Hey guys,
I need some advice. I’d like to hike for a month this summer. I’m just an average person.
Walking the Camino is easy, no risk, no planning, no experience needed. You just walk as much as you want each day.
In the alps I have to carefully plan each day because of my limited experience, hiking alone, weather, body limits and time restrictions.
Enjoying the alps is much more rewarding I guess but I don’t think that I am physically able to hike one month in the alps. 1 or even 2 rest days per week and not too challenging routes.
Can someone recommend one over the other?
I want to agree with @Varyk@sh.itjust.works and supplement by saying going with something you can maximize learning from (Camino) can set you up to better succeed at things where you will need to maximize performance (Alps).
I’ve hiked mountains and volcanoes, and hiked national trails for months at a time in Japan, portugal, Italy, and i wouldn’t say it’s more rewarding to climb mountains.
you sound like you’re leaning toward walking anyway, and I personally love walking because you’re going slow enough and it’s comfortable enough that you can appreciate everything going on around you at all times, rather than only at the peak or the summit or particular lookout points.
there are far less things to worry about, oxygen, dehydration, joint sprains, and you can enjoy the extended stroll.
I think the body conditions very quickly, and you probably would be able to hack a month in the mountains, but it’s also very healthy to walk, and I find it much more enjoyable as an overall long-term process.
