Better stated this is the first hike I am doing with the idea of getting ready for the Camino. I started at an elevation of 6160 ft and reached Tamarack Lake at an elevation of 8680 ft in three hours. Of course I had to get back down as well, so the total distance was…

Oh boy. I’m going on a little hike. Below is a description I swiped from Wikipedia: “…Most Spanish consider the French border in the Pyrenees the natural starting point. By far the most common, modern starting point on the Camino Francés is Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, on the French side of the Pyrenees, with Roncesvalles on the Spanish…