Included below are links to our personal websites, links that we found useful in planning our trip, and buttons you can use to link to our website.

The Escargots' websites:

• Anatole Papadopoulos [personal]
• George Showman [personal]
• Mike Dobbin [personal] [professional]

Pyrenees-specific links:

• George's hike preparation site [extensive info.]
• Trekking in the Pyrenees [book]
• Institut Géographique National (France) [map producer]
• Stanfords of London (U.K.) [map seller]
• List of "Refuges" in the Encantats [refuge/refugi info.]
• More refuge lists [refuge/refugi info.]
• Idees d'itineraires: Les Encantats [routes/maps]
• An aficionado's Pyrenees site [Pyrenees info.]
• Du parc National au val D'Aran [routes]
• Carros de Foc: Les Encantats in 24 hours [insanity | more insanity]

Hike planning (general):

• How to use an ice-axe (Grivel Mont Blanc) [detailed instructions]
• MEC: For all your (Canadian) hiking shopping needs [MEC!]
• Princeton University's Outdoor Action Page [general hiking resource]
• George's equipment list [equipment]

If you would like to link to our site, please use one of the following two sets of HTML code and button:

• <a href="http://neon.polkaroo.net/~papadop/pyrenees"><img src="link_to_escargots_small.jpg" border="0"></a>

  

• <a href="http://neon.polkaroo.net/~papadop/pyrenees"><img src="link_to_escargots_large.jpg" border="0"></a>