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I swam in rivers at least three times on the Camino. Off the top of my head I can remember the locations of two of them. In Villafranca Bierzo in Leon there is a swimming beach on the Rio Burbia. It was delightful. I also swam in the Sarria River in Samos in Galicia. Samos is on an alternate...
My thoughts on this would be to leave the coats behind. Layers work great because you can add/shed as needed. The average daytime temp in the Pyrenees for May is around 70 degrees F. Believe me, you will work up a good sweat making your way up the steep inclines in the Pyrenees! I ended up...
I took the Dragonte route last September. I became interested in hiking it after reading about it on this forum. At Villafranca I asked a couple of young bucks (I being 44 at the time) if they would be interested in taking this alternate route and they agreed to join me. You see, I had already...
I brought everything and the kitchen sink. I ended up getting rid of "everything" on the way, but ended up keeping the kitchen sink!
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The Granite Gear kitchen sink ended up being the most useful, multi-purpose item I packed. This light...
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