Jazmine Knight
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Planning to walk in (2017)
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It's never too early to start training. The most important thing is to walk - a lot. Miles and mile a day. After you can easily walk 10 miles in one go add your backpack. Not fully packed at first. And try to walk on hills as much as possible.Hi! My mom and I are planning to be there in the late summer and early fall of this coming year!
We're thinking of getting to the area a few days to a week before walking to get used to the climate.
So I'm really starting to get excited and I'm beginning at least my mental preparations.
General questions:
Is anyone planning on being there around that time?
How early do you think I should start training?
Does anyone have any early-planning-stages advice for me?
Hi Jazmine, I will be leaving from SJPD on 31st Aug 2017Hi! My mom and I are planning to be there in the late summer and early fall of this coming year!
We're thinking of getting to the area a few days to a week before walking to get used to the climate.
So I'm really starting to get excited and I'm beginning at least my mental preparations.
General questions:
Is anyone planning on being there around that time?
How early do you think I should start training?
Does anyone have any early-planning-stages advice for me?
Hi Jasmine, I will be starting the Camino on the 25th of Aug from St Jean. Started walking already around my home.. I live in a rural area with lots of hills and flats. I'm also going to stay in Paris for couple of days to get used to time zone and walking all day. Seeing all the sites in Paris via walking should be a good warm up for the Pyrenees.Maybe we will cross paths, Buen Camino
Thank you for the informationTracie,
Since you are visiting Paris before beginning your pilgrimage here are two Parisian accommodations sponsored by religious groups; the Freres Aveniat and the basilica of Sacre Coeur.
For secular accommodation in Paris have you tried CouchSurfing, AirBnB or searched Hostelworld for individual rooms?
Do scan these earlier Forum threads for much more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino within Paris.
When on the parvis or place facing the Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruins and visible to your right across the Seine begins the medieval rue Saint Jacques which pilgrims followed to leave the city; walk it a bit and ponder history.
Take a deep breath, relax and just enjoy it! As an American who has lived 35+ years in France both in Paris and Champagne for me as Thomas Jefferson wrote “a walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.”
Bon Chemin and Buen Camino!
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1. We're thinking of getting to the area a few days to a week before walking to get used to the climate.
2. Is anyone planning on being there around that time?
3. How early do you think I should start training?
4. Does anyone have any early-planning-stages advice for me?
Maybe my bag is too heavy, aroud 20-30 KG.
hahaha, everything. I planed more trips than camino. So many small staff i can't through away. And i really used most of them, but only several time. I have to say, without them, it make me feels might be uncomfortable, but no damage. I have to save money for long trips and because of my injury knee, sometimes I have to walk slow, which means I walk longer than others, then I have to take more foods and waters, which really help me very much and save more money(because the food in small village are so bad and expensive for me.). But I have to say, it is really heavy.I'd say that your bag is waaay to heavy! What all are you carrying? My pack weighs less than 8kg, and that includes water.
I'd say that your bag is waaaay too heavy! What all are you carrying? My pack weighs less than 8kg, and that includes water.
Sam did say that this was his first time hiking and has a bad knee, so I would stand by my statement that he was carrying too much weight.But you arent sam. Each to their own. Some people can live out of a day bag, others have needs that require more kit. Not everyone stays in hostels and pensions, some camp/bivvi. Some pack far to much, but you can only make suggestions. For some people half the journey is learning new things, like what not to take.
Admittedly 20-30kg is kind of pushing it out a bit. I thought my load out at 16-18kg was a lot (although it was extremely comfortable once i was walking), but im a really big guy who can lift a lot of weight with no real issue, and work in a job where lifting 20-30kg boxes is normal, so my body is adapted for the weight. If a person sits in an office all day, and does basically very little regular exercise, then they would struggle to carry that same pack. If sam is a person who can carry that load and has done in the past on many trips, then he will know what he is capable of. But nevertheless cutting back a little would be helpful. Its possible to take 2 shorts, 2 t-shirts and a selection of underwear and easily live day to day as long as you have a routine for dealing with washing them. If you take synthetics you can really cut back on weight, but im not one for them, i like cotton and poly cotton blends, and shorts with lots of pockets.
