report – not that you would eat in the same refuges, but it should give you comfort to see how often we had access to food:
We bought food in the stores assuming that we would not be able to find food at refuges; we didn't adjust our schedule in order to eat evening meals at refuges, but we found that nearly all of them were willing to feed us at whatever time of day we showed up. We passed numerous refuges without stopping to eat.
Also, we don't hitch while hiking, but you would have the opportunity to leave the route to access food stores more frequently if you found your supplies dwindling to an uncomfortable level.
We didn't carry gps device, but given your diabetes, I'd recommend taking a gps device that lets you load good maps so you can carry maps of the surrounding areas in case you need to leave the route unexpectedly in order to get food. If you've got an iPHone then you could carry the IGN maps as well as the OpenCycleMaps and Satellite images; not sure what Garmin provides; Android would give you at least OpenCycleMaps and Satellite images, not sure about IGN maps. Get a gps file of ALL staffed huts, including those off route, giving you info you'd need to leave route to access food. You could do this on paper maps, but the $$cost and weight of carrying paper maps of the lower elevations on the Spanish and French sides in addition to the maps of the route itself would start to add up. I'd carry paper maps of the intended route, with additional map coverage electronically.
The HRP in July/August when we hiked it had plenty of people around; it's not an "alone in the wilderness" experience. In the lower elevations, especially in Basque country, we saw few hikers, but there are nearly daily villages. The higher sections through the middle of the HRP had plenty of hikers. "Going solo, with diabetes, to a foreign country, up into unfamiliar territory can be terrifying." Again, I can't really speak to the added complexity of diabetes, but I wouldn't spend another minute envisioning that you'll be in unfamiliar territory going solo — there are super-friendly people around (other hikers and staff in the refuges) and if you're a social friendly person you'll be making friends and hiking with others on a regular basis should you choose to do so. Although many of the locals tending shops and refuges don't speak English, nearly all of the hikers we met spoke at least basic English, if not fluent English.
About route finding… if you have good mountain sense, and aren't intimidated by travelling without a well-marked tread, then you'll be good to go. Based on your photos, I wouldn't worry about this. I wouldn't say that to somebody who has only hiked on well defined trails, as you do need to be able to pick a route through rocky slopes in foggy weather, and although there are rock cairns to guide you we frequently found that there were cairns leading in all directions, so we became very wary of cairns. We believe that cairn building is a national past-time in the Pyrenees.
Good luck, and have a fantastic trip. AmyL and Jim
P.S. – we'll be tapping your wealth of knowledge about hiking in Japan sometime in the next couple years. Taking a 5 or 6 week thru hike in Japan is in our top tier, but probably not in the next twelve months. I'll get back to you when we start serious research :)Jun 5, 2012 at 2:22 pm #1884298
Thanks everyone for taking the time to write some pretty involved replies! Very useful information. I've been scouring the internet for trip reports and logistical information, and aside from the recommendations here, have found quite a few sites that offer great suggestions in routes and things like dealing with food. I'm thinking of walking part of the GR10, part up on the HRP, and part along the GR11, to get some variety, and see both sides of the peaks, while also getting some time up in the highest sections. Still have to look at the route possibilities themselves, but I'm still waiting for the arrival of the Cicerone books that I ordered from the UK. Amy, the suggestion of having GPS maps on an iPhone of surrounding areas for just in case is a great idea. Will make me feel a lot safer if anything should go wrong with my diabetes. I do know that the mountains in Europe, like those in Japan, are never really wilderness the way they are in the States or Canada or Australia, but when you've got diabetes and suddenly you're hit with hypoglycemia and there's no one immediately around, even the middle of a city can be dangerous. I plan for this, of course, and all I need is the right kind and amount of food, and I'm good to go. It doesn't stop me from still getting out there and doing the walks I want to do.
I take it the IGN maps are the ones to go for? Do yo buy them when you arrive in France or Spain, or do you order them online?
