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    Three rescues on the Route Napoleon yesterday

    I did my crossing on May 9th or 10th last year, and felt exactly the same! It was too much of a risk to stop. I was glad of the emergency hut, which at the very least got me out of the wind while I took some food.
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    Three rescues on the Route Napoleon yesterday

    I admit, I was ill-prepared to hike the Napoleon last year. This is from my blog entry for that day: ". . . Somewhere near the summit of the pass it began feeling very Everest-like. I didn’t take pictures because it was freezing by that point. Where I didn’t find the ascent particularly...
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    I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés

    By "breadcrumb" I meant something that maps the path you have taken. A breadcrumb trail - so something that interacts with GPS to geolocate and track in real time. I guess that's what FindPenquins does, but maybe doesn't have trail maps loaded? I also used WhatsApp, my phone to make calls, SMS...
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    I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés

    I have never found AllTrails to be a battery hog. I used it to map each stage of my Via Podiensis. Well, AllTrails or Hiiker. I didn't use a playlist or anything else, just a breadcrumb app, and of course used my phone to take photos. Never had an issue. You could try it IRL before you go, just...
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    SJPDP pilgrim office numbers - January to October 2023

    Curious how those numbers are collected. I was in SJPdP in May, but never checked in. It was the end of my Chemin - almost - I went as far as Roncesvalles Yet another reason those two numbers are not necessarily related.
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    Rescue of peregrina lost in fog on the Route Napoleon

    I walked 37 days from Le Puy (on the roacamadour varient) and arrived in SJPdP two days before my train left. The arrival in SJPdP was so disappointing and I had heard so much about hiking the pass to Roncevalles, that I decided to strike out the next morning. The gîte in SJPdP loaned me a...
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    Wise Pilgrim App - question

    I never did find a legend for the symbols. I wrote to the developer too, but didn’t hear back. I figured out most of them as I went along, but I don’t know what that is. Sorry I can’t be more helpful.
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    Porta Potties between towns

    I am currently on thé Chemin Le Puy and have a roll of biodegradable doggy poop bags. I started using them to pick up other people’s garbage, and emptying them in trash cans. The idea was to use them for myself au cas ou. I am sure some of what I pick up is dropped accidentally, but a LOT is not.
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    Stuck in Bayonne

    I make the bold assumption that even women are able to judge risk for themselves.
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    Stuck in Bayonne

    I too am curious as to the solution. I thought "why not walk?" and saw that someone suggested to hitch a ride. With a backpack and strikes, I am sure you would get picked up by an interesting stranger. I have often hitched when the situation is difficult. Only met lovely helpful people this way.
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    Cash vs Credit or Debit

    I did try and read thru the responses, but there are many. Do not the banks charge a hefty fee on the exchange rate each time you withdraw from a foreign atm? Somewhere in the neighbourhood of the going bank exchange rate +5%?

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