To henrythedog's point, "these are not lightweight packs." I started in Sep from SJPP with an Osprey Kestrel 38... and it was overloaded. By Sahagun, I had symptoms of either shin splints or a stress fracture and sad looking to shed weight.
In...
I'm 70 years old and just finished 16 October. I took 42 days, including 4 rest days (one each in Pamplona, Burgos, Leon, and Ponferrada).
I had intended to complete it in 38 days. What showed me down was a few occasions, early on, when trying...
For planning, my recommendation is to determine how many days you think that you will need to walk the Camino, then add a week. Now you've got a week "in the bank" to use if you get sick, injured, realize that you can't or don't want to walk the...
It was the wettest walk on the camino on Wednesday I've ever taken. The blown down trees or limbs rather added some excitement. There was the one river crossing after Melide that was impassable. But everyone figured it out and seemed to make it...
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