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  1. ChuckE

    Pilgrim Numbers roughly pre 1986

    It was actually pretty quiet. There were times I wouldn't see anyone for several days. I have seen some statistics that say as many as 95,000 did the Sarria-Santiago (mostly Spanish). I know I turned north to Lugo myself (had to see a real Roman walled city, don't get many of those in the...
  2. ChuckE

    Pack Weight

    I love these threads that turn into "bragging rights" about what you should and shouldn't be carrying. And really....what you choose to carry is your own decision. But logic would dictate that if you can't carry that so called magic number of 10%, that dropping it to 9% probably isn't going to...
  3. ChuckE

    Nutrition

    Calories should be considered your friend. You'll probably burn 5000-8000 calories carrying a pack 6-8 hours a day. The camino is really one of those things you have to approach with a eat, sleep, walk, do it again tomorrow kind of mentality. And the eating should be kind of constant through...
  4. ChuckE

    Calling all Camino men........

    When I was planning my Camino, I was meeting with an old man from Galicia who told me a gentleman wouldn't go out for the evening and would certainly never go to church without a jacket. I brought one, wore it more often than anything else I carried, enjoyed feeling like I was a regular part of...
  5. ChuckE

    Wine: Your favorite, and where you drank it

    Marques de Caceras Rosado 1989....ice cold......like drinking in your favorite candy shop. Picked it out off a wine rack on way into a pizza shop in Logrono. Didn't know a single soul there but soon everybody (or at least their kids) had to meet the crazy American eating pizza with his hands...
  6. ChuckE

    Wearing a Kilt on the Camino

    SportKilt makes an excellent kilt designed for....sports. They even have a hike specific microfiber kilt that comes in at 330 grams.
  7. ChuckE

    Is it safe to take my dog on the Camino del Norte

    I think it would depend on your relationship with your dog, whether your dog could handle it (nature and training) and how much research you'd be willing to do. Just dropping you and your dog out on the Camino would be foolish at best. Strange dogs take their cues off of your dog who takes...
  8. ChuckE

    Ticks?

    Ticks were terrible in our part of the country last year. In a spray bottle: one part vinegar two parts water a splash of lemon juice a splash of cooking oil Spray on pants/legs and whatever is on your head. Ticks won't stay on you. I hear a little peppermint essential oil to the mix...
  9. ChuckE

    Villafranca Manifesto: Camino Future?

    First of all, I need to thank you for posting this. I think it is appropriate that the world community is gathering to address the future of the camino. The camino is after all a world heritage site. We need to see it around for generations to come. I'll have to admit , it took me three...
  10. ChuckE

    how I became aware of the Camino

    Almost all the time you were walking alone. There were two guys from Sweden, who had some kind of guide, but I couldn't find one and traveled with a couple good Michelin maps. There were refuges in all the major cities (you just followed the bronze shells in the street). I was harder to find...
  11. ChuckE

    how I became aware of the Camino

    I was planning to backpack through Europe in 1992. My grandmother heard about the Camino somewhere and convinced me to go. There was something really adventerous about going somewhere that no one had ever heard of and even the best travel guides maybe would have a blurb about. I was all...

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