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    joramos reacted to Hilly's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Buen Camino! Buen Camino!.
    I am freaking out about this bit of the camino! I know that the guide says not to take the highway route but has anyone walked this way instead? I would hate my camino to finish before I'd even started.
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    joramos reacted to Harland2019's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Buen Camino! Buen Camino!.
    Is the answer to reroute the "recommended" Camino on the basis that it is an issue where even those who take care injure themselves (no doubt there are other difficult/dangerous paths but this one gets more publicity) - no doubt pilgrims in...
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    joramos reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Thank you Thank you.
    Almost certainly they would have walked another route. Quite likely similar to the current road. The present Camino Frances is often on smaller more difficult paths because the easier routes in previous centuries have become roads for vehicle...
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    joramos reacted to Tincatinker's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Thank you Thank you.
    Taking the road route could have that result. The N-135 from the intersection with the Camino at the Alto de Erro is two-lane blacktop with no shoulders or verges. Street View on Godgl.maps will give you a idea of what it looks like. There are...
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    joramos reacted to Hilly's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Buen Camino! Buen Camino!.
    Oh eeek! I'll hope for dry weather then and be practicing slippy, slidey, stoney downhills in anticipation. 😱
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    joramos reacted to Kathar1na's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Like Like.
    My uninformed guess is that much of the erosion on the way to Zubiri (the "dragon teeth" part and the steep "bare large smooth rocks" part towards the end) is not only due to the rains but due to the hundreds and hundreds of pilgrim's feet that...
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    joramos reacted to cathal Ferris's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Thank you Thank you.
    Thoughts are with the perigrino for a safe recovery on that stretch 2014 young lad slipped on it later met his friend said he was recovering in hospital his friend mentioned dehydration was the cause of the slip along with the environmental...
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    joramos reacted to starrysky's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Buen Camino! Buen Camino!.
    Pamplona is so wonderful - one of my favorite cities along the way. and Buen Camino to you!
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    joramos reacted to VeganCamino's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Buen Camino! Buen Camino!.
    Me too. Starting in Pamplona is a great idea. I vowed to do the same because I also saw someone get hurt on this stage in 2019.
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    joramos reacted to starrysky's post in the thread Pilgrim rescued near Zubiri today with Thank you Thank you.
    I hate to say it, but when I go again, I may actually start in Pamplona just to avoid that section from Roncesvalles to Zubiri. I love everything else about that section but for me it the descent probably isn't even worth the risk! (I did it in...

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