Midi d'Oso ( fr. Pic du Midi d'Ossau , oksit. Lo pic de Mieidia d'Aussau ) - a mountain in the French Pyrenees , in the department of the Atlantic Pyrenees ( fr. Pyrénées Atlantiques ). The mountain has the nickname "Jean-Pierre" ( fr. Jean-Pierre ) and a characteristic tooth-like shape. Thanks to this form and relative isolation, the mountain can be seen from the plains of Aquitaine . The peak is a caldera surrounded by frozen lava flows and sediments of volcanic ash.
| Midi d'Oso | |
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| fr. Pic du midi d'Ossau | |
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| Highest point | |
| Absolute height | 2884 [1] m |
| Relative height | 1090 m |
| First climb | possibly on August 19, 1790 by a local shepherd |
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| Region | Aquitaine |
| Area | Atlantic pyrenees |
| Mountain system | Pyrenees |
Midi d'Oso Peak is located in the Osso Gorge, in High Bearn , near the Purtale Pass .
The mountain is so famous that it is the emblem of the city of Pau , the Section Paloise rugby club, as well as many businesses based in Bearn .
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History
In May 1552, François de Foix , Bishop of Héra-on-Adour, organized an expedition to try to reach the summit. Details of this expedition are described in the "World History" by Jacques-Auguste de Tu.
The first one to climb the peak was most likely a shepherd from the Aspa Gorge , at the request of Ryubul and Vidal, geographers who wanted to build a tower for triangulation at the top. On August 20, 1787, Junker writes that he succeeded in aiming at the “signal of Midi peak” [2] .
The first known ascent (which left written traces) was made by the tourist Jerome Delfau ( FR. Jerôme Delfau ) on October 2, 1797, assisted by Mathieu, another Aspian shepherd who told Delfo about the climb of his colleague several years earlier. Two years after reading Delfault's notes, Count Arman d'Angosse ( French Armand d'Angosse ), together with four shepherds, made a difficult ascent, according to him, on August 2, 1802, on the 14th day of the same month, the climb was made by Henri d'Agerot ( Fr. Henri d'Augerot ) from the village of Nye ( fr. Nay ), whose father was in charge of the forge and was in conflict with the Count of d'Angoss. Thus, Henri d'Agerot tried to humiliate the count, saying that the climb was easy.
Routes
You can climb Midi Peak in several ways, among which the most popular route passes through the Suzon Pass on the east side of the peak.
Photo Gallery
Peak view from the surroundings of Lake Bue-Artig
Peak view from the surroundings of Lake Zhento
Peak view from the city of Pau (esplanade on the Pyrenees Boulevard)
View from the top of Arryu peak (2495m)
View from the top of Cheryu Peak
Notes
- ↑ Peakbagger.com
- ↑ Robert Ollivier , Le pic d'Ossau, monographie, impressions et récits, 1948, Poe, pp. 37-38. Other experts, such as Leon Mori and Jacques Blanchet, believe that the turret was built precisely on the initiative of Junker.
Literature
- Louis le Bondidier, "Les premières ascensions au Pic du Midi d'Ossau", Iberian Bulletin , n ° 219, 220, 223, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231 and 232, 1936-1939.
- Guillaume Delfau, Voyage au Pic du Midi de Pau, le 3 octobre 1797 par M. Delfau Ed. Cairn, Poe, 1997
- Armand d'Angosse, Voyage au Pic du Midi de Pau, exécuté le 14 Thermidor de l'An 10 . Paris, Antoine Bailleul printing house, n ° 71.
- Comte Roger de Bouillé, Pic de Bigorre et Pic d'Ossau , in Iberian Bulletin n ° 17 (March 1900)
- Robert Ollivier, Le pic d'Ossau, monographie, impressions et récits, 1948, Poe. Reprint Slatkine, 1980, Geneva
- Marc Large, Xan de l'Ours, la légende de l'homme sauvage , Ed. Cairn, Poe, 2008