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Did you download Camino waypoints to your GPS or just use it to record distances? If you did download waypoints can you let me know where you found them and did you have a Camino specific map on your GPS as well? Thanks.Just for what it's worth my Gps app I have been using all the way shows a total distance of 867kms. Clearly there have been some minor detours along the way but i estimate these to be less than 5k and certainly less than 10k.
Some of the stages according to Brierley have been more or less spot on but the majority have been longer than shown in the book. The largest delta was on the Roncesvalles to Zubiri stage which depending on which book you use should be around 21-22k but my Gps showed 27.5!
Distances don't matter really the journey does- but I found it interesting nontheless
Buen Camino!
I used it to record distances each day continously. The app is called endomondo and on some days i cross checked with viewranger and found no major discrepancies.Did you download Camino waypoints to your GPS or just use it to record distances? If you did download waypoints can you let me know where you found them and did you have a Camino specific map on your GPS as well? Thanks.
I used a route that I downloaded from here http://www.hikingthecamino.com/on-the-way/maps-gps I used the app Maverick GPS on my Android Phone. The route helped me when I was unsure if I was on the right track. They have made routes for most of the alternatives as well and out to Finisterre and Muxía.Did you download Camino waypoints to your GPS or just use it to record distances? If you did download waypoints can you let me know where you found them and did you have a Camino specific map on your GPS as well? Thanks.
I used a route that I downloaded from here http://www.hikingthecamino.com/on-the-way/maps-gps I used the app Maverick GPS on my Android Phone. The route helped me when I was unsure if I was on the right track. They have made routes for most of the alternatives as well and out to Finisterre and Muxía.
I'm into sucking in a big way.Brierley sucks imho.
A man after my own heart, cafe con leche, beer, vino tinto, and Jameson when available. (water is nice if taken in the right spirit)I'm into sucking in a big way.
Water, cafe con leche, tea with lemon, coke, beer, vinto tinto/blanco, whisky, G&T's.
Not necessarily in that order.
Tks for the recommendation.
My tounge is hanging out already!
The only good thing about the Brierley book is that you know how and where to avoid the sheepForget all those books, just follow the yellow arrows.
Buen Camino!
Forget all those books, just follow the yellow arrows.
Buen Camino!
Why all the apps??
Just get up in the morning and start walking .
After 2-3 hours , its now 9am plus and you have done 8-12km, relax.
Half the days walk is over, have a coffee and look to see where the next town is , on someone else's map ....better the german guides....
Then put the pack back on and follow the mob......
The app would then show shorter distances.......The differential is likely caused by the app not factoring in all the slopes, but considering the entire Camino to be perfectly flat.
Wanderer64, which boots did you go with? I bought Vasque boots and believe I have fallen in love with them.As others have advised, just walk! Follow the yellow arrows, shells and your fellow pilgrims. It's really that simple. Will it really change your decision to do the Camino or dramatically impact your Camino experience if GPS, apps and gadgetry tell you the route is few steps less or more than what the guidebooks say?
And I thought I tended to overthink my Camino prior to going by obsessing over which shoes to buy.... Sheesh!
Wanderer64, which boots did you go with? I bought Vasque boots and believe I have fallen in love with them.
LOL Yep, Breeze 2.0! That made me feel so much better. I was beginning to question my sanity. REI is probably the coolest store EVER! I not only adore my boots, but my Wig Wam socks are the best things I have ever bought for myself. Never in my life have I paid so much for boots, but quite honestly I never would have thought to pay $16 for a single pair of socks! But now I own 5 pair. LOLAhhhhh, several of my hiking friends also have a similar affair with their Vasque boots. Which model? Breeze?
LOL Yep, Breeze 2.0! That made me feel so much better. I was beginning to question my sanity. REI is probably the coolest store EVER! I not only adore my boots, but my Wig Wam socks are the best things I have ever bought for myself. Never in my life have I paid so much for boots, but quite honestly I never would have thought to pay $16 for a single pair of socks! But now I own 5 pair. LOL
So which pair did you go with?
