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Totally agree... also I would walk a couple of times with a backpack just to get the feeling of it. My guess is that it's totally different from what you are used to now.
Well... you can. It's 29km (say 20 miles) but rather up-hill.
I don't know how well your fysical condition is, but for a first day... it can be done, but it also can be hard.
What I did was... start from SJPdP and walk 8km to the hostel (which cost a little more than the refugio in...
I wouln't take a tent, unless you really cannot sleep with (many) others in the room/dorms.
There are quite enough refugio's along the way.
But when you're planning on going the Camino by bike, I would recommend taking a tent... when walking: it's probably gonna be the first thing you...
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