Hey ShellsG, I will be doing my first Camino around the same time - I will be a slow walker and average no more than 20kms a dayI walked the Camino in Sept/Oct of 2015 and plan on returning to do it again in 2017. I learned a lot the first time, will learn a lot the second. I plan on bypassing Paris this next time and fly to Madrid instead. I will spend several days there at the end. I have things I will definitely do differently .... I won't stress so much about getting a bed, it occupied far too much of my time last year. I will take different rain gear, insisted I would not do a poncho last year but this year its the way to go. I used light weight trail runners, they were perfect for me. I will pack a set of "city" clothes so that when I get to Madrid I can ditch my Camino clothes!! I will explore more and do a circle walk around Ponferrada that I had planned to do but was too nervous to do on my own last year.
I spent a lot of energy on being nervous .... and it was all for naught! I think sometimes it is easy to get caught up in the "gotta book a bed" idea but I don't think it is necessary.Hey ShellsG, I will be doing my first Camino around the same time - I will be a slow walker and average no more than 20kms a dayI also plan to walk to Finisterre, so if you see me say hello - I do have an Australian flag patch, Camiga and Slow Walkers badges on my pack A little nervous to be walking on my own until Leon where an American friend will join me but super excited all at the same time.
But you arent sam. Each to their own. Some people can live out of a day bag, others have needs that require more kit. Not everyone stays in hostels and pensions, some camp/bivvi. Some pack far to much, but you can only make suggestions. For some people half the journey is learning new things, like what not to take.
Admittedly 20-30kg is kind of pushing it out a bit. I thought my load out at 16-18kg was a lot (although it was extremely comfortable once i was walking), but im a really big guy who can lift a lot of weight with no real issue, and work in a job where lifting 20-30kg boxes is normal, so my body is adapted for the weight. If a person sits in an office all day, and does basically very little regular exercise, then they would struggle to carry that same pack. If sam is a person who can carry that load and has done in the past on many trips, then he will know what he is capable of. But nevertheless cutting back a little would be helpful. Its possible to take 2 shorts, 2 t-shirts and a selection of underwear and easily live day to day as long as you have a routine for dealing with washing them. If you take synthetics you can really cut back on weight, but im not one for them, i like cotton and poly cotton blends, and shorts with lots of pockets.
.Sam did say that this was his first time hiking and has a bad knee, so I would stand by my statement that he was carrying too much weight.
WhatHi! My mom and I are planning to be there in the late summer and early fall of this coming year!
We're thinking of getting to the area a few days to a week before walking to get used to the climate.
So I'm really starting to get excited and I'm beginning at least my mental preparations.
General questions:
Is anyone planning on being there around that time?
How early do you think I should start training?
Does anyone have any early-planning-stages advice for me?
I am planning on Walking in September and October of 2017. I'm flying into Paris on September 6 of 2017, and taking the train down to SJPP. If you are planning to be anywhere near the start of the Camino at that time, perhaps we'll see each other! Buen Camino!Hi! My mom and I are planning to be there in the late summer and early fall of this coming year!
We're thinking of getting to the area a few days to a week before walking to get used to the climate.
So I'm really starting to get excited and I'm beginning at least my mental preparations.
General questions:
Is anyone planning on being there around that time?
How early do you think I should start training?
Does anyone have any early-planning-stages advice for me?
Hi: Since it sounds like you have a few extra days before starting from SJPdP, maybe consider backing up a bit along one of the routes in France and "warm up" by walking 3-4 days into SJPdP. That way you would not need to tackle the Pyrenees on Day 1. I did the Route Napoleon after having been walking part of the Le Puy Route, and I think it was certainly a better experience than had I tried it on my first day out.[/QUOT
Hi there
Im flying into Paris, if I wanted to start walking before SJPDP'for 2-3 days where would I start and what accommodation would be available?
Thanks
Hi I am leaving St Jean on 25th aug and staying at Orisson /hope to see you along the way .Hi Jasmine, I will be starting the Camino on the 25th of Aug from St Jean. Started walking already around my home.. I live in a rural area with lots of hills and flats. I'm also going to stay in Paris for couple of days to get used to time zone and walking all day. Seeing all the sites in Paris via walking should be a good warm up for the Pyrenees.Maybe we will cross paths, Buen Camino
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