The Appalachian Trail vs The Camino de Santiago
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Date: 2020-08-18
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Heilpraxis
Well, you started in SJPDP, but the Camino is not a trail, but a huge network of trails, all leading into the direction of Santiago. I crossed France from East to West. Last year I started in Torino (Italy) and walked into Provence through the Italian and French Alps. You can start anywhere, best at your own doorstep onto the Camino. Only the Spanish part is crowded, you find a lot of solitude on other parts. The variety in landscape is huge. This year I will start near the Russian border and walk around 1000 km on the Camino in Poland. So not the Camino is shorter, but you only took a short stretch of it. Other parts are, although hitting villages and towns every now and then, deeply into nature. You walked a leg of the Camino, but judge it as if it were the whole elephant. Try more, there are thousands more miles to it, and you'll be amazed! Buen Camino!
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Well, you started in SJPDP, but the Camino is not a trail, but a huge network of trails, all leading into the direction of Santiago. I crossed France from East to West. Last year I started in Torino (Italy) and walked into Provence through the Italian and French Alps. You can start anywhere, best at your own doorstep onto the Camino. Only the Spanish part is crowded, you find a lot of solitude on other parts. The variety in landscape is huge. This year I will start near the Russian border and walk around 1000 km on the Camino in Poland. So not the Camino is shorter, but you only took a short stretch of it. Other parts are, although hitting villages and towns every now and then, deeply into nature. You walked a leg of the Camino, but judge it as if it were the whole elephant. Try more, there are thousands more miles to it, and you'll be amazed! Buen Camino!
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John
I thought these were some very good points Dixie! I have found that most people do not like anything that is different than what they like. I guess its like you, and many other hikers have said hike your own hike--and I further say let others hike their hike. Almost all of the hikers I have followed on you tube plan on 5 to 10 days between resupply, about 90% of my hikes resupply is after 2---30 days. Which is right, BOTH, its what you are used to and comfortable with. My hikes have gradually gotten shorter over the years, will get shorter yet, as I am now approaching 73 years. I love what you are doing, followed all of your triple crown hikes as well as the Comino, and will follow you in New Zealand. Take care and please stay safe, I still need my DIXIE fix.
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I thought these were some very good points Dixie! I have found that most people do not like anything that is different than what they like. I guess its like you, and many other hikers have said hike your own hike--and I further say let others hike their hike. Almost all of the hikers I have followed on you tube plan on 5 to 10 days between resupply, about 90% of my hikes resupply is after 2---30 days. Which is right, BOTH, its what you are used to and comfortable with. My hikes have gradually gotten shorter over the years, will get shorter yet, as I am now approaching 73 years. I love what you are doing, followed all of your triple crown hikes as well as the Comino, and will follow you in New Zealand. Take care and please stay safe, I still need my DIXIE fix.
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Tim
Dixie, I just found this video after watching your through hikes. I think it's fantastic you got to share the Camino with your sister. Also, on this comparison, you nailed it in terms of the nature or culture, but there's other road less traveled Camino routes that while are not wilderness experience like the PCT that I have hiked parts of, but routes that get very few folks hiking them. I'm looking at hiking the Camino de Levante next year and figure it will be largely a solo hike through the middle of Spain, where villages are far fewer and pilgrims even more so. You mentioned you might be up for hiking Camino del Norte sometime. Maybe give a look at the Camino de Levante too.
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Dixie, I just found this video after watching your through hikes. I think it's fantastic you got to share the Camino with your sister. Also, on this comparison, you nailed it in terms of the nature or culture, but there's other road less traveled Camino routes that while are not wilderness experience like the PCT that I have hiked parts of, but routes that get very few folks hiking them. I'm looking at hiking the Camino de Levante next year and figure it will be largely a solo hike through the middle of Spain, where villages are far fewer and pilgrims even more so. You mentioned you might be up for hiking Camino del Norte sometime. Maybe give a look at the Camino de Levante too.
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XRP
Thank you Dixe for all of your videos I realy enjoy them I know its been some times since you hiked AT but what are your thoughts a bought hiking all of the Eastern Continental Trail from Key West Florida to Quebec Canada. Connecting the Overseas Heritage Trail, Florida Trail, Alabama Hiking Trail, Coosa Trail, Pinhoti Trail, Benton Mackaye Trail, Appalachian Trail, New Brunswick Trail, and International Appalachian Trail.
