isawtman
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances, 2022
Ice Age Trail, 2014, 2019
Hi, Ivar recently posted a thread with the statistics from the Forum, etc.
Thank you.
But My biggest worry is whether when I intend to hike the camino,
will there be an absolute crush of people hiking it. Am I picking the
month that everyone will decide to hike the camino? This being after
the pandemic, is there really a way of figuring that out?
I intend to hike it in Sept of 22.
I guess I will be prepared for it if it happens. I am a ultralight
backpacker here in Wisconsin. Usually when I backpack I take around
25 lbs. For the camino, since I don't need to take a tent, cook kit and
a bunch of other backpacking stuff, I think I can get by with 15 lbs.
However, I will be bringing a sleeping pad. The reason I will be bring a
sleeping pad is it is part of my backpack system. I have a frameless
backpack. What happens is that you use a z pad as the frame. This
video explains it:
The guy in the
video has the exact same backpack as me, however the pad is
different. So, I will have a sleeping pad with me that I could just lay
down someplace and sleep.
The backpack with the pad is around 2 lbs. I've backpacked over
500 miles with it.
I guess there would be some other strategies to consider, too.
I could ask the alberque host how many people they had earlier in the week.
If they didn't have very many people I could try to hike further each day and
get away from the bubble. Some people would say to take a bus ahead.
Likewise, I could call the alberques I stayed in the last few nights
and see how many people they had last night. If they didn't have very many
people,I could just wait a day someplace to get out of the bubble.
People also say to try the smaller towns in the middle of the stages.
One other idea would be to just take a bus to a different camino such
as the Del Norte. It may have less people, but then again, it probably
has less beds.
Also, maybe the real crush will begin at Sarria.
I have also heard that you shouldn't start at St Jean on a weekend.
And I am hoping that all the Alberques will reopen for 2022
Have people successfully used any of those strategies?
Thank you.
But My biggest worry is whether when I intend to hike the camino,
will there be an absolute crush of people hiking it. Am I picking the
month that everyone will decide to hike the camino? This being after
the pandemic, is there really a way of figuring that out?
I intend to hike it in Sept of 22.
I guess I will be prepared for it if it happens. I am a ultralight
backpacker here in Wisconsin. Usually when I backpack I take around
25 lbs. For the camino, since I don't need to take a tent, cook kit and
a bunch of other backpacking stuff, I think I can get by with 15 lbs.
However, I will be bringing a sleeping pad. The reason I will be bring a
sleeping pad is it is part of my backpack system. I have a frameless
backpack. What happens is that you use a z pad as the frame. This
video explains it:
video has the exact same backpack as me, however the pad is
different. So, I will have a sleeping pad with me that I could just lay
down someplace and sleep.
The backpack with the pad is around 2 lbs. I've backpacked over
500 miles with it.
I guess there would be some other strategies to consider, too.
I could ask the alberque host how many people they had earlier in the week.
If they didn't have very many people I could try to hike further each day and
get away from the bubble. Some people would say to take a bus ahead.
Likewise, I could call the alberques I stayed in the last few nights
and see how many people they had last night. If they didn't have very many
people,I could just wait a day someplace to get out of the bubble.
People also say to try the smaller towns in the middle of the stages.
One other idea would be to just take a bus to a different camino such
as the Del Norte. It may have less people, but then again, it probably
has less beds.
Also, maybe the real crush will begin at Sarria.
I have also heard that you shouldn't start at St Jean on a weekend.
And I am hoping that all the Alberques will reopen for 2022
Have people successfully used any of those strategies?