I speak rudimentary French (can understand more) and Spanish (also better at understanding) (and pretty fluent German), so I can also get by when English isn't possible. I don't think I have too much to worry about language-wise. Don't forget, I'm not Japanese! I'm German (who has only lived there a short while), and have traveled all over Europe, many times!
Amy, if you do decide to come to Japan, please don't hesitate to contact me. I have a lot of information that you can't get online and from guidebooks, in part because there are very few guidebooks in English on hiking in Japan (my friend Wes Lang… his blog, "Hiking In Japan"… is presently writing a book that should be out next year. I'm putting something together, too). I'm planning a thru-hike of the entire length of the country, perhaps in 2015. If possible I'd like to propose putting together a long-distance trail from north to south, but don't know how feasible that is. Bureaucracy here is a nightmare.
As soon as I know more about what I will be doing and preparing, I'll write here again. So far I've put my entire gear set together, including items just for traveling. I'm happy with the gear list and I'll get it up here soon. Please let me know what you think.Jun 5, 2012 at 2:39 pm #1884302
IGN (http://www.ign.fr/) is the French national mapping agency. Those are the maps to get for the French side, and each map includes adjacent areas of Spain too. You'll probably also need to get some Spanish maps. The Joosten guide lists the required map set for the route proposed in that book. We bought the whole set of maps by mail ahead of the trip and photo-copied them into strip maps. Each map sheet is large, so the entire set would be quite heavy. Although it was time consuming we were happy to have made strip maps.
There's an iPhone app called iPhiGeNie which gives you unlimited access to ALL maps that IGN publishes, including all scales of topo maps and the satellite imagery. I have just poked at that app, but didn't yet have an iPhone when we were in France, so haven't used it in the field. Based on what I saw I believe it will be a good app. If you've already got an iPhone then using that app would let you get a wide margin of maps. If you end up with using an iPhone, be sure you read the article Alan Dixon and I wrote about battery conservation: http://adventurealan.com/iphone4gps.htm
(and we'll be in touch later about Japan!)Jun 5, 2012 at 2:54 pm #1884305
Khader AhmadMember
@337guanacosLocale: Pirineos, Sierra de la Demanda
You can find maps for the whole Pirineos here:
Free, legal, with a raster file attached. Currently they are better than the French IGN maps (this has been a surprise for everyone as usually it was the opposite).
In most of the Spanish huts you'll need to make a call in advance to have dinner, also you can't miss Refugio de Lizara, close to the Pic D'Arlet, the cook there used to work in Akelarre in San Sebastian. Juan Tomas (the cook at Oulettes de Gaube, in front of the Vignemale) just moved to Chamonix this winter, he used to be the best, so I guess the level is still high.
Avoid Goriz and Besnasque, it's absolute hell. If you plan to climb Aneto, choose the original route by the Collado de Coronas (rocky aproach UIA grade I+ chimney and a bit of snow) avoid the normal route it's always full of people and it is really ugly.
Respomuso, Viados, Amitges, Pineta and Bujaruelo are my favorite huts in Spain.
In France Oulettes de Gaube Pombie and Baysellance ( specially the last one).
Hope this helps
Every time you see a hut, ask for the rescue service numbers, it's much faster calling the helicopter office directly than the 112. either in Spain and in France you are only 15 min away from a ICU helicopter. If you are member of an alpine club with UIAGN reciprocity, it's freeJun 6, 2012 at 10:05 am #1884569
Something I regularly do in my trips to be able to plan escape routes to civilization is carrying a (paper) road map of the area I'm hiking. In the Pyrenees, I needed a single map. I don't carry any map-enabled electronic device so this suits me better.
