College Student seeks Camino Mentor

[Robert Spenger]

It is strictly a matter of personal choice. For three pilgrimages, a
total of about 2500 km, I wore low cut shoes, with stout soles,  the
whole time and never missed my boots. The camino is not cross country
stuff - it is roads and trails trod by many thousands of people every
year. If there had been deep snow or mud I would probably have
regretted it , but the stones and downhills were no problem - not for
the feet at any rate. Downhills are hard on my ancient knees and I made
good use of my walking sticks,  but boots would not have made a
difference for the knees.

regards,

Bob Spenger


On Feb 22, 2004, at 3:31 PM, john rogers wrote:

> most, if not everyone I met was wearing boots of some sort. If one
> started
> late in the camino and missed the most of the mountains, something else
> might work but I would not recommend it. Lots of stones and steep
> downhills.
> I wore the ankle height hiking boots from LL Bean. Found the choice of
> proper socks as important as the boots and lots of walking to break
> them in
>