I have no problem walking on flat surfaces for long distances – but do have problem with elevation. What portion of the walk will be over mountains ?
The answer depends on where you’re planning to start from. If, as many do, you start from St Jean Pied-de-Port, the very first day involves a climb of 1,200 metres, then a short descent to Roncesvalles. If you start from Roncesvalles itself, it’s a steady downhill walk for 2 days to Pamplona. Thereafter it certainly isn’t flat – I guess I’d call it undulating – till Belorado, after which you climb the Montes de Oca (an hour’s climb ?, then a plateau) to San Juan de Ortega before dropping again to Burgos. The meseta which follows is a pretty level plateau at about 800 metres, and takes about a week to cross. The mountains of León take you up to 1,400 metres over 2 days, then very steeply down to the Bierzo plain. 2 days later you have the Cebreiro range, again reaching 1,400 metres, and climbed in one day (or 2 if you chose). But neither of these is as bad as the day from St Jean, because you start higher up. After Cebreiro it’s generally downhill all the way to Santiago, but that doesn
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