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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Donald,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>when are you going to start? I start
around May 10th, at the latest.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Michael Barham</FONT></DIV>
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<A href="mailto:djschelaATTGLOBAL.NET" title=djschelaATTGLOBAL.NET>Donald
Schell</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 03, 2001 12:10
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> somport-jaca</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear pilgrims,<BR><BR>Donald Schell here, new to the list, a 54
year old Episcopal priest from California. In July of1998 I walked
with my daughter starting at St. Jean Pied de Port (through Roncesvalles and
on to Logrono where we took buses to Leon (through Burgos) and then walked on
from Leon to Santiago. <BR><BR>Next month my wife and I are planning to
walk two weeks toward Santiago, beginning either at St. Jean or at Somport.
My wife has not walked the Camino before, though we've traveled
together in Spain. I know how to get to St. Jean and can plan that route
from previous experience, but I think I'd like us to begin Somport and walk
through the Somport Pass. I'm interested in hearing from anyone who has
gone that way. <BR><BR>I have our 1998 copy of Lozano's <I>A
Practical Guide for Pilgrims</I>. The photos of the pass look beautiful,
but <I>A Practical Guide</I> doesn't give altitude maps for this branch of the
Camino. How much altitude change is there over Somport Pass? I'd
also welcome suggestions from experience of how to break those opening days
(Somport-Jaca-Sanguesa). We were not planning to carry camping
equipment. Also helpful would be experience of the alternate route from
Jaca via Monasterio de S. Juan de la Pena, and of either of the two routes
from Puenta la Reina de Jaca to Sanguesa. <BR><BR>If we
start in Somport, I'd also welcome recommendations for (or against) ways of
getting there. We're flying to London and were thinking to take either
train to France and through France to the border or boat from England to Spain
(Santander) and then. . ? What are practical combinations of train (or
bus?) to Somport? Thank you.<BR><BR>Donald Schell<BR>Saint Gregory of
Nyssa Episcopal Church<BR>San Francisco, California
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