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Unfortunately, too many pilgrims do set an audible alarm for 5:30, 6:00, etc. Please don't be one of them. Use the vibrate only alarm on your phone, or as suggested a vibrate alarm on a fitness tracker on your wrist.While staying in Albuerges how do people wake up early like 5:30 or 6 am. It would seem that if people are setting their phone alarms at different times people would hear it all over the rooms and wake up others. Recommendations? Thanks Peregrinos
When we were walking in July and August we wanted to leave as early as we thought we were capable of to avoid as much as possible walking in the hottest part of the day. In other seasons that might not matter as much.Yes, or simply get up when the others do. Most of the places I've been the other peregrinos woke up early so I decided just to do the same and go with the flow. I didn't care if it was 5, 0530 or later. I just followed the flow. I mean, what's the hurry? The only one you have to catch up with is yourself...
We do. Not to worry - you will have peregrino alarms. K1 said it best:It would seem that if people are setting their phone alarms at different times people would hear it all over the rooms and wake up others.
I don't need the alarm.
There is always someone with plastic bags
I tested that out at home at realized it wouldn't work. I think that you might be able to download an app that will play the alarm through earbuds.When I was a hospitalera once, I needed to get up very early, ~4:30a.m. because several guests wanted to get an early start to avoid the heat in June, and I wanted to make sure they had what they needed for breakfast and to say goodbye. After a few days, I finally realized that even though the earphones were plugged in, the alarm was not muted to the outside world. I was in the hospitalero room and no one complained, but I felt bad about that.
I rose at 5 a.m. to get an early start on my day. I set the alarm on my iPhone to music and had no problem or backlash from fellow pilgrims.While staying in Albuerges how do people wake up early like 5:30 or 6 am. It would seem that if people are setting their phone alarms at different times people would hear it all over the rooms and wake up others. Recommendations? Thanks Peregrinos
Or they were too polite to mention it...I rose at 5 a.m. to get an early start on my day. I set the alarm on my iPhone to music and had no problem or backlash from fellow pilgrims.
Possibly but there's no perfection when you have with 20, 30 or pilgrims sleeping within feet of one another. You do the best you can to respect your fellow travelers.Or they were too polite to mention it...
By not having an audible alarm at 5 amPossibly but there's no perfection when you have with 20, 30 or pilgrims sleeping within feet of one another. You do the best you can to respect your fellow travelers.
By not having an audible alarm at 5 am
Possibly but there's no perfection when you have with 20, 30 or pilgrims sleeping within feet of one another. You do the best you can to respect your fellow travelers.
Can you imagine if all thirty pilgrims had audible alarms going off at various times?Possibly but there's no perfection when you have with 20, 30 or pilgrims sleeping within feet of one another. You do the best you can to respect your fellow travelers.
Can you imagine if all thirty pilgrims had audible alarms going off at various times?
If you don't move around much, I've been able to learn to sleep with headphones in (also works as earplugs) then you can hear it if you can't wake up to vibrations.
When I was a hospitalera once, I needed to get up very early, ~4:30a.m. because several guests wanted to get an early start to avoid the heat in June, and I wanted to make sure they had what they needed for breakfast and to say goodbye. After a few days, I finally realized that even though the earphones were plugged in, the alarm was not muted to the outside world. I was in the hospitalero room and no one complained, but I felt bad about that.
I rose at 5 a.m. to get an early start on my day. I set the alarm on my iPhone to music and had no problem or backlash from fellow pilgrims.
I set my iPhone to vibrate and my husband had his watch set as well. Both were pretty low and shut off quickly. I think the earliest we set them for was 6am. We had to be walking by 6:30. 7:00 at the latest, in order to be able to stop walking by 2-3 when the heat was the worst in May. Thanks to Spain's messed up time zone we got an extra couple of hours.
No bag rustling, just throw on pants/skirt and grab the backpack and sleeping bag on the way to the bathroom. Packed up in the common areas.
I find it a bit selfish.I rose at 5 a.m. to get an early start on my day. I set the alarm on my iPhone to music and had no problem or backlash from fellow pilgrims.
I find it a bit selfish.
And one more thing if you want to start early: Arrange your stuff in the evening before you go to sleep, so you can find it quickly in the darkness, won't have to turn on the light and won't make noise. Especially the last thing! You will irritate everyone around you and for good reason. From I wake up till I'm out of the dorm it is maksimum five minutes. I grab my stuff and get out of the door. When I am outside I find a place to quietly arrange things, "arrange my self"(nature's call...). And I'm gone. 15 minutes to the max and I'm hopefully not bothering any one else who want to sleep in...
Some people walk slower and don’t want to get caught in the heat of the afternoon. Not for us to dictate when people should get up. As long they do it quietly.Well 6am is more reasonable than 5am -given that's it not dawn until 6:30am in Pamplona for example, even on the longest day https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/spain/pamplona?month=6 - I see absolutely no reason to get up before 6am at the very earliest. I can pack and leave any hotel in 15 minutes with all my gear - with minimal stuff on the caminio it will take about 10min
That will be me, but I’m certainly not risk getting lost or hurting myself to walk in the dark that’s nuts, surely even starting at 7am gives you 7hrs until 2 pm - who walks longer than that?.Some people walk slower and don’t want to get caught in the heat of the afternoon. Not for us to dictate when people should get up. As long they do it quietly.
