Pyrenees safety 2025-09-27T11:47:54Z

That metallic taste of panic hit my tongue when the Pyrenean fog swallowed the trail whole. One minute, autumn leaves glowed amber under crisp sunlight; the next, a woolen gray curtain dropped, reducing the world to three stumbling steps ahead. My knuckles whitened around the useless paper map flapping in the wind – ink bleeding from sleet as my compass spun like a drunkard. Alone at 2,000 meters with a dying phone battery, I cursed myself for ignoring storm warnings. Then, thumb trembling, I st