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I am a big fan of MoraKniv and carried small one (a craft knife) on my Norte camino. Way better for carving up melons and slicing bread or sauage than a folding knife. Kept it in my pack and took it out as needed along the way.
The official measure of temperature in the metric system is Kelvin. 0 Kelvin is about -273 degrees Celcius. It is the temperature where all molecular motion in a perfect crystal stops. Zero Kelvin is sometimes referred to as "absolute zero".
A temperature difference of 1 K is the same as 1...
The globe having 360 degrees is geometrical, not metric. A circle at any latitude has 360 degrees as do all circles.
The angle from the sun to the horizon can be used to determine your latitude, i.e. how far you are north or south of the equator. Your latitude is measured in 0 to 90 degrees...
Today is one month until myself and my wife leave from Providence RI to start our Camino del Norte. We fly on Norwegian to Dublin arriving on the morning of 20th of June. We fly to Biarritz the following morning and will bus or walk to Irun. We have all preparations done here. After checking...
I like to have a knife and these are the best I know of. I carry the Moraknif craftline stainless knife, small and light, very sharp, and comes with a hard plastic sheath. Did I mention they are inexpensive? $11 US on Amazon
Walt Whitman's "Song of the Open Road" is very quotable and his topic is very Camino-like. Here is the last stanza, but please go and read the whole thing at this link
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48859/song-of-the-open-road
Counting the days until Suzy and I start our Camino del Norte. We will travel from Providence, RI, USA to Dublin on June 19, then on to Biarritz on the 21st. Depending on how we feel, we may set off or stay in Irun. We are both over 60 and don't bounce back from jet lag like we did in our...
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