Ah yes, boots and backpacks, your best or worst friends.
Find the pack (loaded) that fits you best because you will be wearing it for hours and days. I use Osprey because they (I have 4) have multiple adjustments and they fit me well. Don’t...
5 Days or 5 years doesn't make a difference. I've walked that bit in 3 days, and once spent 7 meandering along it. It isn't a competition, a time-trial or a race.
That said most people seem to take 5 days and that is what all the guidebook...
My credential(s) absolutely. But, the day after I arrived in Santiago I bought a silver concha. It’s been around my neck since 2017 except when the original chain broke and for an occasional cleaning. That’s with me every day. I also have a rock...
Five years ago, June 2019 I carried a stone from Texas to the Camino for my Grandmother. She passed before I walked my first Camino in 2017 but I believe she would have loved hearing about my walk. I knew exactly where I would leave it, walking...
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