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There have been a lot of posts about how much the Camino has changed. Here is one of my memories. I walked the Camino Frances two successive months of May in 2004 and 2005. The first year there was this amazing new thing available: email. In 2004 there were scattered bars and albergues that had...
I second the motion about custom orthotics. I suffer from periodic plantar fasciitis and can attest that over the last thirty years having custom orthotics has helped more than stretching, rest, anti-inflammatories, and even steroid injections. Your foot changes, so you need to get new custom...
I just made the descent. I started on the trail and after walking about 30 minutes down the very steep rocky and dangerous pathway, I decided to walk along the road. It is a 2 Lane road and between 8:00 and 11:00 in the morning there was very little traffic and what traffic there was did not...
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