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    Best app to accurately record distances, elevation and descent per day

    On my iPhone, I have “GPS Tracker” and use it often. It tells the time and distance of tracks recorded, but also, I can save its GPX files and use other tools to tell the distance (such as https://gpsvisualizer.com). I don’t know whether Android has it, but I’m sure Android, like iPhone, has...
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    Can I pack my small multi tool in carry on luggage (backpack)?

    Aside from whether it’s allowed or not, one point worth remembering when traveling is that if there’s an airport where you’re going, you can probably buy anything you need there. Maybe not everything you want, but …
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    LIVE from the Camino Do not climb over this fence

    In England, it happens a lot, but they're not “naughty." They’re just keeping their animals under control. And they always provide ways for walkers to get by.
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    Afraid of top bed without fence

    We generally didn’t make assignments, but we would sometimes ask younger ones to consider it when older ones arrived.
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    Via de la Plata - Recumbent...?

    Well, it looks like I uploaded the wrong maps. OOPS.
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    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    Since I've never had one, nor read anyone else's, I just took their word for it.
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    Did it make a difference

    None of the above, though I certainly enjoyed it enough to go back some day.
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    What’s the difference between my two chargers?

    Since both devices are from Apple, I’m pretty sure both are “smart” chargers and will charge at the rate the device asks for.
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    Water, water...

    I have a one-liter Grayl with built-in filter. Filled it from pools and ditches two or three times on a hot day with no ill effect. There are other competing water filters available. This one: https://thegrayl.com
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    Most Dangerous stage on Camino Frances.?

    To get up there, I had to unhitch my bike trailer and strap it on my back. A Korean pilgrim offered to carry the bike. And a local was very insistent I not try to bike the descent. So I took highways to Uterga. And there was a spot near Logroño where I might have learned to fly if the brakes...
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    The Camino walker and the biker. 🤣

    I keep reading this accusation here, yet when I walked, it was not true of most of the cyclists that passed me. Yes, there were a few jerks, but a small minority.
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    The Camino walker and the biker. 🤣

    Most of the ones I passed on bike were startled in spite of both bell and announcement.
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    Is it permissible to skip Sarria to Santiago?

    Yes, good question. The credencial with all the sellos is sufficient evidence you walked, eh? But then there’s that bit about sins being forgiven. Or have they removed that wording?
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    What do you wish you had worried less about?

    Yep. Many’s the time when we were full that we called other towns for lodging and/or transportation when we were full and it was getting late.
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    What do you wish you had worried less about?

    There’s nothing I wish I had worried less about. Maybe I’m weird, but I am not a worrier. There’s one thing I wish I had worried more about: water. Several times I was a dehydrated enough to be somewhat ill by the time I got “back to civilization” from side trips. Just kept forgetting to...
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