LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT

Argentina: A view from close to Refugi Lopez.

'LAZAROW WORLD HIKE-ABOUT: WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HIKE-ABOUT?'

Hike-about is an adventure that commenced June 2010. After storing our household movables, ridding ourselves of a house but retaining our 'home' together, we set off with the purpose of hiking in different parts of the world, not forgetting the home country, the USA.

Our primary focus is hiking to mountain peaks but any challenging hike will do just fine. Extended stays enable us to enjoy and experience living in various places amongst differing cultures. Hike-about has evolved into a way of life. It's also a process of discovery, both the world and ourselves.

We work and live 'on the road' but return to the city in which our grandchildren reside, every three, or slightly less, months. This provides us the wonderful opportunity to be with them as well as a child or two, even three and of course, friends.

By the end of 2024, the blog contained over 1,636 hikes (far less than actually undertaken), each a set of pictures with stories and anecdotes from the trails. An index to the right allows the viewer to identify earlier experiences.

Finally, we are often asked about the journey's end.
O
ur reply, as accurate as we can state, is: "When we are either forced to cease through health issues or the enjoyment level no longer reaches our aspirations, we will hang up the boots."

"A Life Experience As No Other: Dare to Seize the Day Together", published by Fulton Books, depicts our life on the road and mountains until the beginning of 2017. It has developed 'exponentially' since then.

Jenni and Jeffrey Lazarow

Whereas we continue to update the blog regularly, we no longer circulate email notifications.

Sunday, July 27, 2025

68.10/11/12 Andorra: 3 Hikes approaching and dealing with the Tibetan Bridge from different perspectives.


This was our initial view of the bridge. We always approach the near side (right) on our hike from Els Plans. We either walk away from it to the right on other trails or along the path dug into the mountain across the way. Most visitors take a bus up to the parking lot on the left side of the bridge and walk across it, returning the same way. It spans some 2 thousand feet.
One of us testing the metal or should that be mettle? We avoid crossing the bridge, lately. 
  The Tibetan Bridge, Pont Tibetà, is a staggering structure that provides views for a person crossing it, views of it from many perspectives and yet, it has no essential (useful) function normally associated with such structures. This is an observation of two people without much knowledge, but with a point of view. Ostensibly, it's a focal point for tourists, a few bungee jumpers as well as those wishing to cross the ravine and return again. It's an experience for tourists. We enjoy it but fortunately, did not have to contribute to its construction. While a 'bridge over troubled waters' at least crosses a river, many provide for vehicles and people to reach a destination on the other side, 'a bridge to nowhere' somehow fails to have a useful purpose. Apparently, we were never asked for our input in the planning stages. 

  We have combined 3 hikes undertaken this visit, one that went around the bridge on the far side with 2 other hikes that passed both at level height and well above it, heading away from it to other destinations. It's always quite exciting seeing it from remote positions along the paths and especially, off-trail.

We pass under it and now are on the other side of the bridge heading into a forest and upwards.
Moving further away and attaining a different perspective.
Looking down on the bridge but in awe. Across the way is the seldom used path along the mountain.
Under the bridge.
Jen stops to absorb the sight.
On the trail from Els Plans, we divert to a hill and from the top we attain a great view.
A view from above with surprising variation in color.
We're facing where we crossed under the bridge at the Els Plans side. The 'hill' mentioned 2 photographs above, juts out on the right.
We've walked along the mountain trail pointed out earlier to reach this position and are on the opposite side of the bridge. We re-crossed under it from the path.
A view of Parish Canillo, the location from whence the tourist buses begin.
Jen stands 'on the other side' following brunch at a ruin which exuded tranquility, privacy and shade. We met a French couple who provided us with some pointers of another alternative route. They also inquired whether we had hiked in Cape Town...small world, when you're not on foot.
The path cut into the mountain pointed out earlier.
Jen coming around from the mountain path and heading toward the bridge and then onto Els Plans and home in El Tarter. (See below)
Home from home.
Cheers, 

Jenni and Jeffrey 

A sure way to brighten one's day.

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