Exploring the Llobregat River

Before selecting a specific PhD research question I wanted to get to know my area of study. What better way than to hike the length of the Llobregat River from its birth in the Pyrenees Mountains to the Mediterranean Sea? Funded in part by the Tinker Foundation at the UI Center for Latin American Studies, I was able to travel to Barcelona and prepare a 10 day backpacking trip down the Llobregat River. First I arranged meetings with local experts along the route. Then I set off, with not much more than a digital camera, a notebook, energy bars, a few change of clothes and a brand new GPS. The trip was scheduled for July 23-August 1st.