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Thank you Dixe for all of your videos I realy enjoy them I know its been some times since you hiked AT but what are your thoughts a bought hiking all of the Eastern Continental Trail from Key West Florida to Quebec Canada. Connecting the Overseas Heritage Trail, Florida Trail, Alabama Hiking Trail, Coosa Trail, Pinhoti Trail, Benton Mackaye Trail, Appalachian Trail, New Brunswick Trail, and International Appalachian Trail.
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planetusa1
Thanks for posting your journey on the camino. I really enjoyed it. I agree with others comparing the two is a non sequitur. On the camino People would say blah blah this is where god lifted blah blah into gods blah blah and he slew blah blah. and my brother and i would say in typical american fashion. uh bummer? Your vid did remind me how much fun we had. The at was much more suffering to me.
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Thanks for posting your journey on the camino. I really enjoyed it. I agree with others comparing the two is a non sequitur. On the camino People would say blah blah this is where god lifted blah blah into gods blah blah and he slew blah blah. and my brother and i would say in typical american fashion. uh bummer? Your vid did remind me how much fun we had. The at was much more suffering to me.
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gravity
Smart- logical- wise- good sense of humor-easy going. Very easy to watch all your vids. Wife really wanted to see Camino because she is 100% Portuguese, and hard core Catholic. Plus we have retired friends that have walked the same Camino in its entirety and loved it enough to d it again from another trail. No dynamite movie making though. lol Wife and I looking forward to NZ vids in 2020.
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Smart- logical- wise- good sense of humor-easy going. Very easy to watch all your vids. Wife really wanted to see Camino because she is 100% Portuguese, and hard core Catholic. Plus we have retired friends that have walked the same Camino in its entirety and loved it enough to d it again from another trail. No dynamite movie making though. lol Wife and I looking forward to NZ vids in 2020.
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Brady
Having hiked both, i agree with this 98%. i think the Camino costs are a bit low. If you stay in a bunk room every night then 35 euro might be about right, i spent about 50euro per day in 2018 on the french Camino and about 70 euro per day in 2019 on the Portuguese route. i stayed in albergue bunk rooms about half of the time.
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Having hiked both, i agree with this 98%. i think the Camino costs are a bit low. If you stay in a bunk room every night then 35 euro might be about right, i spent about 50euro per day in 2018 on the french Camino and about 70 euro per day in 2019 on the Portuguese route. i stayed in albergue bunk rooms about half of the time.
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Beth
Thanks so much! I've done 7 different Camino routes and am thinking of doing the AT at least to Harper's Ferry. Stayed on the Norte last year where there was a guy from Bergamo Italy who had done the entire AT and gone on up to Nova Scotia - 3, 000 miles. You've done a really informative and fun-to-watch video - well done!
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Thanks so much! I've done 7 different Camino routes and am thinking of doing the AT at least to Harper's Ferry. Stayed on the Norte last year where there was a guy from Bergamo Italy who had done the entire AT and gone on up to Nova Scotia - 3, 000 miles. You've done a really informative and fun-to-watch video - well done!
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Midwest
Dixie, I do not know if this will be of interest to you, or anyone else, after three hundred and fifty nine videos, the average length of one of your videos is about sixteen minutes, and the median length for your videos is twelve minutes, fifty seconds, with the median video being Episode 13, Magic Trail (PCT 2017.
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Dixie, I do not know if this will be of interest to you, or anyone else, after three hundred and fifty nine videos, the average length of one of your videos is about sixteen minutes, and the median length for your videos is twelve minutes, fifty seconds, with the median video being Episode 13, Magic Trail (PCT 2017.
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Kevin
7: 16 Imagine you're drifting off to sleep after a long day travelling the Camino. Your bunkmates for the night are quieting down, and all are settling for a nice peaceful rest. Then, you're startled awake by the most peculiar of those noises of the night.
Putin.
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7: 16 Imagine you're drifting off to sleep after a long day travelling the Camino. Your bunkmates for the night are quieting down, and all are settling for a nice peaceful rest. Then, you're startled awake by the most peculiar of those noises of the night.
Putin.
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