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I’m on the Via Imperii at the moment, to date I’ve covered over 250km, and have yet to see another pilgrim. So imagine how I felt when I came across this today:
Stamp, drinks, guest book…
The first Camino I walked was the French, and I took a sleeping bag, which I used most nights; however, like all sleeping bags, it took up a lot of space in the backpack. On all subsequent Caminos, I simply took a silk liner. The pack volume is...
We are leaving SJPdP on 9th April and at the age of 79 will only have a sleeping bag silk liner.
I choose you cant walk in a sleeping bag but you can sleep in your rain wear.
I am all about not having to much weight in my pack.
I weigh 77 kgs so...
I started from SJPdP on April 19th (age 75). I took my Sea to Summit silk liner. No sleeping bag. If I got cold in an unheated Albergue, I put on socks and fleece. I sacrificed some comfort for keeping the weight in my pack as light as possible...
Absolutely not, JenPDX. It means, in lay terms, your shoes, especially the tread, are getting tired. Consider the Camino is a trek, not a race that would otherwise require intermittent equipment changes to perform at your peak. I'll admit my...
I am not a heretic—maybe polyamorous when it comes to hiking shoes, because I, too, have Brooks Cascadia trail runners for my hikes around here and . . . in the Cascades! ;) They are a great shoe.
On my Caminos I have worn 2 pair of Saucony's (for 4 Caminos), 2 pair of Asics, 1 pair of Hokas, and 1 pair of Keens and all of them worked very well on Caminos of 300-500 miles.
I am fortunate that my feet are obviously not very fussy and I...
I echo Camino Chrissy's comments about Asics in general. Since the subject is Asics Running Shoe Durability, I purchased Asics running shoes in Hamburg in 2012 and was very pleased with them: comfortable, durable, and gave me about 500 miles of...
I am very fond of Asics and have used two different pairs on Caminos. I always end up continuing to wear them back home on my local trails. They seem to keep going and going like the Energizer Bunny. No holes, but the heel strike eventually tends...
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