This is the first day’s photos from St Jean Pied de Port over the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles. This is a hard day for most pilgrims most likely the hardest day on the Camino Frances; it is steep uphill and then steep down again, so the knees suffer on both ends but more so going down. The two other main problems is the lack of walking fitness and carrying too much weight – at this point most pilgrims have not dumped the extra things they don’t need.
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