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1,705 ft
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19.08 mi
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near Socoa, Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France)
Distance
19.08 miElevation gain
4,183 ftTechnical difficulty
DifficultElevation loss
3,678 ftMax elevation
1,705 ftTrailrank
34
5
Min elevation
-366 ftTrail type
One WayMoving time
8 hours 23 minutesTime
one day 3 hours 52 minutesCoordinates
5128Uploaded
September 15, 2019Recorded
September 2019georgina howard All rights reserved
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Comet / Comète Line escape route during the 2nd World War over the Basque Pyrenees from France (Ciboure) to Spain (Erigoien).
The story of the Basque smugglers, their language and code of honor were vital to their work as resistance workers. Florentino Goikoetxea was the most famous of the Comet guides ...and the route documented is one of the routes he would usually take leading Allied pilots to safety from Nazi occupied France into Spain over the Pyrenees. For the first couple of years, Andre de Jongh, a 24 year old nurse and inspiring founder of the Comet line would accompany him on 32 crossing before she was captured in Urrugne 1943. More information on the Comet line here:
The story of the Basque smugglers, their language and code of honor were vital to their work as resistance workers. Florentino Goikoetxea was the most famous of the Comet guides ...and the route documented is one of the routes he would usually take leading Allied pilots to safety from Nazi occupied France into Spain over the Pyrenees. For the first couple of years, Andre de Jongh, a 24 year old nurse and inspiring founder of the Comet line would accompany him on 32 crossing before she was captured in Urrugne 1943. More information on the Comet line here:
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akarte24 Sep 17, 2019
Fantastik!!
ricardohernani Nov 5, 2019
Kaixo, una pregunta: es posible vadear / cruzar a pie fácilmente el río Bidasoa en ese punto?
georgina howard Nov 5, 2019
Kaixo! Depende de donde y sobre todo cuando! Solian pasar al nivel de San Miguel (el antiguo estacion del tren ) (donde hoy hay canoes etc.). En settiembre pasamos (llegaba hasta 1 metro solamente) .. ahora despues de la llubia supongo que mucho mas.
Zortea
Egun ondo pasa
Georgina
ricardohernani Nov 5, 2019
Eskerrik asko georgina