TSA allows "mobility assistance devices" but not "walking poles." My experience at 66 is that if you limp amd it looks like a cane you're likely good, but otherwise you may be out of luck. A similarly aged friend with two bad knees and a limp used what would be called a (carved) walking stick...
I walked it in May. There is some climbing but nothing too strenuous. We did it in 7 days, not 6. Quite a bit of mud, but that shouldn't be a problem in Summer or Fall.
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For those of us who fly on the cheap from the U.S., checking your poles for $75 each way makes buying them in SJPdP and leaving them in Santiago a more than reasonable alternative.
Thank you! I would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who has more information about this service and, specifically whether it is (likely to be) available in mid-October.
Thank you!
I have booked Express Bouricot for October 14 at 14:40 and would be happy to share the €60 cost. Alternatively, I would be happy to share the cost of a taxi that morning from Pamplona.
ALSA appears to end bus service from Pamplona on Oct 10. Now planning to take the Artieda bus from Pamplona to Roncesvalles arriving at 14:40. Would love to share a taxi to SJPdP. And to know whether getting a taxi at the bus station is easy, whether one can be pre-arranged, and what it might...
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