In the HRP, at around 40 km/day, you'd cross tarmac every day.Aug 4, 2012 at 5:26 pm #1900211
Thanks everyone for all your help and advice. It was invaluable in preparing for this trip. I'm leaving for Europe Monday morning, and will start climbing in the Pyrenees on the 10th. Really looking forward to a nice long walk and great encounters!Aug 4, 2012 at 6:27 pm #1900234
Miguel – have a fantastic trip. We're looking forward to hearing your stories and seeing your photos. Amy and JimSep 12, 2012 at 4:21 pm #1911727
Got back from Europe last week. I had a fantastic time, although my plans and routes completely changed due to a number of factors. One was that it was an incredibly hot summer (with the rescue helicopters continually flying to get victims of heat exhaustion and heat stroke down off the peaks), and some days I just wasn't up to taking on the sun. I also got quite sick for one day and had to pull out and recover, before heading back in, from further down the trail. Then there were the two times when the information in the Cicerone books was so inadequate and confusing that I lost two whole days walking the wrong mountains! Also, because of my food needs as a diabetic I had to carry a lot of fresh and canned foods, and that made my pack far heavier than I ever carry here in Japan. That with the huge elevation gains and losses… average 1,000 meters up and 1,000 meters down each day… made for some pretty exhausting effort. I was also not in the best shape on the first part of the walk.
I'm busy with school semester preparations right now, but I'll get a report on the trip, photos (I took LOTS!), and reviews of some of the gear I used (Tarptent Notch, Gossamer Gear Mariposa 2012, Exped Synmat UL 7, Kühl Liberator Convertible Pants, Montane Bionic SS T, and Montbell Windblast Windbreaker), when I can.
My only disappointment is that I didn't spend a lot of time up in the higher alpine regions of the Pyrenees, along the Haute Route. The mountains were both more developed than those here in Japan, but also felt more remote in the higher regions. Even though the mountains are the same height as those here in Japan, they felt much bigger in scale. Go figure.
I will say, though, that the Pyrenees are incredibly beautiful, the people wonderful fun to meet, the food out of this world, and I didn't see nearly as much as I wanted. Definitely will have to go back. I found the Pyrenees much closer to what I was looking for in the mountains than what I saw on the Tour de Mont Blanc. And I learned a thing or two about getting around in a place where I can barely speak the language, and on going light. Great, great trip.Sep 12, 2012 at 5:00 pm #1911749
Miguel – sounds like the full trip report will be full of interesting stories. Can't wait to read it.Jul 2, 2013 at 1:16 am #2001596
Richard DeLongBPL Member
@legkohodLocale: Eastern Europe / Caucasus
Yeah, waiting for that report. Just a bit of friendly encouragement from a fellow report writer:-)Jul 2, 2013 at 3:35 am #2001602
Thanks Richard. I'm actually in the midst of writing one portion. I've already finished two parts, but they are not hiking related. The third is. The main obstacle is processing all the photographs. I want to try to get this done soon. I'll let you know when I get it up on my blog. :-)Aug 8, 2013 at 4:05 pm #2013709
Hart –BPL Member
@backpackerchickLocale: Planet Earth
You have generated a fantastic thread here. Thanks also to all the contributors. Some great specifics here. I do not have diabetes but I must eat carefully and take care to stay warm and dry!
I am happy you had a good trip. You are inspiring! And thank you for the photos from Japan. I too would like to hike in Japan. I hear the huts are very "strict"!
Inaki: You clearly know these mountains! I think you use the phrase "depending on pace" or similar in a few places. Do you mind if I ask…roughly, how many days would you allow for the entire HRP as described by Joosten (or whoever)?…just to put your excellent insight into perspective…3 weeks? 4 weeks? 5 weeks?
Cheers!Sep 7, 2013 at 6:59 pm #2022818
I've finally managed to find the time to get the writing and photos together for the first part of the actual Pyrenees portion of my time in Europe last summer (there are two earlier parts, but they are not hiking related). Two more parts will follow, but for now, the first three days in beautiful Lescun. Listening For Pyrene's Echo 3: Village In The Mist
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There's a lot to digest there, but it seems like Thomas is on track to have a chance to make the roster in 2013. The fact that he is able to make lateral movements without experiencing swelling and tendonitis in his knee means he has made significant progress since his surgery. He's able to run in a pool, which is the first step in a long process of attempting to get back to full speed." Read more...


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New St. Charles cancer center to meet growing demand
Work underway on facility to open next year
BEND, Ore. - Just a few weeks ago, a ground breaking ceremony was held for the new St. Charles Bend cancer center. It's a building that has everything under one roof, and can accommodate a projected increase in cancer patients.
