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Hello Folks...
New to this, have not done the pilgrimage walk yet, so excuse my ignorance because I do not know what I am talking about.
So, I'm trying to do the math here....estimates say 200,000 people a year do the walk...
One question, how many drop out and do not complete?
Assuming that most people walk between April and October because of the nicer weather...
So if we also assume that 3/4 of the pilgrims, about 150,000, walk April - October (inclusive), thats 7 months, or about 21,500 a month, or about 715 a day.
Now, if 715 people set out Monday morning from SJPP, the first town 2/3 of these people aim for would be Roncesvalles...so can 500 people be easily accommodated in the first town?
Accounting for stragglers and the proximity between towns and hostels and inns, every night each pit stop town should expect approximately 600 - 800 pilgrims? :shock:
I have looked at the route, viewed dozens and dozens of photo albums, and just don't see those numbers.
Using the same figures, and accounting for a 35% drop-out rate, but supplemented by many "last 100" pilgrims, there still should be, on any given day, about 600 arrivals at Santiago de Compostela each day, generally in the afternoon as many seem to do the push to finish the last leg in one day.
Again, looking at on-line pictures and videos, I just don't see those numbers...
Your thoughts?
New to this, have not done the pilgrimage walk yet, so excuse my ignorance because I do not know what I am talking about.
So, I'm trying to do the math here....estimates say 200,000 people a year do the walk...
One question, how many drop out and do not complete?
Assuming that most people walk between April and October because of the nicer weather...
So if we also assume that 3/4 of the pilgrims, about 150,000, walk April - October (inclusive), thats 7 months, or about 21,500 a month, or about 715 a day.
Now, if 715 people set out Monday morning from SJPP, the first town 2/3 of these people aim for would be Roncesvalles...so can 500 people be easily accommodated in the first town?
Accounting for stragglers and the proximity between towns and hostels and inns, every night each pit stop town should expect approximately 600 - 800 pilgrims? :shock:
I have looked at the route, viewed dozens and dozens of photo albums, and just don't see those numbers.
Using the same figures, and accounting for a 35% drop-out rate, but supplemented by many "last 100" pilgrims, there still should be, on any given day, about 600 arrivals at Santiago de Compostela each day, generally in the afternoon as many seem to do the push to finish the last leg in one day.
Again, looking at on-line pictures and videos, I just don't see those numbers...
Your thoughts?