Yesterday, I found his YT channel by chance.
So, it really is his 51ST camino. Wow!
I can’t begin to express how much I wish I were there.
Thanks for update.
Heading to his YT channel right now.
You’ll see that he has posted a LOT of videos. He does them live every day from whichever camino he is walking on, he has absolutely no intent to monetize anything, and he keeps them short and sweet. His only concession to the “vlog culture,” I think, is that he always has a shot or two of himself walking by. That means he stops, sets up his camera/phone, backtracks, walks by, and then goes back to stop the camera. It is a little contrived, but he is still pretty low key in comparison to many of the vloggers out there. If anyone’s planning to walk the Francés soon, these videos would be very helpful. And for the rest of us, it’s a lot of fun to tag along!
It is important to point out that the fact of the albergue rooms being full simply means there are 8 pilgrims in Zubiri. To equate it with the infamous "bed crunch" seems a tad alarmist.
Of course I know that, but sorry if it wasn’t obvious.
This is the only albergue open in Zubiri according to the Aprinca website. (If the albergue is full, that’s 8, plus Alvaro and his buddy make 10).
I can’t imagine anyone would take this thread as alarmist, but maybe I am overestimating my fellow forum members’ capacity for interpretation. I thought it was interesting to learn that there are pilgrims out there and that they may be more than a scattered few. The Aprinca site does say that this albergue recommends calling ahead to reserve, but I would have assumed till I saw Álvaro’s video that it was to make sure someone would come in to open up the albergue, not that they might fill up.