I Walked the Camino in the RAIN and Learned These Simple Tips to Stay DRY

[@chicoflash6377]

Hi Erica and Ricky! This is Steve from Chico. Because of your advice and inspiration I just completed the Portuguese Coastal Camino! When I got to Santiago I was so happy I walked to Finisterra. You guys are constantly in my thoughts, and someday I intend to see you on a Camino! Thank you so much!!! Steve

[@caminotellers]

Steve! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 another Camino? What an inspiration you are!

[@janearena6602]

Hello Erica and Ricky. This is Jane from St. Augustine, Florida. I completed the Camino from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela in October, 2024. At the time that I walked it rained nearly every day. Being 79 yrs. old, I found such peace walking in the rain. Yes. I got very wet at times. I thought I was prepared for anything that I would encounter. But, rain is rain and rain is wet! Walking with soggy socks and shoes can be a challenge. After a few hours of walking I forgot about wet feet and clothes. I had so much time with myself. I discovered so much about me! That was an experience that I will never forget. The roads were not smooth either and, the assents and descents were trying at times. ABSOLUTE PEACE! It was just me doing this and because it rained I really didn't talk so much to fellow travelers until I occasionally stopped for "coffee" at a local village cafe'. I met so many pilgrims along the way to Santiago. When friends and neighbors asked me what this experience meant to me I came up with the term "SPEM"... Spiritual, Physical, Emotional and MENTAL. For me, I know I have a different perspective on life since I have returned home. I've discovered, at my age, what I am capable of achieving. 🙏

[@pattykashiwamura625]

What dates were you walking? We walked Sarria on 10/2 and stayed until 10/9

[@christianategart7148]

On the Camino Francés right now. The rain in Spain may be a pain, but it’s better than snow you know!

[@caminotellers]

How is the Camino now? Where are you exactly?

[@pattykashiwamura625]

Hi! I am from California and just got back from the Camino. I started from SJPDP and walked to Logrono. Then went to Sarria to meet my sister and walked to Santiago. We walked in the torrential rain last week and finished on Monday. When we left Santiago on Wednesday, the storm caused cancellations of flights and we were in trains all day trying to get to our destination. We never made it. Now that I am back today from Spain, my number one issue is dealing better with rain. My gear was ok, but could be better. I had a poncho and just decided to let the rest of the body get wet anyways.

[@thirstyboots57]

There is a small cottage vendor in the US who sells a “Packa”, a poncho/jacket combination somewhat similar to the Altrus with two notable exceptions: on the positive side it has very large pit zips, on the negative side it is significantly shorter in the front. I have worn it with an UL rain kilt which works great as a system. The kilt is just over three ounces and I only wear it in colder conditions. Great video. I am grateful to have recently discovered and subscribed to your KZbin channel.

[@baerparker2875]

My husband and I love your channel. Someday we will walk the Camino ❣️We are from Sumpter Oregon, 'the American Swiss Alps.'

[@kenthompson5758]

I walked the norte and primativo this year in May. There a quite a few days of rain. I used a rain jacket, plastic poncho and decathlon umbrella. Didn't have waterproof socks ...should have lol with all the mud and puddles. It did not affect my pack weight as I had a total of 3kg with pack. Happy travels and senderos, guys ❤.

[@caminotellers]

You survived Camino’s del Norte and Primitivo in May !? You can manage anywhere 🤣

[@elizabethfitzgerald6274]

Ooo rain as an ally. Becoming friends with any and all elements is helpful!

[@caminotellers]

All as an allay, that’s the goal!

[@aurorahemminger6098]

Going in the middle of May 2025. From Riverside California Buen Camino!

[@jennyhanna371]

I'm sorry that my Camino begins outside of your reteat date. I think you are both amazing & and truly appreciate your wisdom ❤❤

[@caminotellers]

Awww! Thanks a lot, we would love to meet you!

[@aurorahemminger6098]

Good demonstration. I did it the hard way when I went

[@revdcraigvance684]

Hola! I am on the Camino now in Palais de Rei. Yesterday I was not paying attention, missed a yellow arrow, and Apple maps took me into a busy highway and about 5km out of my before finding a way back onto the Camino during yesterdays high winds and strong rain. My goretex boots gave me blisters, so I changed to non goretex, which got wet and gave me blisters. I am “not made out sugar” as the Germans say, and will press on. Thanks for your advice.

