It's amazing how, once we decided to take the plunge and go for it, all of these random people started crawling out of the woodwork that had already completed the Camino de Santiago. The new hire who is going to be working in my department next fall, a colleague of Dan's, a former teacher of ours, two fellow grad students in my MA program (granted, it's a Spanish MA program so it's not too surprising). Everyone who has survived such an ordeal has advice for us newbies on how to make it without being miserable. Here is their advice:
-keep the pack as light as possible
-mail anything unnecessary addressed to yourself to Santiago de la Compostela to pick up once you arrive
-take your socks and shoes off and rinse your feet off wherever possible
-wake up as early as possible to begin walking
-form a collective and cook as a group
-don't wear cotton socks
-wear a big hat
-don't bring big hiking boots
-break in your shoes first
-if there is a service that will carry your pack up the hill for you, it's a good use of money
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