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Rebecca, you are a genius, thank you so much for the link. Elsewhere I’ve posted about blisters—which I have never suffered from—appearing after 8 or 9 days walking. I discovered exactly what your article suggests. The foam top of my orthotic had delaminated and left a 1mm gap. I had been using...
Something similar happened to me. I have never suffered from blisters and had done 30+ days with my current shoes, which have orthotics. I got two horrendous blister on my heel just above the hard skin of the heel. Couldn’t figure it out. Then I saw the foam top of the orthotic had come away...
Yeah I see lots of Hokas, good shoe. I like the Altra last and they offer plenty of shoes that don’t optimise weight. I’ll rethink if I do another Camino. Buen Camino
I’m a long term advocate of trail runners under certain circumstances. In most of my NZ tramps (hikes) I’ve happily used my Altra Lone Peaks unless going totally bush or in winter when boots are more appropriate. Many trail runners have thin soles so as to provide lighter weight shoes, Lone...
My own experience so far. I started from SJPdP on 25th August and had no problems with accommodation. I booked only Roncevalles and Pamplona (because I wanted to stay 2 nights). I’ve arrived late after long days and stayed in mostly municipal albergues or Refugios without issue.
On water, although the risk is small, the idea of putting a bag of water in a pack that you are trying to keep water out of seems a risk not worth taking when there are easy solutions. See tube adapters readily available on Amazon. Added advantages to using PET bottles: lighter, much easier to...
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