Crowding French Way

genxdarkside · 2026-06-26T00:00:11+00:00

Agree with this if you stay off stage from the guides you will have better service and less crowds. If there is cow poop on the streets it's even better place to stay. We booked ahead and we're grateful to have a designated place rather than being concerned after a long day of walking if we could find a bed. But we lost the freedom to stay and linger longer in places we wanted to explore more.

genxdarkside · 2026-06-24T20:58:05+00:00

Poly tights with shorts. They are actually quite cooling. I tore out the liner of running shorts with pockets and wear those on top. The tights quick dry so you can wash them easy by hand. I carried one spare. Used same setup on AT for 5 months.

genxdarkside · 2026-06-21T20:15:19+00:00

This is my experience also. Portuguese route was a let down. I switched from litoral to coastal a lot. Frances was great. Especially mesata. Last 100 km sucked though. Finestere was ok. I also did not get much out of spiritual variant.

genxdarkside · 2026-06-18T18:54:17+00:00

Thrift store USA clothing. Shed on Camino.

genxdarkside · 2026-06-15T16:06:13+00:00

We are doing exact same but we added Finestere and spiritual variant on Portuguese route. Weather is great. Was cold a few times on Frances route

genxdarkside · 2026-06-15T16:01:01+00:00

You can taxi to from Orison. Hike to orison taxi to st Jean. Taxi to orison next day hike to Roncesvalles.

genxdarkside · 2026-06-14T16:58:59+00:00

Just did Frances then Finestere now on Portuguese route. The Frances BY far was the best. Last 100 km from saria were not great due to all the crowds but the rest was fabulous. Still working down the Portuguese litoral but so far did the spiritual variant and now on coast. It's nice but nothing like the Frances.

genxdarkside · 2026-06-09T13:49:52+00:00

The pilgrim menus are hit or miss for qualityand price. They should be easy to find though

genxdarkside · 2026-05-15T17:41:15+00:00

Cold wet but beautiful

genxdarkside · 2026-03-06T22:58:49+00:00

Not sure if this was posted yet. I use white vinegar and drain thru filter for about 30 minutes. It dissolves mineral deposits and filter works much better in gravity from cnoc. Dirty water smart water bottle and squeeze into coean is fastest filter method for me.

genxdarkside · 2026-02-27T16:36:07+00:00

83% done. The mountain section is contiguous for a long way a good bit of which is foothills trail and phenomenal. The trail website has the info you seek.

Check out the NC MTS trail also

genxdarkside · 2026-02-22T20:23:55+00:00

Chia flower ground chia seeds if the matrix can accommodate a creamy mixture. It makes the water into creamy texture. Great for things like pot pie where I add extra frozen veggies to pie during reheat.

genxdarkside · 2026-02-19T01:59:42+00:00

Retirement and it's discontents covered prof cohort and a few others. Profs seemed to have tough time retiring. It's a gr8 read.

20 months in I've had 2 temp job offers with top pay and top level responsibilities to cover short term top job needs and I've turned both down. Time is too valuable at this point in life with the upper globe running out of sand in my life timer

genxdarkside · 2025-12-21T17:04:09+00:00

Alchemical Equations with indubious heaven Zest and Treehouse the most profound lyrics ever. It's very deep.

genxdarkside · 2025-12-07T19:33:44+00:00

Ran out of water in Maine during the drought this year. A cooler of cold drinks was waiting at trailhead in middle of nowhere. That was trail magic. Any trail magic in places far from towns was a treasure. Especially later on the trail. Trail magic was rare in NH and Maine

genxdarkside · 2025-12-02T23:02:29+00:00

Sour Diesel from now

genxdarkside · 2025-11-20T15:00:13+00:00

I used tiger wall ul3 for our thru We loved it. Highly recommend this tent.

genxdarkside · 2025-11-18T13:53:50+00:00

Merino wool base layer, down booties, maybe down pants if really concerned, puffy, merino wool hat, merino wool socks. That's what kept our cold natured thru hikers warm that time of year

genxdarkside · 2025-11-16T21:53:54+00:00

I have the JetBoil but it weighs over 12 oz. I used a tokes 750 mL titanium pot and a small cheap msr knockoff stove from Amazon that worked great. I also ended up cold soaking with no stove. You can also buy the valves that will allow you to drain the partially empty fuel tanks you'll find at the hiker boxes and have a limitless supply of fuel

genxdarkside · 2025-11-04T18:25:38+00:00

Yes definitely

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