... unlike a friend of mine, who clicked "no" and then lay on the sidewalk for hours, waiting to be discovered by a passer-by. Don't lie to your watch!
I have found myself an potentially awkward situation only once. Some years ago I had planned an 8 day solo walk in the Blue Mountains of NSW. The first day was extremely hard going through thick scrub in the Nattai river valley. At dark I was...
Being a Canadian who has hiked and climbed solo for many years mainly in the Canadian Rockies and had several close calls, this really touches me. After my first close call I then always let people know my plans or at least write my plans left...
During my first caminos my husband and I communicated when necessary by land-line telephone; since 2008 I carried a smartphone which also served as camera+computer on which I wrote my daily blogs then using Blogspot
Since we both were then in...
How about just deleting the apps in bold? Then you remove those distractions but can still take advantage of the other smartphone benefits you mentioned.
Really, on the Frances? It's hardly Wilderness.
I always carry a few Puri Tabs in case I need to use non potable water.
But I have never needed them..........
But hey. We all have different approaches to these things. ;)
Wow, that nitpick escalated quickly.
I am a historian. The history of the Camino de Santiago routes is very much in existence, in all kinds of historic, cultural, geographical, and architectural ways. It is not regulated or owned by the...
The French route has existed and been promoted as a pilgrim route since the middle ages. There were plenty of geo-political, economic, and safety reasons for herding pilgrims back then along a particular path, and that path (for europeans...
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