"Right now, we have radiation oncology and medical oncology in two different buildings," said Dr. Linyee Chang, medical director for the St. Charles Cancer Center.
For many years, St. Charles cancer patients have had to travel between two locations for treatment, but both facilities are starting to outgrow the demand.
St. Charles-Bend sees 1,000 cancer patients a year, but by 2025, that number is expected to increase to 1,600.
"Our numbers are just going to increase because of the nature of our population," Chang said. "In Central Oregon, the demographics tell us that our fastest-growing population is in those over the age of 65."
Cancer is associated with aging. Statistics show one in four women over the age of 70 will be diagnosed with cancer. For men, it's one in three.
So with Central Oregon's population expected to double by 2025, it's the perfect time to build a bigger and better cancer center.
"All of the patient infusion chairs will be facing this window with this panoramic view, and so it's all part of the patient center design for this healing heath care vision we have," said Chang.
Also in that vision, integrative oncology services like massage, acupuncture and Reiki therapy.
Although St. Charles predicts the increase in cancer patients, it continues to take steps to try and prevent cancer on the High Desert.
The new cancer center will allow them to expand those prevention services as well.
Construction has already started on the new cancer center, and the hospital expects the building to be complete by next summer.
The hospital has not raised all the money they need for the new cancer center. If you would like to donate you can do so at foundation.stcharleshealthcare.org or you can call to make a donation appointment at 541-706-6996.


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Iban people
Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
Ritual cloth
[pua sungkit]
19th century
handspun cotton, natural dyes
215.0 (h) x 95.0 (w) cm
Purchased 1984
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Among the most sacred and powerful textiles of the Iban are the rare pua sungkit that played a special role in the nexus between headhunting and weaving. At the return of a war party a spiritually mature woman held the special pua sungkit to receive the warrior's trophy head and welcome it into the longhouse.
Many motifs relate explicitly to headhunting, a dangerous activity needing the assistance of a multitude of spirits. These include Bong Medang, the personification of the war boat, and Antu Rambun, an anthropomorphic form adopted by the spirits of the dead. Pua sungkit also depict images of the trophy heads themselves, in animated forms wailing above the longhouse fireplace, or being smoked above the hearth of another spirit, Antu Gerasi.


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Little, old House near Zurich: Maur au Lac
尺寸45 平方米
Floor No.
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- 厨房
- 有停车场
- 欢迎宠物
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|Kehlhofstrasse, 8124 Maur, 瑞士
In Maur near Zürich we have a small old house with two rooms. This house needs to be rebuilt very soon. This 120 year old house is very basic and please note that it is worn out. On the ground floor it has a small kitchen and upstairs there is a toilet and a shower.
Before booking we would like if you could introduce yourself quickley, so that we can imagine to what kind of persons we are going to rent this little house, Please do only write words, If you write numbers, mailadresses, websites, then Wimdu will not deliver the message, or shorten it.
No smoking inside. Because we never smoke, we prefer guest who do not even know what tobacco is. Some people went for a walk well away from the house whenever they had to smoke, and that was ok for us.
Some people have said that the house is smelling and that is is not healthy to live there. So the time is really coming that the house has to be rebuilt. But other people did not have this impression.
Since all the cats in the neighbouhood do only have psychologic tasks it can happen that we meet a mouse in the kitchen.
The house is heated with electric heaters and if it is very cold outside then it will not be very warm inside. Therefore it may be advisable not to book to early in winter and watch the weather conditions first.
The house is not everybodys style, but many artists and creative people have stayed here and felt quite well.
We think this little hous is ok until max 4 persons. A dog we count like an extra person.
Our guest often do not find the forks and knives. They are in the drawer of the table in the room.
Maur is still a farming village, 35 minutes by tram and bus from the main train station of Zurich (12km east, at a lake opposite of Uster)
Local attractions
- pretty village with 4 restaurants and small castle of XII century
- 5 minute walk through the fields to the lake, or 4 hours around it
- free Internet access at PC in room and open wireless (if it works)
- bicycles have to be repaired first
Do only come if you have made a reservation!
