Hiking Long Distances

May 27, 2004 1:50 AM

The Pilgrimage of St James, also known as the Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela - involves walking for about 800km across northern spain. I've seen a few faq's online, but what i'd really like is some advice from a fellow mefite who has actually done all or part of this trail.
Also, some general advice on hiking very long distances would be appreciated also.
posted by kev23f to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (2 answers total)

i haven't done it, but have always been fascinated by the idea...this site has great info and stories about it...also, Shirley Maclaine did it, and wrote a book about it. This is good too, from the NYT
posted by amberglow at 6:04 AM on May 27, 2004

Response by poster: thanks very much amberglow, for some reason my hack handed googling never found that site at all, which is the best i've seen by a long shot.

I'm doing the trail at end of august, any other advice or accounts would be very welcome.
posted by kev23f at 7:44 AM on May 27, 2004