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I had nearly exactly experience. My Dr gave me a referral for physical therapy, which was mostly strengthening both quads & hamstrings. He explained that when all the muscles around the knee are strong, they take most of the weight and strain. I'd try that next...
When you get your Compostela, they will not give you two, or put another name on it, but will put on it "Walked on behalf of........." or words to that effect. You just tell them in the pilgrim office in Santiago when you are getting it. We did it last summer for a relative.
I have done it for under $20/day in 33 days, municipal hostels & donativos, and eating picnics and ramen for my meals, spending under $650 total, and I have just done it again this year, a few years older and more financially solvent for about $3,000 in 38 days, around $80/day using fairly...
Just buy one when you get there, you will easily find one in any department store or phone/electronics shop or bodega where you get your sim. Much easier to do in Spain.
"Youth" are individuals. It wouldn't make sense to ask how to motivate "Adults" to hike the Camino, as though they are a single bloc with identical beliefs, wishes and motivations. Seek out those youths for whom the experience resonates, and your job will be easier...
We would love for you to have them! This will be their 3rd Camino, so they should know where they are going. We will leave them at the desk Monday for Karyn. It's Hotel Alda Catedral at 22 Rua do Franco, a pedestrian street near the Cathedral. Buon Camino!
They help me a lot with this. I think that helping to keep them elevated, and the muscles pumping, helps to reduce the oedema, which happens to me even when I am well hydrated.
Ah, exactly right, I did not notice that this was the Primitivo, my comments only referenced my experience on the Frances. Thanks to all for catching that, and for offering better "local" advice.
You should find fridges at night without much problem, just ask, and also good, fully stocked pharmacies at some point during nearly every day's walk. Bring prescriptions with you, with generic names too if possible, depending on what s/he is taking, and even if you have issues, you should be...
Absolutely no need. Good cell service (call 112), good infrastructure, and if you get hurt, you can just call a cab to the hotel and bar, or an ambulance as appropriate. The Primativo isn't really more "primative", just older.....
We need to all remember that on every step of the Camino we are in someone else's home, and they are graciously and unselfishly hosting thousands of us every year. I have also read people's comments about eating "the delicious grapes until we couldn't eat any more" when traversing the Navarre...
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Did my first (Frances) last year at age 61, 50 lbs overweight, off the couch with virtually no training, and I survived just fine and will be back with my wife this fall for another one. I worried until I looked at the guidebook and realized that there are places to stay along nearly the...
Fit and familiarity is by far what's most important, and if it fits you well, go with it, it's not huge and cinches down a bit as well. As others have said, just resist the temptation to over pack just because you have a little extra space!
The trip over the Napolean was my favorite day of the whole Camino. The clouds that I started walking in after leaving Orrisson sank into the valleys below, and the views were amazing, with rainbows here and there to frame them. I am not in the best shape, so I opted for a night in Orisson...
It's true that it is perhaps historically as random a place to start as any, but one reason is that at least in my experience, the Napolean route from there on the first day is one of the very most beautiful and dramatic days of the whole camino. I am glad I did it, but if someone doesn't, it's...
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