Footwear on Mozarabe

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Terenia

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• Aug 18, 2023

• #1

Hello, I plan to walk from Almeria to Granada in the first half of October. What footwear should I select - boots with an ankle support (15 cm or 6"high) or just shoes. Please share your experiences. Thank you.

 

peregrina2000

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• Aug 18, 2023

• #2

Terenia said:

boots with an ankle support (15 cm or 6"high) or just shoes.

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I walked the Mozárabe from Almería starting in mid-April. I, and most of the loosely formed forum group we called the Mozárabe Mob, wore trail runners, I believe. That is my go-to Camino shoe for any camino these days, but it is particularly welcome when walking on rocky trail beds, of which there are more than a few on the Mozárabe, and when walking on asphalt, an inevitable feature of most caminos.

I was going to welcome you to the forum, but see that you’ve been a member since 2012!
Buen camino, @Terenia, I think you will love it.

 

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Terenia

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• Aug 18, 2023

• #3

Thank you for sharing your experience

 

C clearly

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• Aug 18, 2023

• #4

Shoes. The only reason I would consider boots now for any Camino would be a winter Camino with snow. That's not likely in October.

 

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duncanwhyte

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• Aug 18, 2023

• #5

Most of the ground conditions are firm, sandy, light gravel to small pebbles. If not a path or road it's a farm track. Shoes or runners are sufficient.

 

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OZAJ

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• Aug 19, 2023

• #6

I have read on this forum that boots with "ankle support" don't support ankles. If you don't tie your laces properly, that is probably correct.

If you are wearing boots for ankle support, then I would say: yes.

If you are wearing boots for protection against mud and water, then maybe not on the Mozarabe.

I have always worn boots on 18,500 km of pilgrimage routes since 2008. I don't plan to change this.

 

Anniesantiago

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• Aug 20, 2023

• #7

peregrina2000 said:

I walked the Mozárabe from Almería starting in mid-April. I, and most of the loosely formed forum group we called the Mozárabe Mob, wore trail runners, I believe. That is my go-to Camino shoe for any camino these days, but it is particularly welcome when walking on rocky trail beds, of which there are more than a few on the Mozárabe, and when walking on asphalt, an inevitable feature of most caminos.

I was going to welcome you to the forum, but see that you’ve been a member since 2012!
Buen camino, @Terenia, I think you will love it.

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Hey Laurie, Joe and I are talking about walking this again. How was the weather? Did you have much rain? We'd probably start from Malaga early April.