There are a number small backpack manufacturers who cater to the ultralight through hiker community who make backpacks in the size and weight that group is looking for, which is usually 40 + liters at at a weight of 1 kg or less, therefore there...
In effect, that is what we have already, the other certificate being the ´Distance Certificate'. So far as the Compostela itself is concerned, the issuing and the criteria are matters for the Cathedral of Santiago, so nothing we might say on this...
I appreciate that Ryanair can present challenges to the pilgrim that even a grumpy hospitalero on a wet night on the Meseta cannot match. Nonetheless I think I would devote my energies to finding another airline rather than another rucksack. Or...
the Compostela is just a piece of paper, a nice souvenir. It means nothing to anyone but the person whose name is on the front.
The pilgrimage... now that's another thing altogether!
When I converted to trail runners I gave up on Gortex as well. So I bought one pair of SealSkins waterproof docks.
They work but eventually if it's too wet for too long your feet get wet - even if it's only from water running down you legs/ pants...
I have taken Sealskinz on all my walks !
On the Portuguese Coastal had one really heavy rain day walked 6 or 7 hours in them and feet stayed dry. I wore a pair of Darn Tough light hiker socks inside them and had no issues!
You may well have said so for many years but just to be clear: this is not in the address that Pope Francis gave in this audience of 19 December and what the quoted article refers to.
There is nothing that one can detect in the text of his...
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