[@caminotellers]

You are nearly in Santiago!! Wow great :) keep up the good spirit

[@craigkimble1467]

Hi from California! Great videos, You guys are cute! We began our Camino journey a year ago León to Santiago, then in June went back and wife did St Jean to Santiago and I cycled from Pamplona. We will go again next summer, maybe do the Norte or San Salvador. As for rain, we were very lucky, rain always threatened, but maybe one day for me and 2 for my wife, I know this is not normales. Buen Camino ❤

[@caminotellers]

It looks like you are hooked! We so appreciate folks who come from the other side of the world to walk Camino 🥰

[@craigkimble1467]

@caminotellers yes, I met a Spaniard on my journey and we rode together on the bike trip, and he said And So It Begins I didn't know what he meant then but I do now... I've done the hiking I've done the Biking, both are wonderful. A nun said, the Camino is God's dream for how people should treat each other, I definitely felt that way... 🙏🙌🙏

[@StraightupGrandma-vq2jm]

Planning first Camino from Sarria in May2025

[@caminotellers]

You will love it! We will talk more about your route in next episodes ☺️

[@aurorahemminger6098]

@@StraightupGrandma-vq2jm also scheduled to walk the Camino from Sarria in the middle of May 2025. I am from Inland Empire in California. Not sure whether I fly to Madrid and take a taxi or train to Sarria or fly to Santiago de Campostela , then take a taxi to Sarria

[@DeborahLake]

Hi found this an interesting subject and you give plenty of solid advice and tips. I arrived in Santiago on 9 October 2024 and ended my 5 weeks of walking in the midst of a cyclone. I suggest a discussion on pilgrim safety in adverse conditions. Being visual, making safe choices and giving yourself permission to consider options, given circumstances. Safety being priority. Thx to you both.

[@gertrudmerseburger-saeed8536]

Hi Erica and Ricky ,I walked Camino del Norte last year in September-October and I was lucky to have only 3-4 days of light rain within 5 weeks. Next year I am planning to do Camino Primitivo.

[@caminotellers]

If you into the nature, you will love primitivo! But take some raining gear ;)

[@angatherton5236]

I finished the Portuguese Camino and a walk down to Finistarre last week and some days the rain was so heavy we was wading through 4 inches of rain puddles, got a blister on my right heel, then I pulled my knee as I was trying to not put extra pressure on the blister😦 knee is still really bad but I’ve come home and booked my flight for next year😂

[@caminotellers]

Hahahaha loved the end! Sometimes there is no fix for the rain 🌧️ when we walked in the monsoon in India, the puddles where so deep that once they had to take us on the car to go through… which is your next Camino??

[@angatherton5236]

Just a short Camino from Ferrol, then onto Finistarre and Muxia- my 5th Camino, rained at some point on every Camino but last weeks storms was heavy

[@lindamaridonnell9637]

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain! 😂

[@darius8783]

45:09 Hope is a virtue. Despair is not.

[@shoshanafox727]

I don't mind being wet as long as I'm not cold!

[@caminotellers]

So true! That’s why we always postpone our Camino in winter… ❄️

[@jeannetteferreras8943]

Hi I’m going to do the Camino end of February I’m flying to Barcelona and fly to San Sebastian. Will the taxi takes us to St Jean? Thanks

[@caminotellers]

Hello! Wow, what a great time to do a Camino, a magical experience! The taxis will take you anywhere you wish, as long as you pay them. As an idea of the price ,If you decide to take a 1,30 h drive from Pamplona to SJPDP, it will cost around 140€…

[@jeannetteferreras8943]

@ thanks

[@annetcell-ly4571]

“If life gives you lemons make lemonade.” Good discussion. 2025 on my list! Why did you get wet with a rain jacket? Ponchos flap in the wind.

[@caminotellers]

We love the lemonade! ☺️ the main issue was that the backpack wasn’t fully covered and the backside got soaked…

[@aurorahemminger6098]

Will do the Camino in the middle of May 2025. I went in November of 2023

[@pattykashiwamura625]

I found that I got more wet from sweat from the poncho and I hated the water going down my arms

[@caminotellers]

That is a typical draw back when using the ponchos…

[@03085716]

you do kinda of melt when you get wet, feet start falling apart if constant wet

[@caminotellers]

Sometimes it can get really messy!