This is my first pair of actual hiking boots and the socks have been experiments. I had no idea what it was like to have the perfect boot. But trust me, the whole perfect sock thing came as a huge surprise! I tried the Thorlo brand of socks at REI, but they did not work in the boot. Good for other stuff, just not with my boots. I will be checking out the Vermont Darn Tough brand tho.I have had good luck with La Sportiva re: fit and they recently came out with these;
La Sportiva Hyper Mid GTX Boot - Men's
La Sportiva
I have only put about 100 miles on them so far, but I'm liking them.
RE: Socks
I always go with Vermont Darn Tough merino wool hiking socks. Similar price and their replacement guarantee is rock solid.
Only 5 prs? LOL Can't have enough quality socks. Just don't carry them all at one time! Jim
Good plan! I can honestly say that without my high cut Breeze yesterday, I would have broken my ankle and I was just in a grocery store parking lot. As it stands, its just my knee and shoulder that are a bit tweeked. My first thought tho was, How do I plan to Walk the Camino if I can't make it across the damn parking lot!?!?!?! LOLDawn, funny enough, after trying out several boots and shoes, I ended up sticking with my 3-yr-old worn down pair of Vasque Breeze because they never gave me blisters, fit well and I felt they still had a few hundred KM left in them. One of those "go with what you know" decisions. I did buy a pair of low cut Patagonia Drifter shoes as backups. The two pairs worked really well for me. I really liked having he high cut boots for more rugged up-down terrain, and the low cuts were very good for flatter terrain.
Good plan! I can honestly say that without my high cut Breeze yesterday, I would have broken my ankle and I was just in a grocery store parking lot. As it stands, its just my knee and shoulder that are a bit tweeked. My first thought tho was, How do I plan to Walk the Camino if I can't make it across the damn parking lot!?!?!?! LOL
This is my first pair of actual hiking boots and the socks have been experiments. I had no idea what it was like to have the perfect boot. But trust me, the whole perfect sock thing came as a huge surprise! I tried the Thorlo brand of socks at REI, but they did not work in the boot. Good for other stuff, just not with my boots. I will be checking out the Vermont Darn Tough brand tho.
I'm leaving Leon on Sept 3rd. I don't have the time off work to be able to do the whole thing. So I have to start in Leon. But I can totally live with that. The Camino will be there when I want to go again.Congrats! Sounds like you have the most critical gear, socks & shoes, wired. The rest of the gear is a piece of cake.
I'm fully packed with a wt. of 12 lbs. Did I mention I'm not leaving for 11 months ?! Ooooops...
It was crazy!!!! I'm not that graceful, but jeez even for me that was bad.Glad you survived the parking lot! I broke in my new boots in a similar fashion. Walking the dog when a long shoelace caught on the other boot's lacing. Fell about 15 feet downhill. Zia, my dog, was as confused as much as I was. No injuries, just embedded gravel.
I'm leaving Leon on Sept 3rd. I don't have the time off work to be able to do the whole thing. So I have to start in Leon. But I can totally live with that. The Camino will be there when I want to go again.
Well on CF i think I went lost 1 time and was unsure of the way a couple of times. I tend to get lost in my thoughts and all of a sudden I have no idea if I have followed the arrows or not. I also walk quite fast so I seldom had other pilgrims a head of me to follow.Beatrice ..........i reckon its a highway out there .
No need for anything but the accommodation list for the upcoming towns.
You're not the only one Dawn - That reminds me of a young German woman I met on a camino who had a similar accident on that rocky stretch coming down from the Alto de Perdon. The loop on her lace on one boot caught on the metal lace holder of the other boot. I met her after she had tumbled butt over tea kettle down the hill. Her face was battered up as if she had been fighting a bear and she was sore from head to toe. I felt so badly for her because it all happened so quickly and she was a strong, healthy walker. Ever since then I have been sure to fold my socks down over the top of my boots so those metal thingies can't catch on anything. Those are the nasty little accidents that can happen unexpectedly on the camino as it's so easy to forget to be careful when we're walking all day. Buen camino.Good plan! I can honestly say that without my high cut Breeze yesterday, I would have broken my ankle and I was just in a grocery store parking lot. As it stands, its just my knee and shoulder that are a bit tweeked. My first thought tho was, How do I plan to Walk the Camino if I can't make it across the damn parking lot!?!?!?! LOL
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