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It is not necessarily true that lighter backpack is easier to carry, and that you will enjoy the Camino more if you carry 4 kilos than 8 kilos. Each approach has some pluses and minuses, and more things mean more comfort on your pilgrimage. Having said that, I fully understand that most people who can…
Walking sticks. Some people would hardy leave their house for a walk without them, whereas others hate to carry them. But should you take one, or two sticks on the camino with you? What are the real pros and cons, and what should you take into account when deciding about this piece of equipment? Last…
There probably isn’t any other topic that stirs as much discussion as the ideal shoes for the Camino. Just stop in any random pilgrim hostel and look at the place where pilgrims leave their walking shoes for the night. If there are more than ten pilgrims staying for the night, I can guarantee that you…
Let me put something straight right at the beginning of this article–there’s nothing like one and only best backpack for Camino de Santiago. Because while some people want to pack super-light (and hence will do well with 30 liters backpack), some prefer carrying more weight and enjoying more comforts on their Camino (and need 45-50…
Sleeping bag is no doubt one of the most important items on your camino packing list. Not only it is one of the heaviest items, it is also one of the things from your backpack you will use regularly, possibly daily. On the top of that, the selection is huge, and one can buy a…
Our feet. We do not give them the attention and the care they deserve. They carry us day after day, all over the world. And while you can sometimes walk without a backpack (having it transferred), you certainly cannot walk without your feet hitting the ground, twenty or thirty or forty thousand times a day.…
With the constant growth of popularity of the Spanish caminos, people always come with new products and business ideas. Sometimes they try to help the pilgrims, and sometimes they simply hope to enjoy their fraction of this juicy pie, making some money from selling something to pilgrims. And since a modern man of 21st century…
Every detail matters, as long as you want to enjoy your pilgrimage to the fullest, and avoid any unnecessary injuries. Just as you will always carry your shoes and backpack (and no doubt you did your research, and didn’t buy the first model with colors you liked), you will also wear a t-shirt most of…
In a certain way walking the Camino is no different to pursuing any other big goal in life. As Benjamin Franklin famously said: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Sure enough, if you’ve walked five long distance hiking trails before in life, and run fifty miles a week on trails in your…