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  1. Katherine Radeka

    Tips and recommendations for an elder pilgrim (90y)

    Questions to be thinking about: How important is it to your father to earn the Compostela? What is the budget? Can you afford to stay in private hotels vs public albergues? What is the maximum amount of time that you can give to this? If earning the Compostela is important, then there are...
  2. Katherine Radeka

    Weight Loss, Chronic Pain & Keeping Fit After Camino Frances

    Just commenting to add that my experience was similar to yours, compounded by the fact that I added carbs back in during the Camino after following a low sugar / low refined carbs diet for years, and decided I needed to make peace with carbs rather than completely cut them out. I came home to...
  3. Katherine Radeka

    Super Paranoid....Can i REALLY Do This?

    You CAN do this . . . if you're willing and able to walk YOUR Camino, your distance, your pace. That might mean a longer trip, a different starting place, the willingness to use select buses and taxis here and there, the willingness to lighten your load with pack transport services, book...
  4. Katherine Radeka

    Recent DVT, Camino Frances and reliable way to transport baggage/medication

    My husband and I carried our laptops with us on the Camino — not something I’d recommend but the only way to make this trip feasible this time. We did exactly as was suggested upthread: put our valuables in our daypacks and sent everything else forward that we didn’t need for the day. We didn’t...
  5. Katherine Radeka

    pills, pills, and more pills

    You are most likely to be scrutinized at the airport. Once you land and especially once you’re on the Camino no one will care. So if you’re worried about it, you can always bring the pills in their original packaging, and then sort them into lightweight plastic bags once you’re through Customs...
  6. Katherine Radeka

    Albergue windows and doors open or closed at night now.

    I don’t have AC in my hundred year old house in the Pacific NW. In summer, we open the windows in the early am to let in cool morning air with window fans. Then close them all as soon as it’s warmer outside than inside, and close the blinds. With things sealed up, interior fans and ceiling...
  7. Katherine Radeka

    Have you shares in Compeed?

    Paper (aka Micropore) tape to prevent blisters /treat hot spots — easier on my skin than duct tape. About a Euro a roll at a farmacia. For the one blister I got anyway I did the same but with a bit of gauze over the blister so that I didn’t pull the roof off with the tape. Not painful after...
  8. Katherine Radeka

    Help with blisters!

    You've probably tried (and will continue to try) different solutions. Since everyone's feet is different, I'd suggest trying one thing at a time, and keeping a simple log to help you suss out what might work best for you: --What you will try — and what you will do when you get a hot spot...
  9. Katherine Radeka

    Help with blisters!

    I tend to get blisters between my toes and I also find changing socks to really help (along with encasing my toes and a few other vulnerable areas in paper tape).
  10. Katherine Radeka

    Fitness Plan Six Weeks Out for Camino Francés

    This is reassuring! The trails near us are remote, narrow, steep and rocky —we bring extra food, water, clothing, etc. in case something goes wrong and we end up with an impromptu sleepover. So I think we'll be fine from the perspective of hills and pack weight. More worried about distance...
  11. Katherine Radeka

    Fitness Plan Six Weeks Out for Camino Francés

    Thank you. I think we'll plan to do this over Easter weekend - we can both take extra time that week (and seems appropriate somehow to do a "mini pilgrimage" that weekend).
  12. Katherine Radeka

    Fitness Plan Six Weeks Out for Camino Francés

    Yes, we're fortunate to live at the mouth of the Columbia Gorge so lots of options for hill training. The downside is that we have to carry all of our water and food for the day for the type of trails we like to do. No fountains in wilderness areas. Since you'll probably faster, I'm sure we'll...
  13. Katherine Radeka

    Fitness Plan Six Weeks Out for Camino Francés

    We've already talked about that . . . his bailout plan is to book an AirBnB someplace in Spain and taunt me with the cafes con leches and vinos tintos he's enjoying while I walk 😁 But I also know him well after 30 years and I think he's actually decided to do it. Which is why I want to make...
  14. Katherine Radeka

    Fitness Plan Six Weeks Out for Camino Francés

    Hi! I had planned to walk the Camino Francés in 2018 but ended up injuring my knee in training and having to bail out. I'd really like to avoid that this time. This time my husband is joining me, and he has low tolerance for pain. Walking to get into shape on the Camino isn't an option as...
  15. Katherine Radeka

    Camino after weight loss surgery

    I think you are going to be fine carrying the amount of food you will need for numerous small meals. You should be able to replenish every day. So it’s really more about using your training walks to figure out what foods work for you, so that you know how much food you need and what options work...

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