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  1. Zordmot

    Women's sandals for plantar fascitis

    Possibly another way to approach it is to find the most comfortable hiking sandals and each morning tape your feet in the plantar fasciitis wrap Podiatrists and PT’s use both as treatment and prevention with athletes. You can learn this wrap to do yourself but it’s even more effective if a...
  2. Zordmot

    Boxer shorts - any recommendations

    For my 3 Caminos I wore Adidas Men’s Performance Boxer Briefs. Comfortable, easy to hand wash each day, and they are line dry with an hour of sunshine or by morning at your bunk.
  3. Zordmot

    Phones and the Frances

    Yeah, I really hated it at first as a silly unnecessary step but I’ve become used to it over time. And remember if you have a local SIM card you can just use your phone to make that call for free or next to nothing and just dial it up
  4. Zordmot

    Phones and the Frances

    Hang in there, it’s worth it! Yes, you need to enter the person and their phone number you wish to call in your Contacts. Also if you’re calling the US you need to enter the country code of +1 before the number. (My otherwise gifted iphone 11requires me to turn it off after I enter a new...
  5. Zordmot

    Phones and the Frances

    I’ve been to Spain 4 times and each time have learned more about phones. This last visit was very satisfactory. OK, this is what I do : When you get to Spain, go to an Orange store and buy a SIM card there and buy a Pay-As-You-Go plan for 20-30 Euros. You will have a Spain phone number. They...
  6. Zordmot

    Drones

    I don’t have a drone but I guess I just don’t understand why people get all worked up about being filmed walking the Camino from 100 ft elevation
  7. Zordmot

    28L pack on the Camino Frances this October

    Keep your 28L. You can walk a successful Camino with that pack. Get a very light sleeping bag. Get yourself a lightweight set of base layer that you can keep handy if you need it walking and wear it as pajamas. Go lightweight. Anything that you find that you really need can be purchased along...
  8. Zordmot

    Gregory Zulu 40L as carry on.

    My loaded 36L Deuter went both ways as carryon, no questions asked. Airline counter personnel are usually more concerned about checked baggage than carryon. And when you get to the plane you’ll usually see that some people are ridiculously oversize with their carryons. At that point it’s all...
  9. Zordmot

    Drones

    I guess I don’t understand all the ink spilled here over being bothered by the occasional drone when today, between Sarria and Portomarin I saw no drones but was suddenly confronted at least 10 times by cyclists risking my life by suddenly passing way too close to and riding way too fast. Not to...
  10. Zordmot

    How common are hiking shorts on men

    I’ve worn nothing but shorts on 3 Caminos. Right now temperatures are in the 20’s and 30’s C and I can’t imagine wearing anything else
  11. Zordmot

    Where can I change to the Spanish Sim Card on CF?

    I think so. I’m looking at the paperwork here and it looks like you choose one of the bundles for €10 €15 €20 €30 or €40 per month. It automatically renews for the next month So it looks like after you cancel you start all over with a new Sim card. This is at least the way it seems that...
  12. Zordmot

    Where can I change to the Spanish Sim Card on CF?

    I used a Vodaphone sim card I purchased on Amazon 2 years ago in Spain and all over Europe. It comes loaded for the first month and after that you load more onto it by an automated phone system using your debit card OR you can purchase more GB at convenience stores. You pay them, they give you a...
  13. Zordmot

    Where can I change to the Spanish Sim Card on CF?

    It is for The initial period of time is 30 days but you can easily extend it each month by adding 5-10-20 Euros and you get a new month. You can go indefinitely month to month this way. With Vodaphone any amount you have left is carried into the next month
  14. Zordmot

    Where can I change to the Spanish Sim Card on CF?

  15. Zordmot

    Where can I change to the Spanish Sim Card on CF?

    Hello!!! I’ll be walking those same days!!! You can get SIM cards with pay as you go at €10 increments on Amazon in the US that cover all of Europe and you can even put it in your phone today. I recently looked at at least a dozen of these plans and chose to go with Vodaphone, a major carrier in...
  16. Zordmot

    Cleaning my boots ritual

    My ritual is with my feet. My first Camino was a fiasco for my feet. Lots of pain, blisters, bleeding. I went to a Podiatrist who. carefully worked on my feet and gave me some pointers on what to do to avoid foot fiascos. My 2nd Camino was much better following the rituals he suggested: Trim...
  17. Zordmot

    Drones

    I actually feel honored to be in other people’s photos of their Camino. I smile and wave.
  18. Zordmot

    Suggestions for Lightening my Backpack for a 6-day Camino Walk

    The rain jacket could do double-duty in being a layer that I seem to need for the first 30-60 minutes each early morning
  19. Zordmot

    Hiking poles (please bear with me) need honest advice.

    Obviously each of us has our own correct answer to this question. Mine is this. I always rejected the idea of poles, thought it was a stupid idea. Then at age 62 I experienced an episode of vertigo. I’ve pretty well recovered but discovered that I’m a little unsure and unbalanced especially when...
  20. Zordmot

    Help - possibly need new shoes

    I second hiking sandals. right now I’m wearing a pair of hiking sandals that I bought in Pamplona 2 years ago as I ditched my Merrill hiking shoes. Especially on the CF hiking sandals are the way to go. Each morning I would put pieces of athletic tape on those places where I had blisters and...

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