That will be me, but I’m certainly not risk getting lost or hurting myself to walk in the dark that’s nuts, surely even starting at 7am gives you 7hrs until 2 pm - who walks longer than that?.
MeThat will be me, but I’m certainly not risk getting lost or hurting myself to walk in the dark that’s nuts, surely even starting at 7am gives you 7hrs until 2 pm - who walks longer than that?.
Whatever is within your abilities and skills. Nobody is going to make you walk more than you can.That will be me, but I’m certainly not risk getting lost or hurting myself to walk in the dark that’s nuts, surely even starting at 7am gives you 7hrs until 2 pm - who walks longer than that?.
No. I will go to bed earlier and get up when I desire. You have completely missed the reason why some pilgrims choose to wake up early. This provides a relaxing experience for many. Good for you if your style works, but please don’t dictate to others.For some, a great attraction of the Camino experience is escaping the normal routines and patterns of everyday life back home. Shedding the everyday worries and electronic leashes can be liberating. But I'm convinced that for some, they provide some type of comfort.
So why not get up when you wake up? The noise and light around you starts at about 5:30am and slowly crescendos to full volume by 7:30. At this time, ear plugs and eye shades can no longer do their jobs effectively and you are awake. If you manage to stay in bed any longer, a hospitalero will be shaking you awake or will have already called an ambulance to pick up the dead body. So does waking up and then getting up out of bed really make that big a difference in this two hour window of time? You don't need to strategize to avoid rush hour, you don't have a "can't miss" meeting with the boss, or an appointment in the next town for a "?". So just relax and go with the flow, when else can you do this?
Along these same lines of "preparation" for the day, I was always amused by the number of peregrinos who needed to check the weather the night before and first thing when they got up. Why? There is nothing you can do about it. Do you need to psychologically prepare yourself for rain or sun shine, hot or cold? It is what it is. If it starts raining, you put on your poncho/rain jacket, if stops raining you take it off and if you are living in the present, you generally don't need to consult your weather app to find out if it is raining now or if the rain has stopped. 99.9999% of the time, you wake up, get dressed, step out of the Albergue and start walking no matter what the weather condition is so why all the worry about it?
Same thing with route elevations for the day. I noticed a fair number of people checking out this information the night before, the morning of and during the hike with comments like, "it gets really step in the next few kilometers, or we are almost at the highest point of the trail today. I understand this from the small talk perspective but it seemed like it was usually brought up with the intention of a warning or getting prepared for it and like the weather or if I get up at 5:30, 6:30 or 7:30, it's really not important and it doesn't make any sense to me to introduce something to worry about or think about that is of no consequence.
I can understand that someone who is struggling physically needs to have a minimum amount of sleep and maybe needs to minimize the hours they are in the hot sun so an alarm to get up at 5am is necessary and to prepare psychologically for the wet mud or the hot sun and each steep section of the trail but those were not the people I saw that were so focused on these distractions. I'm not criticizing any of this behavior I'm just curious about it.
It's good to be relaxed but most of us need some kind of a plan for the day. And yes, weather, elevation and starting time are relevant factors one needs to take into consideration. My preference was not to worry about any of this until lunch time. After some good food, wine and/or beer, a lot of laughs, people watching and just feeling so good to be alive and to be where I was at that moment, I pulled out my guide book and based on current time, trail conditions, elevations ahead and weather conditions I did calculate my options for where I might stay that night. If I was with a group a reservation was usually made at this time, if traveling alone sometimes a reservation was made.
The Camino experience for me was a very relaxing, laid back experience and from my observations, it's that way for the majority of the pilgrims. Everybody go to bed at 10pm and then get up when you wake up without alarms, you can't be late when you don't have to be anywhere on time.
No. I will go to bed earlier and get up when I desire. You have completely missed the reason why some pilgrims choose to wake up early. This provides a relaxing experience for many. Good for you if your style works, but please don’t dictate to others.
It has his advantage , after a while nobody will sleep in the same room as you and not to worry about a place to sleep.I can't use alarms of any kind on camino. I sleep like the dead. So, I need to have several go off every ten minutes or so. However, that's one way to gain popularity. After a bit everybody would know my name.
I agree. I wake up early. Always have, always will. It's me. I enjoy waking up early. I do it on the Camino. Especially on the Camino. After going to sleep at 10:00 on the night before and including the siesta the afternoon before, around 6:00 the next morning I'm wide awake and ready to go. It also allows me the opportunity to avoid that morning pilgrim traffic jam at the toilets and sinks.No. I will go to bed earlier and get up when I desire. You have completely missed the reason why some pilgrims choose to wake up early. This provides a relaxing experience for many. Good for you if your style works, but please don’t dictate to others.
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