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    Help with shoes!

    I'm female, and had trouble finding wide enough boots, until I realized that men's boots in general are sized with greater width than women's. Once I tried Keen men's Targhee III boots (which are also waterproof, a great benefit) I never looked back. It's really important to let your toes splay...
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    Camino Portuguese packing list (help)

    I also wear nylon pantyhose feet as liners; they’re almost weightless, very thin, and dry in a flash. And most importantly, they keep the shear zone (rub zone between two materials under pressure) between sock fabric and liner fabric, rather than between sock fabric and your skin, and so prevent...
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    LIVE from the Camino Ethics Question -- to walk or not to walk?

    I can't comment on the together/separately issue, but will say that shear pressure between two layers of tissue causes blisters. Sock liners are a way to keep tissue shear in between two layers of cloth, rather than between cloth and skin. You can find nylon stockings in any grocery store; in...
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    Castrojeriz to Rabanal

    I will say that the early-morning walk out of Castrojeriz in October 2018 was a highlight of my Camino. First you walk through dark town and catch views of the misty plain, then step onto the plain and spot the ridge you’ll climb far ahead, washed in the sun’s first light. Tall Lombardy poplars...
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    how to thank my feet?

    My Camino ritual to thank my feet was to dunk them for a few minutes in every stream or irrigation ditch I encountered. I walked the CF in September/October, and my feet so appreciated the break, the flow of chilly water, and the comfort of drier socks when I dried my feet off and reshod them...
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    Socks (i hate cold feet)

    What has been really useful for me is wearing a pair of nylon sock liners inside a pair of warm socks of your choice. The liners help wick moisture to the outer sock, and because walking creates friction between skin and a single sock, with a liner the friction is concentrated instead between...
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    Lacing - Try preventing blisters, or the dreaded black toenail, with a “Heel Lock” or “Lace Lock”.

    I brought this set of lacing diagrams on the Camino with me, and found that the little adjustments a couple of the methods made for me kept my very fussy feet relaxed and relatively happy. I shared the diagrams with a German friend whose feet were a mass of blisters soon after he started...
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    Why do my feet hurt? Metatarsal tales

    I have metatarsal issues -- insufficient fat pads on the bottoms of my feet, ruptured plantar plates, hammer toes, crunched-up nerves -- and am grappling again with getting the right combination of boots, insoles, orthotics, lacing (different lacing patterns can really help -- Google is good...
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    On this date in October...

    On October 1, 2018, I walked out of Logrono on the Camino Frances, and headed into La Rioja countryside. A cool and cloudy day, with occasional beams of sunlight, and magnificent views across the landscape. Wonderful companion peregrino companions, and every step felt like an adventure.

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