Hiking the Camino de Santiago in 18 Days - The French Way to Finisterre - 2018
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- I hiked the Camino de Santiago in 18 days, covering 537 miles (865 kilometers) from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Cape Fisterra via the French Way & Finisterre Camino, averaging almost 30 miles per day for nearly 3 weeks. While that may sound like torture to most people, I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and had a blast along the way, even filming a dance music video, watch until the end of the film! Buen Camino!
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The point of the Camino is that it is YOUR own Camino however you complete it. Cheers to you!
Thank you!!! I totally agree, and the biggest thing is just having the Camino experience, no matter how it gets done. Buen Camino!!!
What matters is that you enjoyed “your camino bro” and it shows on the moves that you displayed at the end. Pure happiness 😀
Thank you! It was such a fun and powerful experience! Cheers!
@@ChrisTarzanClemens Great energy! Thanks for sharing. You covered a lot of mileage daily! Wow!
@@katiemaleta6447 Thank you, cheers!!!
Fitness, youth, drive, what a powerful combination. Can't even wrap my head or body around your kilometers you covered every day. Your smiling, and your eyes say you enjoyed your steps. Well done. Keep going. :-)
Thank you! I'm thinking about going again soon with friends and going slower. It was an incredible experience to see what I could do solo, and there'e no wrong way to do the Camino! Good luck and Buen Camino!!! :)
Amazing !! Thanks for the video. It motivates me a lot. My friend and i will go in 2023 … Buen camino!!
That's fantastic, enjoy the hike! Buen Camino!!!
That was great! Doing 50 km days on the trot like that is tough but it looks like you had a great time. Very inspiring.
Thank you! Yeah, it was a push but I loved it. Would also like to go back someday with friends and take it slower. Buen Camino!
@@ChrisTarzanClemens There are pleasures in both approaches, the fast way and the slow way. Hope you get an opportunity. Burn Camino!
Thank yo for sharing your journey. I plan to do this walk (same route) someday. I am glad you enjoyed it. God bless!!
Awesome! It's a great hike, Buen Camino!
Wow, impressive! Incredible walking pace and high quality video. Awesome!
Thank you! It was an incredible experience, cheers!
Great vid! Absolutely loved the ending 👍
Thank you, I had a blast along the Camino!
Chris thank you for sharing your video,, It may sound like torture to some, but I enjoy walking at my pace, to some it’s to fast, to me it gives me serenity, and joy for each day I live.
I see that joy and serenity in you. And as you said( It pushed me to my limits physically, mentally, and emotionally) , We all walked our own Camino, mine was May 1 to May 29, 2018
That's awesome Jim, thank you for your message! Like you said, everyone's walk is different and it's amazing to see each person enjoying the trail in their own way! Thanks again!
Fantastic achievement Chris. We plan to walk it next year but definitely not in 18 days 😂👍Buen Camino 👏
Thank you! Good luck and have an awesome trek! No matter how many days it takes, the Camino is pretty special! Buen Camino!!!
Bravo pour ce voyage à pied jusqu'à St jacques de compostelle c'est formidable j'ai beaucoup apprécié à bientôt merci beaucoup
Thank you!!!
I have never done anything like a 30 mile day but I get the long walks and introspective bit. Way to go on the hike! I hope to do this one myself but it will def take me longer, I am not physically up for longer days but I plan to push myself too, not for speed but for similar reasons you brought up. LOVED the ending btw! Congrats on your hike!
Thank you! Cheers to that, I'm actually considering going back and doing it much slower with friends soon. It'll be a totally different experience, but still so meaningful for all the same reasons. There's no right or wrong way to do it, the only right thing is just getting out there and doing it! Buen Camino!!!
@@ChrisTarzanClemens that would be awesome! I am currently working on every local trail I can get to in 2020. Agreed, we all have our different ways and there is no right or wrong way. Though with friends can be a memorable way to hike! :-)
Awesome video... definitely won’t be doing the miles you did per day but hope to follow the same trail... thanks for sharing...
Thank you! There's definitely no wrong way to do it, good luck and Buen Camino!
Enjoyed your video thoroughly
Thank you!!!
Wow love it... Hopeing to do it my self in 2020...
Thank you! Good luck and Buen Camino!
I enjoyed so much that decide to stay there for 34 days😀😀😀😀
Ha, yes!!! That's a great idea! Cheers!
To be able to ultra-marathon the Camino Frances in 16 days is impressive or at least it would be if it were a race, which it's not. Life like the Camino is a journey and is meant to be savoured. Many people who get this will often slow down before the finish line just to savour the experience some more and prolong the euphoria to avoid the end. I understand that we're all in the hustle and bustle meaning that we have to schedule our activities and only have so many days available for leisure. Don't get me wrong: I'm impressed with the rapidity your completion but I believe that you missed out on a great many things that the Camino has to offer. As the slowest marathon runner - 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours and 32 minutes - Shizo Kanakuri said “It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and ten grandchildren.” Yet another perspective can be derived from the adage "Quality vs Quantity". So congratulations on your ability to complete the Camino Life experience so quickly but, if it's not a race, try to slow down and enjoy the moment.
