SO you’ve decided to hike the Camino de Santiago, or one of the other pilgrim paths around the world, and now your mind has turned to equipment. Well, the Camino is no ordinary hike. It’s long, it’s hard, and there’s a lot of wine involved. While you absolutely should start with your regular hiking gear list, you might then want to consider and incorporate the following suggestions.
John Brierly Guidebook & Map
The Way of St. James may have originally been a religious undertaking, but nowadays the one book that’s in the pack of every walker isn’t the Bible. It’s A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago, by John Brierly, one of the world’s foremost Camino experts. Brierly’s guide and accompanying map book are the topic of nightly dinner table conversations across the breadth of northern Spain, and his directions are the topic of a thousand street corner navigation debates. There are other guidebooks, but this is the most popular for a reason, and by the end of the
