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But I can't think of anywhere on the Camino Francés that requires 30+km days.The challenge is in the 30+ days.
That does sound excellent. For those able to travel easily to Oaxaca in the future I’m sure it’s an excellent choice.
Personally I think it’s important to describe the Camino Frances (apart from the first two days and the often-overstated couple of ascents in the middle) as a straightforward village-to-village walk through a very civilised first-world country with an average of at least two pharmacies and five cafes every day. The challenge is in the 30+ days. It really is a marathon, not a sprint.
If you can limit yourself to a reasonable load, the physical preparation needed is not exactly extreme.
Nonetheless, if you have the time and resources to ‘train’ in Oaxaca - or similar - then why not?
I think henrythedog meant the 30 days or more that it takes to walk the CF from SJPdP.This sounds like a great excuse to spend some time in Oaxaca! When international travel is feasible again, of course.
But I can't think of anywhere on the Camino Francés that requires 30+km days.
That does sound excellent. For those able to travel easily to Oaxaca in the future I’m sure it’s an excellent choice.
Personally I think it’s important to describe the Camino Frances (apart from the first two days and the often-overstated couple of ascents in the middle) as a straightforward village-to-village walk through a very civilised first-world country with an average of at least two pharmacies and five cafes every day. The challenge is in the 30+ days. It really is a marathon, not a sprint.
If you can limit yourself to a reasonable load, the physical preparation needed is not exactly extreme.
Nonetheless, if you have the time and resources to ‘train’ in Oaxaca - or similar - then why not?
Perhaps I live in a different world. But hearing the word "civilised" in such a casual manner in this day and age sounds so weird. Using the phrase in the context of a story around Oxaca, Mexico seems especially strange.
Very well made point which I was trying to articulate.
I think some of the above responses meant to say "economically developed" instead of "civilised."
Who were you responding to?Very well made point which I was trying to articulate.
To you.Who were you responding to?
this could account for the discrepancy in starters and finishers.
This is per dictionary.com website:Very well made point which I was trying to articulate.
I think some of the above responses meant to say "economically developed" instead of "civilised."
Well Said i know one guy coming down the other side of the Pyrenees into Roncesvalles slipped on the grey clay on the boulders and ended up in Hospital for two days with stiches to his thigh so a careful bit of planning using right footwear etc but you can never plan for the unknown and best to enjoy one day at a time Keep Safe Buen Camino@Zordmot, your topic named as "Preparing physically to walk the camino" covers, to my mind, about one quarter of what is necessary.
Getting up a few hills is important along with going down the other side, safely.
And others above say most walks that get talked about on this site, for the most part are village to village rambles of what ever distance you want to cover each day and usually you will pass café, bars and farmacia each day.
But about half the preparation is mental stamina to cope with change, misfortune, bad weather, accident, illness, whatever.
For example: stats gathered at the Pilgrims' Bureau at Santiago show the town started from. My recollection of, some years ago, looking at stats from the major starting points showed a discrepancy: many more were leaving, say, Saint-Jean or Burgos in a year than arrived at Santiago. Is the answer, in part, they were not physically prepared or not mentally prepared or both or something completely different.
Kia kaha (take care, be strong, get going when you can)
I hope the phrase walk through a "very civilised" first-world country was not a Freudian slip.
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