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- Francés, Norte, Salvador, Primitivo, Portuguese
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Not in my book.
Does anyone have a good estimate of how long my hybrid Camino should take? I can walk 24-30km a day.
Sure, some would do it in 40 I'm, with even fewer stages than those typically published, but the OP asked from experience how we felt.Well. It would not have my preference either, but some people do it (SJ-Leon 19 / Salvador 5 / Primitivo 14/Muxia 4 =42;, not including rest days)
Yeah, I think that 48 days is probably exactly right for me, but that doesn't leave me with any extra time in Spain before I fly home.48 days looks exactly right to me
(I’m thinking of a similar trip, but starting in Arles.)
Jill
I think that it's mostly pre-Camino jitters.Stop panicking ;-) Just have a look at your time situation when you reach Leon and adjust accordingly if necessary ;-) Buen Camino, SY
I will wait until León until I decide what to do. If I decide that I want to do the Salvador/Primitivo I'll see if I can change my ticket without spending too much money I'll go forward with it. I just don't want to feel pressured to finish sooner than I'm ready.I hate these elevation things. Just do it! Slow and steady!
Looks like a lot of grapple hooks and slides are involved here. Do I hear yodeling???I think that it's mostly pre-Camino jitters.
Also, I just printed out Ender's Camino del Salvador guide, and this elevation map graphic didn't inspire confidence in me!
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Trecile, don't look at those elevation profiles as such. There's no incline so steep as pictured here. Calculate distance vs. elevation and you'll get right result. I walked it last summer and this particular stage isn't that steep/hard at allI think that it's mostly pre-Camino jitters.
Also, I just printed out Ender's Camino del Salvador guide, and this elevation map graphic didn't inspire confidence in me!
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I found the opposite for me. As I went on I was able to walk longer distances more easily. On my final day of walking to Finisterre I walked 32.5 km from Olveiroa to Finisterre with a bad cold. It wasn't the best day walking, but I was determined to get there because I had a hotel room with a bath tub reserved!Sure, some would do it in 40 I'm, with even fewer stages than those typically published, but the OP asked from experience how we felt.
Also, I imagine that the longer the walk the more difficult it is to complete the same distance. So a fresh pilgrim walkinh the Salvador might be fine in four days, but an already used and abused body that has been worked for 300, 400 km may not appreciate that rythm. All days are not made equal. Add the weather to that and ...
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I like the "just start walking and see what happens" approach.I can walk 24-30km a day.
What I usually do is calculate my stages according to my daily comfort-zone average mileage and infrastructure (less walked Caminos in latest years that is, 1 day stops in bigger towns included), add a week to max of 10 days for return ticket. Added days depends on length of the whole Camino combo and of course on price of the return airplane tickets. And then I can really wing it. Whether it is for company, weather or my lazinessI know that I should have worked out how long it would take me to walk before I booked my flights, or at least sooner than 2 days before I leave! The main thing about my Camino this year is that I don't want to feel like I have to be somewhere by a certain date. Last year I wanted to join my new Camino friends in Santiago on my birthday (they were buying dinner!), so I altered my walking schedule to fit that in. I want to feel freer this year. So if the Salvador and Primitivo have to wait for another year, so be it.
I knew that I really should have made my total time away from home an even 2 months, but I felt a bit guilty being gone for longer than necessary.What I usually do is calculate my stages according to my daily comfort-zone average mileage and infrastructure (less walked Caminos in latest years that is, 1 day stops in bigger towns included), add a week to max of 10 days for return ticket. Added days depends on length of the whole Camino combo and of course on price of the return airplane tickets. And then I can really wing it. Whether it is for company, weather or my laziness
It worked out perfectly in last three summers.
Necessary? Whats that??? Completely new word for meI knew that I really should have made my total time away from home an even 2 months, but I felt a bit guilty being gone for longer than necessary.
Actually, I should have gone for the whole 90 days that I'm allowed in the Schengen zone!
Nice analysis. If I could add, this section appears to be about 2 km in length, and with an elevation gain of about 200m, is going to have a bit over a 10% slope. Steep, yes, but it is a slope that road vehicles could manage. Humans on foot can manage much steeper slopes, albeit they will slow you down. The vertical scale being used has grossly exaggerated the appearance of difficulty here.OK, Trecile, I was curious because that is a wicked elevation chart. I assume it's in meters? If so, the steepest part looks like Olloniego to Manzanipa, from about 460 feet to 1180 feet ( I hate uphills and love the downs so, for someone else, the ridiculous previous downhill slope may be worse). That's a difference of 720 feet.
Dodger Stadium in LA is the tallest baseball stadium in the US, at 501 feet. So your worst uphill is the equivalent of a going from the bottom of the baseball stadium to the beer stand at the top plus another half stadium again. Not so bad!
Full apologies to any engineers, mathematicians or beer drinking baseball fans out there.
I knew that I really should have made my total time away from home an even 2 months, but I felt a bit guilty being gone for longer than necessary.
Hi TrecileI start my Camino on July 4th from SJPDP, and have 48 days before I need to return to Madrid. I want to walk the Frances to León, then the Salvador to Oviedo, and finish off on the Primitivo to Santiago. I also want to walk to Muxia and Finisterre. I'd also like to have several days to spend in Spain or Portugal after I walk. I'm starting to think that I should have allowed myself another week to fit everything in. Or I can just walk the Frances straight through.
I'm also starting to worry that the Salvador and Primitivo may be too solitary for me, and with too many long stretches without any services.
I know that I probably just need to relax, and see how things go. I can probably change my return flight if I think I need more time.
Does anyone have a good estimate of how long my hybrid Camino should take? I can walk 24-30km a day.
Now you are talking! You never know what you will find when you are walking. If you are only concentrating on time and distance you may walk right past opportunity. A Galacian Wedding, a fantastic art exhibit, a cafe conversation with a local farmer's wife, a quiet moment when something finally makes sense. Don't walk the Camino as a race to get somewhere else, when you're on the Camino you've arrived at your destination.I know that I should have worked out how long it would take me to walk before I booked my flights, or at least sooner than 2 days before I leave! The main thing about my Camino this year is that I don't want to feel like I have to be somewhere by a certain date. Last year I wanted to join my new Camino friends in Santiago on my birthday (they were buying dinner!), so I altered my walking schedule to fit that in. I want to feel freer this year. So if the Salvador and Primitivo have to wait for another year, so be it.
I thought that I'd like to walk a different path than I did last year. Although even if I walk exactly the same route as last year it will still be different. Different people, slightly different season, different stops, etc.I'm curious why you are walking those routes.
I think that it's mostly pre-Camino jitters.
Also, I just printed out Ender's Camino del Salvador guide, and this elevation map graphic didn't inspire confidence in me!
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