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Just communicate your concern to the host & the folks in the room. More times than not a spry youngster can jump up flat footedI am staying in an auberge in Espinal and notice that pilgrims are sleeping on the top level of bunk beds with an exposed side without guard rail. This practice is extremely dangerous and such a set up is illegal in most developed countries. Why is it allowed on the Camino? Must somebody suffer significant head injuries or even die before these auberges adhere to international standards. In my view they are unsafe.
I stayed in an albergue in Espinal that had bunks in the middle of the room - not against a wall, so the top bunk only had a rail on one side. That didn't bother me, as I've never fallen out of bed, but the bunk beds were very wobbly, and that made me uncomfortable.
If people falling out of bunks was an issue, I'm betting we'd hear about it.
Bunks were three high at Villadangos del Paramo and Viana! Both were scheduled for renovation, so may have eliminated the stratospheric bunk...
On my Camino a gentleman was injured as he tried to climb into the upper bunk and the bunkbed fell over onto him.
Luckily the old 3 tier troop ship system has been replaced at the municipal Viana albergue Andres Munoz with the standard two tier bunk system. All is more solid and sturdy making it is a simple convenient place to stay. Here is their Gronze.com site
https://www.gronze.com/navarra/viana/albergue-peregrinos-andres-munoz
Viana has many very good restaurants; one favorite and nearby the municipal albergue is the restaurant in the Palacio de Pujados hotel where local vintners seem to enjoy eating well. Recently the menu del dia was roughly 15 euros including 3 courses, a bottle of local Rioja wine and coffee; all were superb! Here is their TripAdvisor citation. Enjoy!
There's an international standard for bunk beds? What WILL they think of next?I am staying in an auberge in Espinal and notice that pilgrims are sleeping on the top level of bunk beds with an exposed side without guard rail. This practice is extremely dangerous and such a set up is illegal in most developed countries. Why is it allowed on the Camino? Must somebody suffer significant head injuries or even die before these auberges adhere to international standards. In my view they are unsafe.
If people falling out of bunks was an issue, I'm betting we'd hear about it.
I slept in plenty of bunk beds without a side guard rail on the Camino - I never thought anything of it. I was probably 5 years old the last time I fell out of bed.
Oh I was there in the municipal in that dormitory on that night!In Santa Domingo there was a gentleman who fell out of a top bunk twice, hitting his head on a chair the 2nd time. Luckily, I had a bed up against a wall.
Exactly my memory of Berducedo!On my Camino Primitivo in 2016 after crossing the hospitalares high route, my adult son and I stayed at the municipal albergue in Berducedo. We literally got the last two bunks, both on top. Unfortunately all other lodging in town was full. I nick-named this place "the dump" as it was the worst I'd ever been in. Rather dirty, cold showers and there were too many bunks crammed in to a very small space with barely any room on the floor to place our packs without stumbling over them. The woman who checked us in had a briefcase and was only there to receive our money, showing us no kindness or smiles. We saw her a short time later imbibing at the local bar...but I digress from topic. Anyway, my son's bunk had a rope tied from one of his bed posts to a window latch nearby. He wondered what that was all about so he untied it. His bunk started wobbling precariously back and forth sideways, so he quickly reattached the rope back to the bedpost to secure it once again before it toppled over. We enjoyed a good laugh!
Thank you.A pilgrim is thankful.
A tourist makes demands.
If you don't feel safe sleeping in the bed provided, let the management know.
Then find another place to sleep.
Many people have a very limited budget and should be allowed to walk Caminos. The camino Challenges are wide and include many unsafe and risks when walking but today do not need to include unnecessary very painful injury or death from falling out a top bunk because an albergue saves a few euros not putting a safety rail up on top bunks!Thank you.
The Camino is a pilgrimage full of challenges.
It is not a vacation by design nor is it meant to be safe.
People walk at their own risk.
If people don’t like the beds they have a choice and can book private rooms.
As I said, a pilgrim has a choice to book a private room for very little money.Many people have a very limited budget and should be allowed to walk Caminos. The camino Challenges are wide and include many unsafe and risks when walking but today do not need to include unnecessary very painful injury or death from falling out a top bunk because an albergue saves a few euros not putting a safety rail up on top bunks!
Yes, the Camino should be totally safe, and perfectly clean, and not cost more than a cup of coffee. Two out of three of those are available at your nearest Disneyland.Many people have a very limited budget and should be allowed to walk Caminos. The camino Challenges are wide and include many unsafe and risks when walking but today do not need to include unnecessary very painful injury or death from falling out a top bunk because an albergue saves a few euros not putting a safety rail up on top bunks!
Yes and a ladder. The one the man fell from had no rails or ladder at all. I do not expect perfection and sleep anywhere but do not expect to fall to land up in hospital or experience another pilgrim falling in the night and with such awful injury’s when so unnecessary .Oddly enough I was sorting through some Camino photo albums over the weekend.
Viana, September 2012
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At least the top two tiers have some kind of rail.
That’s an extreme reply and unreasonable. Just asking that a pilgrim doesn’t fall from a totally unnecessary unsafe top bunk. If you had witnessed a fellow pilgrim bashing hard onto the floor with blood cuts swelling bruising and throwing up and getting them to hospital would you be so uncaring.Yes, the Camino should be totally safe, and perfectly clean, and not cost more than a cup of coffee. Two out of three of those are available at your nearest Disneyland.
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