Do not come with an expensive car. It does not suit with the house.
How to get there by public transport:
- a ticket (enter 8124 at machine) costs Fr.8.20 (valid 2 hours),
or an pass for 24 hours (Zones 10, 21,30) costs Fr.16.40
(Train rides to the airport are included in those tickets. If you buy a card with 6 tickets on it, you can buy half fare if you are not over 25 years old. A monthly all zones pass valid after 9am, personal or transferable, costs about SFr.120.-.)
- tram number 3 to Klusplatz (allow 20 minutes to get there)
- then bus 747, leaves at about 19 and 49 past every hour, last bus at 36 minutes past midnight, 20 min. ride via Witikon, Binz, Ebmatingen to Maur Dorf (at the foot of the hill).
From the Airport Tram 12 to Stettbach and then bus 743 to Maur Dorf. This works until about 8pm. Later Stettbach to Fällanden then bus to Pfaffhausen then bus 747 to Maur Dorf. Or right away but more expensive from the Airport train to Zurich main station, tram 3 to Klusplatz (final stop), bus 747 to Maur Dorf.
住宿规定- Use showers reasonably as supply of hot water has to last for all. -
- Do not smoke in the house.
- Pets by arrangement.
You will find clean towels and sheets, but they are not ironed.
- The fee of CHF 30 for fresh linnen you have to pay separately at the end of your stay. If you leave the house very clean then we will not insist on this payment.
Please do not feed the cats and do also not give them any milk! They get enough to eat in their homes and our neighbours are very sad when their cats do not come home anymore.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|2 週
|Check-in before
The appartment was dirty and there was no WiFi. The only positive thng about the apartment was the location.
I feld like home, all is clean, people are nice. I extended for one week.
Communication with Reinhard went smoothly, the apartment was clean when we arrived and the location and view are absolutely perfect. We really enjoyed our stay here.
Wonderful people, really kind, sweet and flexible.
Wonderful small & quiet village
Wonderful house, very old and rustic.
Thank you!!!
Very quiet and lovely place with friendly people. I will suggest it!
Very old farmhouse however the atmosphere was very comforting and a great place to spend a peaceful few nights.
This place is really in the middel of everything. Surprisingly quiet considering the location.
Very basic but sufficiently.
Beatuiful afternoon sun on the terrace, perfect for a cold beer at 5 pm. If you open the window in the bathroom while showering you can shower in the sun :-)
You have to like climbing stairs.
Me and my girlfriend Frida stayed with Reinhard and Elisangela for three nights. It felt like home! They are very kind and hospitable people and Maur is a very beautiful place. Thanks for a great time!
Atico is a nice and cosy place to stay
A perfect apartment on top of the City and right in the center. Lots of charm and steps, no luxery and in walking distance to everything in the city.
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The More about the OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme and governments from the South Caucasus and Ukraine (SCU) launched a regional initiative to increase competitiveness and attract investment. The launch took place at a Ministerial meeting at the OECD Paris headquarters on 1 April 2009.
From left to right: Representing SCU co-chair Poland, Pawel Wojciechowski, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister, and Jan Woroniecki, Polish Ambassador to the OECD. Representing the Czech Republic as holder of the current EU Presidency, Milan Hovorka, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Not pictured: Representatives from SCU co-chair Sweden.
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We pack extra vegetables into this cheesy baked rice casserole. Plus we substitute brown rice for white, reduce the cheese by half and swap turkey sausage for pork sausage. If you're bringing it to a potluck, plan to reheat it before serving.
Nutrition Profile:
Diabetes Appropriate
Healthy Weight
High Calcium
Low Calorie
Low Cholesterol
Serves 12
Prep Time 40 min
Total Time 120 min.
Step 1
Preheat oven to 375°F.
