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  1. backpack45scb

    Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?

    82 and have done a pilgrimage route section almost every year since 2001. Working on Vezelay this year. Doing shorter distances than I used to. 20k is a big day.
  2. backpack45scb

    Which route? Best walking surfaces

    The one we have been working on the last couple of years is the Vezelay. We've done about 200 miles of it. It is mostly country roads like the Norte, only easier ups and downs. Very quiet. You might see another walker maybe once every 3 or 4 days, except in the evening in the albergues. The...
  3. backpack45scb

    French camino wall map

    This is a French language map of routes. I copied link from my website, so has code to give me slight % if you will buy. I will try to edit it out. https://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/2915069271/
  4. backpack45scb

    How Far Have You Walked in Total on Caminos?

    Just over 5000km. How about adding 2000, 3000, 4000, 6000 to your tally? Should cover 99% of walkers.
  5. backpack45scb

    Peter Robins site closing.

    This is a huge loss. Particularly the GeoLocate feature with the IGN maps and routes, which I just discovered this last trip.
  6. backpack45scb

    Foot care during training

    I wear thin liner socks as my only footwear. I do not lubricate. In my view, heat and moisture are the main causes of blisters. If the weather is hot, I will stop every two hours, take my shoes (trail runners) and socks off for five or ten minutes so my feet can cool off and dry. If I feel any...
  7. backpack45scb

    The Camino vs other trails

    The day after day routine of all the long distance trails gives the opportunity for hours of meditation. In my experience, at least, this gives a strongly spiritual quality to long distance hiking. Any of the routes to Santiago de Compostela give quite an additional experience. You are passing...
  8. backpack45scb

    Donativo: A Dead Idea?

    A medley of thoughts on this issue. First, we have rarely stayed in donativos, only doing so when there was no other choice. Our thought has been that if we stayed in a donativo, we might take a bed from someone who really needed it and could not afford an alternative. We have also hiked the...
  9. backpack45scb

    France IGN Maps "GPS ready" - what does it mean?

    Bob, those are UTM grid lines. Many people with gps devices set them to use utm rather than lat & long. Search and rescue units use utm. The advantage for me is that I can look at a decimal utm reading on my gps, and easily estimate where I am on my paper map, since my map utm grid lines are a...
  10. backpack45scb

    El Camino April 2012

    Many opinions on boots vs running shoes. My wife and I have done 1000s of miles with running shoes. Get them at least a size larger to allow for swelling. Also they should not be gortex or waterproof. Your feet will get wet in early season, and you want them to drain and dry quickly. We also...

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