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When I walked the Camino Francés early mornings before sunrise, I was more worried about being seen by early morning drivers. I used one of the nite-Ize flashing red lights, that has a built in carabiner (https://niteize.com/illumination/lifestyle/spotlitr-carabiner-light) clipped to the middle...
When hiking I use one or the other or both, depending on the weather. On my Camino I took both, but only used water bottles. I brought two empty Smart Water bottles and they worked well the whole trip. I only had a couple of segment where water was scarce. Between Castrojeriz, Frómista, Carrión...
I used BodyGlide on my Camino. No blisters. I only used it when I felt a “hot spot” starting. I washed my feet every night, used fresh clean socks everyday. I sometimes used Miracle foot cream. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MWWZPM6/?tag=casaivar02-20) and rotated three different makes of socks...
I walked the Camino Frances in 2016 and took a Hydration bladder and never used it... in fact I took advice from some ultra light through hikers and used two smart water bottles, purchased after going through security. Partway through the walk I recycled them and purchased new bottles (another...
I made a photo copy of my passport and walked last fall and carried it with my pilgrim's credentials. I had to show both at every albergue or pension I stayed at. I only showed my original passport at the airports.
I found that using my iPhone and ether Apple "Maps" or "Google Maps" in cites did not work as well as expected. Maybe it was the narrow streets, maybe the iPhone GPS just doesn't work well in Spain because I use it all the time in the US and find it indispensable. I had the best luck with the...
I walked from September 14th to October 26th and used a ULA Camino 2. It's probably a little larger than I needed (about 50L,) but it's a panel loader which makes loading and retrieving items much easier then a top loader. It's dimensions are also within airline carry on requirements. It...
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