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  1. jgpryde

    What is your 2nd footwear item?

    I wore Vibram™ 5 finger shoes when my boots were off. They were light but the soles were sturdy enough to replace my boots in an emergency. Good conversation starter in the albergue too. -jason
  2. jgpryde

    SIM Card question

    I went to a Vodafone store in Pamplona to get a SIM card for my IPhone7. They installed it and tested it out before I left. I later stopped in a Vodafone store in Leon to top it up. Coverage on the Frances has been good most of the time. Most if not all of the alburgues have a wifi router...
  3. jgpryde

    Has anyone walked with a hip-belt trailer?

    I met a family from Australia that were pushing their 11month old in an industrial grade 3 wheeled stroller along the entire Camino Frances. They should be in Santiago by now. The father was getting concerned about the front wheel bearings going over some of the hills though. B.C. -jgp
  4. jgpryde

    Changing to a 20L from 32L pack

  5. jgpryde

    Cellphone plan

    I second the idea to use you US plan with roaming for the few days you'll be in Franc I am on the CF right now and finding that WiFi access is pretty temperamental in most of the albergues. They often have a small zone in a public area where the signal is sufficient. This makes it less than...
  6. jgpryde

    "Techy" question...

    A couple of suggestions for your laptop are: Make sure you FULLY shutdown the machine, not just "sleep" mode, and then restart. I recommend holding the power button down for about 10 seconds after the screen goes dark. Then wait a minute and restart using the power button and try browsing to...
  7. jgpryde

    Equipment Exchange/Free boxes on the Camino?

    In Cheryl Strayed's book on walking the Pacific Crest Trail in California, she mentions "Free" drop boxes at various points along the trail where hikers leave unneeded items for later hikers to scrounge thru and possibly benefit from along the way. These are usually strategically located at post...

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