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on the Calle de la Rua..it is the camino through a medieval part of the city! Have fun!
On walking sticks I have done 5 Camino's and have never bought a walking stick. Although I do us one I always give myself a day and search for a suitable from nature and it has worked.In order to avoid spending a lot of time searching, where might I find wooden walking sticks in Leon?
Thanks!
In order to avoid spending a lot of time searching, where might I find wooden walking sticks in Leon?
Thanks!
Thank you, Nathanael.On walking sticks I have done 5 Camino's and have never bought a walking stick. Although I do us one I always give myself a day and search for a suitable from nature and it has worked.
'forgot to mention that I'm beginning in Leon...first time at this sort of thing...What about in SJPP? I have walked about 600ks training with my wooden staff and want to walk the camino with one.
Thank you!Wooden sticks are in nearly every store.
Great and thank you!Welcome to the camino forum.
You can buy wooden walking sticks or poles anywhere along the path of the camino.
Buen camino and god bless.
Thanks so much. I'll try to contain myself!You can find walking sticks in nearly every village along the Camino, as Falcon says.
They range in price from 3 euros up and average around 8 euros.
You can get them all lengths and they are virtually indestructible.
I know because I had a meltdown once on the Meseta and tried to break mine over a boulder.
I ended up bruising my hand instead and tossing the danged thing into the desert, where it probably still resides.
I have never bought a hiking stick. I find one in the woods that fit my hand and height and then work it into shape. I also wear biking gloves ( fingerless). This prevents blisters and protects the hands if I fall...most people put their hands out in a fall. Old fashion, but I feel a bit like Gandalf as I stride through the forests!Have you walked with a wooden stick before? I bought one in SJPP and it actually hurt. Grasping it all day hurt. I gave it away in Pamplona and bought two trek sticks. They were excellent. I would have had a much harder walk without them.
Ohhh - well that makes perfect sense! It was what I had in mind when I bought my stick. I guess I hadn't thought it out very well. I am OC enough that having just one stick made me crazy - and I don't have Gandalf sized hands.I have never bought a hiking stick. I find one in the woods that fit my hand and height and then work it into shape. I also wear biking gloves ( fingerless). This prevents blisters and protects the hands if I fall...most people put their hands out in a fall. Old fashion, but I feel a bit like Gandalf as I stride through the forests!