Patrick Neary
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances, (2018)
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My question is: are any of the CF mountain stages classic narrow-width, switchback trails? Trails where the slope is almost straight up on one side, straight down the other, and the trail just a little wider than a hiker? Muchas Gracias!
We're preparing for the CF in May. My wife & I walk in the Sierra Madre Occidental range here in Mexico to practice for the elevation gain. I have seen many beautiful pictures along the flatlands of the Camino Frances, and even a few of the first day in the Pyrenees. My question is: are any of the CF mountain stages classic narrow-width, switchback trails? Trails where the slope is almost straight up on one side, straight down the other, and the trail just a little wider than a hiker? Muchas Gracias!
Thanks to all for the information and advice. I will be happy with whatever the Camino provides; My dear wife does not like the element of danger provided by the classic hiking trails we train on. I assured her most of the Camino was not like that, but I wanted to ensure there weren't any surprises out there. Thanks again!
Picture a long Sunday walk through local parks, farm land and nature reserves, on well maintained forest trails and footpaths, and some along the side of the road with traffic passing..........passing through villages every few hours with cafes and shops, and larger towns every few days. And a handful of big cities thrown in. All with 50+ other people in sight.........and doing that every day.
It ain't no Wilderness Trail
I imagine 'Thru Hikers' would hate it
But it's very cool in it's own way.(Particularly if you like good food and wine)
This PCT thru hiker loves the Camino. But then again, I don't drag a wilderness backpacking filter along on the Camino. For one thing, that filter is a weighty burden ; for another, I like the ability to have more than a single dimension of expectations.
And being able to have a real coffee every few hours is something different too
Maybe it should be called Thru Hiking for Couch Potatoes
Maybe not,
my feet have just reminded me how much they are going to hurt me in the next few weeks...
But it's still a thru-hike
But it's still a thru-hike
No, it's nothing like a thru-hike -- the only genuine US-style European thru-hike that I'm aware of is the Via Alpina.
The Camino has no single starting point, and Compostela is not where it ends.
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