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  1. tploomis

    300 km instead of 100?

    I have no interest in the the Compostela or the rules related to who gets one and who doesn't. My walk was my walk for my reasons. Nobody else's opinion about it, including that reflected by an awarding of a Compostela or not, matters to me at all.
  2. tploomis

    Single Greatest Threat to Failure

    It was easy in the beginning for me to push myself further than was good for me. I was a slower walker, and frequently had the sensation of the pack of people behind me surging over me like a wave. I got anxious and started thinking I needed to go faster and further. Nothing was further from the...
  3. tploomis

    GPS vs Smart Phone for route tracking

    Once you have internet access, for example a WiFi connection at an albergue (or if you have data turned on while walking) a map of you path downloads. I have all the maps of each day of the Camino on my Runkeeper. The app is free, so you should download it and try it out. Walk with RunKeeper...
  4. tploomis

    Trepidatious Wife

    On training walks walk a little behind her and comment occasionally about how you're having trouble keeping up. Pretty soon both of you will start believing it, and your roles will be reversed! I tried this with my wife, and the results were amazing. Of course I then had to live with being the...
  5. tploomis

    Training? Absolutely necessary?

    If you are in decent shape, I think the Camino can be walked without training, but there are pitfalls to that approach. The biggest threat to completing the Camino, in my opinion, is anxiety about whether one can do it or not, which leads to pushing and injury. Somebody that has not trained is...
  6. tploomis

    How many rest days did you take & where did you take them?

    We took extra days in Burgos, Logronos, and Leon to see these wonderful cities, and we took one more rest day in Puente de Orbigo, due to a stomach flu.
  7. tploomis

    GPS vs Smart Phone for route tracking

    I used RunKeeper (free app), which is compatible with android and IPhone. I used it with data off, but still using GPS (not in Airplane mode), and it would show me miles walked, hours/minutes walked, and average speed, as I was walking. When I got to a WiFi source, a map of where I had been for...
  8. tploomis

    Bladders or Bottles

    I like the convenience of a bladder, but there are two drawbacks for me. First, I'm never really sure how much I've drunk, and I'm often surprised at how much water is still in the bladder at the end of the day. The opposite, thinking there is plenty of water in there and suddenly I'm sucking...
  9. tploomis

    Publicly humiliated for snoring

    If snorers bothered me, it only meant I hadn't walked enough that day.
  10. tploomis

    One or Two Stamps?

    We had one stamp a day from Sarria on, just as there was one stamp a day from SJPP. Nobody in the pilgrims' office in Santiago questioned that. They did ask me about my request for a secular Compostela. The very kind lady asked me what my motivations were for walking the Camino, and I said they...
  11. tploomis

    Starting in 2 days but still have some questions.... eeeeep

    Our first night in Spain was in Pamplona, and we stayed in a hotel. Don't miss out on the bar/tapas/pinxchos evening scene in the Pamplona old section. That was an incredible introduction to Spain. What a wonderful experience -- great ambience, friendly atmosphere, families with their kids out...
  12. tploomis

    Its NOT a 'real' Camino experience if . . .

    Maybe I'm reading different threads than you, but most of what I hear is people saying however you want to do your camino is up to you, and there are ubiquitous admonitions to not be judgmental of how others do it. However, if somebody somewhere should express the opinion that it is unacceptable...
  13. tploomis

    Comment by 'tploomis' in media 'I love the Meseta!'

    @jostony I was wearing bicycle gloves -- sorry, I don't remember the brand, but leather on the inside, cloth on the outside, and open fingertips. They worked very well.
  14. tploomis

    A Muslim walking the Camino?

    I think the world would be a better place if we could get the leaders of the world to walk the Camino together. The Camino experience draws people together. We're all in this together.
  15. tploomis

    Electric Bike Camino Frances

    As a walker on the Camino I was not bothered by the occasional biker passing me. Sure, occasionally one of them seemed a bit wild-eyed, but none was any kind of threat to my health or safety. I don't see why we can't all share the path. The diversity of those doing the Camino is part of its...
  16. tploomis

    Electric Bike Camino Frances

    My hat is off to anybody who undertakes biking from Saint Jean Pied du Port to Santiago. It might go faster than walking, but a day in the mountains on a bike is immeasurably harder than a day in the mountains on foot. I bicycled across the United States a few years ago, and any one day of that...
  17. tploomis

    A Muslim walking the Camino?

    The people walking the Camino are a very diverse community, including people of all faiths and those with none at all. Everybody is walking for his own reason, whatever that might be, and you will feel welcomed, Mahmud!
  18. tploomis

    Collective nouns on the Camino :D

    A passel of pilgrims.
  19. tploomis

    Other Long Distance Trails

    I did the Coast to Coast walk in England in September, 2014. It is just under 200 miles long. This is a very beautiful walk, winding it's way through little British towns and across gorgeous countryside. The first part of the walk goes through the Lakes District, and the route goes over the tops...
  20. tploomis

    Smart Packing and Unexpected Backpack Items

    At my weight a square piece of bubble wrap to sit on might let out some loud pops at inopportune times!

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