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The Camino has changed me forever. Actually physically walking the Camino has occupied perhaps 1% of my time, but now occupies 20% of all my conversations, to the annoyance of those who know me and haven't walked the Camino. The rest of you get...
I’m just back from a two-part Camino. The Via Serrana from Gibraltar to Sevilla, and then the Invierno from Ponferrada. I am experiencing the standard post-camino letdown, so I thought I’d reflect a bit.
I have gone from walking the more...
Sorry to hear that, it’s a horrible thing.
Scary thing for me is that our phones are becoming more and more important. I am at the point now where my wallet is almost irrelevant, as I rarely carry cash and my cards are on my phone, and it can’t...
I made a oversized silk sleep sack with zip down the side. I pair it with a tiny down blanket (cut down from a larger one) that I tuck inside the sleep sack on cool/cold nights. Total weight is about 450 grams.
Larger shoes. Then for protection, every morning before a long walk, and certainly every day on the Camino, put paper tape or stretchy Omnifix dressing retention tape on the vulnerable spots to protect them.
My backpack is ultralight (Gossamer Gear Murmur), and I use a pack liner inside (also from Gossamer Gear). Everything in the liner, which is actually just a durable plastic bag, stays dry. I use a rainskirt (3F UL) with a rain jacket (Montbell...
Well played. But that did remind, I loved that Garcia Marquez book, mind you I read it about a hundred years ago as well. I might need to revisit that. Off topic to this thread (but related to good books) I hate the post-Internet brain that I...
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