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JJharicot reacted to CarolamS's post in the thread Rest step - has anyone used this technique on steep uphill sections? with
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Interesting technique. I'll try and have a go one day and see if it works for me. The advice I follow came from @davebugg: walking up hills I have learnt a huge amount on this forum but I do believe this to be the most useful advice for me and... -
JJharicot reacted to KiwiJohn's post in the thread Rest step - has anyone used this technique on steep uphill sections? with Like.
I have done a lot of hiking over rough terrain here in New Zealand. One needs to shorten one's stride when ascending, this uses less energy! Then resuming the usual on the downslope. Works for me.
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JJharicot reacted to J Willhaus's post in the thread Rest step - has anyone used this technique on steep uphill sections? with Like.
No, I pick a point ahead and say to myself "I will rest when I get to that point". I do that all the way up steep hills. I will say that I live at a relatively high elevation in the US Rocky Mt ranges and I thought I would have an advantage over...
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JI'm also AuADHD, and I've done several Caminos. A Camino is the perfect thing for us because it has the routine our autistic brain needs while seeing something different every day which helps the ADHD thing. I lived in Spain for ten years, before...
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JI hear ya. I loathe loud places and crowds, and avoid them whenever I can. Anything you really dislike, you're almost guaranteed to have a dose of it while on a pilgrimage. You will find yourself immersed in something you can't stand, but you...
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JIf you have looked at guidebooks you will note that walking beside secondary and busier highways are sometimes unavoidable. When able, choose to walk along the « green routes » as sometimes they take you away from these noisier pieces of the...
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JMy experience with the Camino Frances is, that it offers "both worlds" from silent and remote to crowded and lively. It is also my experience that you can have more or less of one or the other, according to your liking, but you will have both of...
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JRemember that you choose where to stop. Stay in a small village, buy something at a supermarket or tienda, so you don't need to go to the bar. Of course, you will always encounter the noise of other pilgrims. You don't say where you live now. If...
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JI also struggle with crowds and noise. No formal diagnosis but it is a real issue for me. I would aim for the smaller "in between" villages rather than the Camino hotspots like Pamplona or Logroño. Consider smaller albergues - often private ones...
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JJharicot reacted to Anthony18's post in the thread What would you tell a new pilgrim NOT to do ? with Like.
Don’t wake a snoring pilgrim to tell him to sleep on his side because his/her snoring bothers you. Get a private room, or go home. Almost knocked the snot out of someone for pulling that on me.
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