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I did my crossing on May 9th or 10th last year, and felt exactly the same! It was too much of a risk to stop. I was glad of the emergency hut, which at the very least got me out of the wind while I took some food.
Hi @grayland - I could have written this pretty much word for word for what happened to me on 3 May 2014. I set out from SJPP in the warmth of the sun. Things still ok at Orisson.Then, not too much later, I had to take shelter in the small hut...
I admit, I was ill-prepared to hike the Napoleon last year. This is from my blog entry for that day:
". . . Somewhere near the summit of the pass it began feeling very Everest-like. I didn’t take pictures because it was freezing by that point...
Sorry, your initial comment right off the bat was to instruct the OP to change her title i.e. "your thread title should probably be "man threatening".
If your reaction is to make louder noises over language, rather than the actual incident...
Hi @Lunabridges Just to say that I'm truly sorry you had to endure this dreadful ordeal. And thank you for reporting. Sending you good wishes and a big virtual hug. Take care. 🙏
Lots of options to get from the Arles to the Norte on foot.
You can branch off the Arles at Oloron-St-Marie and walk the Piemont to SJPdP and then the Nive to Bayonne. From Bayonne, follow the coast to Irun.
Or walk the Arles to the Aragon...
Hi all!
I walked the Le Puy to Roncesvalles route last spring, and now I am thinking of Arles to Compostela on the Norte in the fall. I have many questions. I have downloaded the WP Norte App. I used the WP Via Podiensis app and found it most...
Right? It wasn't "hip" then. And I totally get that whatever she says about it after the fact is weird and doesn't make a lot of sense. I tried explaining to my partner what I went through when I did it, and he looked at me sideways. There is no...
Probably I hike/walk caminos a bit different than most pelgrims, because I (wild)camp most of the nights. So I'm not dependend on the availability of accomadation under a roof. Especially in France there are many official camping sites, and if...
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