Step 2
Pour rice into a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Bring broth to a simmer in a small saucepan. Stir hot broth into the rice along with zucchini (and/or squash), bell peppers, onion and salt. Cover with foil. Bake for 45 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until the rice is tender and most of the liquid is absorbed, 35 to 45 minutes more.
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Meanwhile, whisk milk and flour in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until bubbling and thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Add 1 1/2 cups Jack cheese and corn and cook, stirring, until the cheese is melted. Set aside.
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STANFORD — Make no mistake, even with the late-season change to redshirt freshman Kevin Hogan at quarterback, Stanford's offense is going to remain heavily rooted in its power-running game.
But with 13th-ranked Oregon State visiting Stanford Stadium on Saturday, it's perhaps the most opportune time for Cardinal coach David Shaw to make the switch.
The Beavers, ranked fifth nationally against the run, now won't be able to just load up the box to stop tailback Stepfan Taylor. Hogan is a dangerous enough runner to keep defenses more honest, and he will allow the Cardinal to pass more off play-action.
"They have the capability of doing a little more option-type stuff with (Hogan)," Oregon State coach Mike Riley said. "He presents a little different kind of problem from what we've seen in the past."
Hogan is a more gifted runner than passer at this point in his development, although he has shown a deft touch and strong arm. He is particularly adept at throwing on the run.
But it's the running threat that has made him No. 1 over season-long starter Josh Nunes and backup Brett Nottingham.
"He can eat up chunks and he can run by people," Shaw said. "To have a quarterback who cannot just scramble for a first down but scramble for an explosive play is huge."
How much running or throwing on the run out of play-action will Hogan do? That's something Oregon State has to be wondering.
Last week against Colorado, Hogan came off the bench to pass for 184 yards and run for 48, including two runs exceeding 20 yards. Sixteenth-ranked Stanford didn't really power up the run against the Buffaloes, with Taylor carrying just 10 times for 43 yards during the 48-0 romp.
Hogan's dual-threat capabilities are what attracted Stanford to the quarterback two years ago, when current offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Pep Hamilton was recruiting on the East Coast.
Hogan wasn't exactly a big secret. The 6-foot-4, 224-pounder was ranked among the top 15 quarterbacks in the country as a senior at Gonzaga College Prep in Washington, D.C. by most of the top scouting services. He was regarded as athletic but raw until his final year in high school, when he directed a 21-14 victory over powerful DeMatha, which had shut out Gonzaga for three consecutive seasons.
What impressed Stanford's staff the most, however, was how Hogan performed in adverse weather while at Gonzaga, a school located just six blocks from the U.S. Capitol.
"We knew he was a smart, sharp, tough kid with good physical tools and high GPA and test scores," Shaw said. "But when we put the film on, we noticed that he played almost his entire senior season in mud on sloppy fields. It seemed like it rained every game. but it never bothered him making cuts or throwing. He would never slip and fall."
Then it became a matter of interesting Hogan in then-coach Jim Harbaugh's program. A die-hard Washington Redskins fan who never really considered West Coast schools, Hogan was zeroing in on Virginia and Vanderbilt as his top options.
"I actually wasn't planning on coming out to visit, but my parents told me it was a great school," he said. "So I came out, and within an hour, I was convinced this was the place I wanted to be. I was a pretty late commit as far as quarterbacks go, but thank God I waited."
Hogan committed to Stanford before knowing Andrew Luck had decided to return for another season. When Luck returned, Hogan was redshirted. He considers that a blessing.
"It just made me really happy to know I was going to be able to learn from a great player like Andrew," he said. "It really made my acclimation to college football a lot easier being able to learn from him. He taught me how to manage games and be a leader."
Off the field, Hogan doesn't cast the presence of a leader. He's quiet and a bit shy, but in a positive way.
"He's just so cool," said receiver Jamal-Rashad Patterson. "He's like the Most Interesting Man (in the World)."
Shaw thinks that's just the nature of backup quarterbacks.
"Sometimes they don't let their entire personality out unless they're the starter," he said. "We'll see Kevin let his personality out a little bit more in the next couple of weeks."
If his game follows suit, Stanford's offense could find a higher plane for the stretch run.
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