[@gayledixon72]

Hey from Pagosa Springs, Colorado......at 7,400 feet elevation above sea level......Camino scheduled for Sept. 2025.

[@caminotellers]

Wow! With that hight you don’t need any special preparation for the Pyrenees :)

[@caminotellers]

Which Cami o will you walk?

[@MezzaItaliana2]

Walking the Camino Frances in April/May 2025 🙏🇺🇸

[@eleonorapocchiari1702]

❤

[@caminotellers]

🙏❤️

[@gregdk3791]

I don't mind getting wet, as long as I don't get cold. I wear Merino t-shirt, socks and underwear. Light hiking pants. Trail run shoes. I just finished Frances on October 8 and used a Gore-Tex pro light jacket. I did get wet, but i didn't really mind.

[@caminotellers]

That’s the spirit! ☺️☺️ sometimes the rain is not as scary as they say ! Were your shoes goretex?

[@gregdk3791]

@@caminotellers Not Gore-Tex. Altra Timp 4, so so so comfortable. And not a single blister on the entire Camino. I believe Altra Timp have ia design that allows water to run out through the sole of the show. I wore thick Merino wool socks, and didn't really feel any difference between a wet and a dry shoe. Shoes and socks dried pretty fast when it stopped raining. The shoe wasn't very durable, as I visited the zapatero three times, first time after 200 km, and just crossed my fingers after 500 km. I'm told the Timp 5 is significantly more durable. And bonus info, I have a drop foot, and the Turbomed Summit brace I use made the drop foot a non-issue.

[@jennyhanna371]

What is Brand of the poncho 🫶

[@caminotellers]

The brand is called “Altus” and they make decent products

[@craigkimble1467]

Yes, in English when life gives u lemons, make lemonade. 😊

[@caminotellers]

I remember the forest gump… life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you will get

[@malcolmnicholson5052]

Turning a sour lemon into lemonade.

[@caminotellers]

Exactl… do you know this one; when the life gives you MELONES… it means you have dyslexia! ☺️☺️☺️

[@kasch7574]

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade!

[@caminotellers]

☺️☺️😇

[@StraightupGrandma-vq2jm]

Can you apply vaseline on your shoes so iy does not get wet?

[@caminotellers]

It is a really interesting question…. Really!! 🤔 we never thought about it, it could work for some time, hard to say…

[@pattykashiwamura625]

I wore shorts for the very last day of rain to see if it's better than sloshing with wet pants.

[@caminotellers]

That a brilliant idea! Where they the zip hiking pants?

[@pattykashiwamura625]

@@caminotellers Yes!

[@aurorahemminger6098]

FromSarria

[@jennyhanna371]

16th may 2025❤

[@caminotellers]

It’s nearly our retreat date!

[@ethanolinger]

"Take your medicine" = take you pill.

[@caminotellers]

👍

[@stirlingslingerland4547]

I’m going in February. Cold and wet is not fun so one must take good “heavy” rain gear.

[@pattykashiwamura625]

Hi! I am from California and just got back from the Camino. I started from SJPDP and walked to Logrono. Then went to Sarria to meet my sister and walked to Santiago. We walked in the torrential rain last week and finished on Monday. When we left Santiago on Wednesday, the storm caused cancellations of flights and we were in trains all day trying to get to our destination. We never made it. Now that I am back today from Spain, my number one issue is dealing better with rain. My gear was ok, but could be better. I had a poncho and just decided to let the rest of the body get wet anyways.

[@caminotellers]

Congratulations 🥳 welcome to the Camino family! We think that the rain issue is a bit like life, we will get wet no matter how hard we prepare… the ability to get dry quickly will the measure that shows how prepared for Camino’s we are… ☺️

[@caminotellers]

Obviously metaphorically ☺️

[@MariaGonzalez-ur3ti]

Hello Patty wondering how did you do with your airport travel with your gear? did you check it in or as a carry on? if carry on what backpack or gear did you take? Thank You

[@pattykashiwamura625]

@@MariaGonzalez-ur3ti I actually checked in a carryon 21" suitcase and took my Osprey 38L backpack on board, plus a Osprey fanny pack. My trekking poles in the check in. As I was at the airport, I asked every TSA agent and even at the Madrid airport, if I could have carried my poles on board, and they said as long as the poles were collapsed and there were no sharp area longer than 6 cm. But I didn't want to take a chance because my trekking poles were expensive, so I checked them in.