The scene has almost become banal.
Dozens of hikers, well-laden backpacks, crowd together and wait to take the chains installed to climb the Capitello breach.
A queue in the mountains.
Table symbolic of the popularity of the GR 20, this spectacular long-distance hiking trail that crosses Corsica from northwest to southeast over 170 kilometers for 13,000 meters of elevation.
A victim of its own success, this elevated course has been taken by storm by visitors from all over the world for several years.
About 100,000 people covered the kilometers of the GR 20 in 2019 and more than 130,000 between May and September 2021.
This year, the numbers are even more striking.
The online reservation platform for shelters has 63% more reservations compared to last year.
In June, all 16 shelters were full.
If the soufflé fell in July, attendance should once again peak in August and September...
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