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  1. Trekker One

    Cancelling Camino - Soliciting Advice

    Walk as far as you can comfortably each day and then call a cab to take you to your destination each day. I met a couple of ladies from the US in 2017, one was 71 and the other was 79. In their earlier years they had walked the entire Francis route multiple times. On the Portuguese route they...
  2. Trekker One

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    Wishing I had worried less before departing on my first Camino about things that were largely beyond my control anyway. I had no real issues on my first Camino or on the subsequent six walks either. It all tends to work out.
  3. Trekker One

    When should I stop training?

    Keeping good physical fitness should be a life goal. I train all the time regardless of a Camino being on the horizon. In addition to walking I do various core building exercises as being fit doesn't just mean you have done some walking prior to your Camino. I often wonder if people train for a...
  4. Trekker One

    Inviting reflections on the wider costs of walking a Camino

    As a relatively infrequent air traveler I don't have a big impact on the environment. I do all the reduce/reuse/ recycle stuff as part of my day to day life. I use a 125cc scooter or my bicycle versus my car. I drive less than 5000 k per year. I always look for cues as to what others do...
  5. Trekker One

    Camino Wildlife (excluding escaped circus animals)

    Man, I am the exact opposite. On early morning drives or at twilight I see them in the ditches while I drive in the Rockies frequently. More on the smaller secondary roads that don't have the wildlife fencing. Probably the most I have seen is when driving, is on Highway 11 ( also known as the...
  6. Trekker One

    Camino Wildlife (excluding escaped circus animals)

    Bears are like cops. 95% are reasonable, but that other 5%, better watch out! The thing is you never know if the bear is in the 95% camp or the 5% one when crossing paths with one. Bears with cubs are highly unpredictable and likely the most potentially dangerous bear encounter you will ever...
  7. Trekker One

    Camino Wildlife (excluding escaped circus animals)

    Drives me crazy when I am hiking in the Canadian Rockies when I see oblivious tourists try to approach black/brown/grizzly bears, Elk or Moose. They have literally zero idea of how dangerous it is. A bear can close a fifty yard gap in a couple of seconds and can easily run down the fastest of...
  8. Trekker One

    Camino Wildlife (excluding escaped circus animals)

    Over my seven Camino walks I have actually been surprised by the lack of any wild life except domestic animals and birds. My wife and I typically get very early starts and other than spotting a couple of deer in those seven years, virtually nothing. One exception as noted by another poster were...
  9. Trekker One

    Do you collect a Compostela?

    I want to wall paper my office wall with them. My wife and I have six each, so we have a ways to go yet... But more seriously, the ritual of getting the Compostella is an important end point for each Camino. The current machine printed ones aren't the same to me, but 'progress' is...
  10. Trekker One

    Carry your backpack please.

    The day I can't carry my pack on a daily basis for the length of a Camino is the day I am done with Camino life. Not a judgement on how anyone else plans or carryouts their own Camino, but for me it is an essential part of the entire experience is to carry your load yourself. Much of life is...
  11. Trekker One

    Staying motivated between Caminos

    I've always enjoyed walking, but decided this year to try and walk every single day. So as of December 1st., I've missed only 13 days since January 1st this year and have logged just over 2300 kilometers. My walking route is either a 5 or 6.6 kilometers. I could do more, but my goal is to walk...
  12. Trekker One

    Celebrating my old age

    The older I get, the more I identify with the sentiment of this song. 'How old would you be if you didn't know the day you were born?'
  13. Trekker One

    Celebrating my old age

    Seventy isn't old. I am visiting my father this weekend and he turns 98 this coming Tuesday. He still drives, mentally very clear and still lives in his own home with my 93 year old mom. Just trying to keep him off his roof and trying to convince him that maybe he should give up shoveling the...
  14. Trekker One

    Drinking water @hotels

    Eight Caminos and I have drank 100% tap water with zero ill effects. But I do draw the line at trail side fonts which are on some of the routes, especially the rural ones. They are probably OK, but I get concerned when there is a cow pasture directly above or adjacent to one. Keep in mind that...
  15. Trekker One

    I didn't double stamp!

    I think the penalty is 100 push ups for every day you missed getting a double stamp... But as others have stated the pilgrim office isn't going to care. Just give them your most winning smile!
  16. Trekker One

    How has the Camino changed you.

    I'll be honest, any changes or effect the Camino has had on me are relatively short lived. You do have that 'Camino glow' when returning home but in time the realities of life at home gradually wears the feeling away. So periodically one needs to head back for a 'recharge.' Covid threw a wrench...
  17. Trekker One

    Changes to the Camino

    Prior to our fall 2018 Primitivo Camino my wife and I had always walked late March and early April which until recent history wasn't busy at all. When the Primitivo route intersected with the Frances route at Melide we were a little shocked at the numbers on the Frances route. Literally a dust...
  18. Trekker One

    Starting Camino Frances at SJPP in April.Weather concern

    First, welcome to the forum! Whether the Napoleon route is open in early April is entirely down to luck. It was closed on April 8th in 2016 when my wife and I left SJPP that day due to heavy snow. We walked the optional Valcarlos route and still ended up in heavy snow as we approached...
  19. Trekker One

    August heatwave on camino

    Yes we have had a few warm/ hot months in the last few years, but the earth has had hotter periods previously and way before our current level of population or industrialization. What has happened in the last couple of centuries is a mere blink of time. No reason for hysteria...
  20. Trekker One

    August heatwave on camino

    'Heatwave?'...it"s actually something that once upon a time was called 'summer' and people took sensible precautions and didn't fret about it otherwise.

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