Thank you for the message Ricardo, and thank you for watching my film! I totally agree that most people wouldn't enjoy my hiking pace, and I wouldn't even recommend it. Fastpacking the Camino wasn't easy. It pushed me to my limits physically, mentally, and emotionally, and that's exactly what I was looking for. The Camino was an opportunity for me to unplug from my normal routine, push myself out of my comfort zone, reflect on my past, and consider how I want to approach my future, all while experiencing the solitude and beauty of long days hiking alone in a gorgeous country. I know I'm weird, but I've found that my deepest introspection and best thinking is done when I'm on the edge of sanity, and pushing my limits physically is typically what gets me there. I don't think there's a wrong way to do the Camino, and I'm not opposed to going back and doing it slower next time, that just wasn't where I was at in life this time. I don't expect anyone to understand, and my mom definitely thinks I'm crazy, but I came out of those 18 days incredibly rejuvenated, refreshed, with great ideas for my personal and professional life, and a greater respect for Spain and the natural and cultural history of the land. Thanks again Ricardo!
@@ChrisTarzanClemens Again, I am impressed by the speed at which you completed the Camino and your endurance to be able to walk 18 x 50km days straight! I mean WOW! I also understand you when you say that your "deepest introspection and best thinking is done when I'm on the edge of sanity, and pushing my limits physically is typically what gets me there" but let me put to you this way: a man travels around the world on plane, gets off at every destination by placing his right foot on the tarmac and then gets back onto the plane and does this repeatedly until he arrives back at his place of origin - he will be able to claim to have travelled around the world but will he be able to really claim that he appreciated the nuances of every destination and friendships created along the Way. To what end do you want to get more done? Could you do more and have done the Camino faster? Maybe you could but your life wouldn’t necessarily be better - productivity is NOT going to fill the void in a person’s soul even though it can take your mind off your problems for a while…. Now I say soul in a deeper philosophical sense and not in the religious sense. I guess what I am trying to convey is run the marathon but walk the walk and deliciously live every delectable moment of the Camino experience…Or in other words, I wonder what would have happened if you kept your daily walking to say 25 km per day and spend the balance of your day trying to make friends or make deep connections with other pilgrims (hikers) and explore each destination.
@@ricardomoretti9695 Forget it Bro. Just got back from the Camino. The Speed Racers will never get it. You are wasting your time. Their reward is to compare themselves to to other people, feel superior to them, and document it all on CZcams.
It's whatever you want it to be. You're not the one who makes these decisions for others, nor is it your right to judge ANYONE'S journey.
@@AccumbensNucleus no doubt. camino is to be enjoyed and experienced as a whole. for people wanting to do extreme sports they should do it elsewhere, even around the block it is easy to walk 50km each day for a month.
Camino is a experience and some will never understand that. And they claim "there is no right or wrong".....wrong!
Haha! The bonus footage is gold. 😆👏👏 Great video-I think I may have seen your wine fountain/drunken sailor bit on IG? Is that possible?? Lol. Anyway, great Camino!
Ha, yup, I'd made that for Instagram and figured it fit well in my overall trip film as well!
Wow. 18 days! I did it in 27 but wow! You did an insane pace bro!
That's awesome! Yeah, it was a fast one and I loved it, would definitely go back and hike it again, maybe with friends and family and a bit slower! Buen Camino!
Tarzan, you have amazing body and mental strength. I made SDC 33 days. You are good
I am trying to learn your dance move.
Thanks, haha, I'm not sure I could do that dance again, I think it came from a few weeks of walking all day every day and excitement to see the ocean, haha! Cheers, anytime on the trail is a great time, no matter how long or short it is, Buen Camino!!!
Thanks for the video Chris, loved it. Just a quick question- did you have a target number of days to finish in or were you just going with what felt right? Just seeing all your energy has inspired me to get the boots on and walk today....maybe at a slightly slower pace.
Thank you! I didn't really have a target set, and I wasn't in a time crunch, I just really enjoy walking all day, so that's what I did. By the late afternoon I'd shoot for a town I thought was in range to get there before dark, and I really enjoyed the time on the trail! There's definitely no right or wrong way to do a trail, the important part is just doing it! Buen Camino!
Great video! What season did you go and how was the accomodation along the way? Thanks!
I started on October 4th and finished before the end of the month. The first half of the trail many of the albergues were closing for the season by October 15th and toward the end some of them were closing by October 31st. But, there were still several albergues, hostels, and hotels open through the full year. The alberuges were great! Economical, clean, social, but the municipal albergues do not offer blankets for bedding, so someone traveling in October might want to carry a lightweight sleeping bag to stay warm at night in the municipal albergues. The private albergues had blankets, so I preferred staying in them!
Hola Chris, walking el camino is one of my bucket-list I’m 69 and I feel a little intimidated by the distance that I have to walk. On my 65th birthday I hiked part of the John Muir trail from Mammoth to Yosemite and I loved it. Time is not a problem I’m retired and I want to take my time. I was planning on doing it in August. Any input.
That's awesome! The Camino is much less difficult than the John Muir Trail and hiking in the Sierras. It's still a lot of walking, but the days are relatively rolling hills and you have plenty of opportunities to stop for food and drink. You don't need to carry shelter, sleeping bags, and other gear as you do for backcountry trekking, so that also helps. I went in October, and the weather was much cooler. I've heard from people that the summer can be hot, but when it is you just escape to a cafe or bar and get out of the sun for a few hours. I think you'll love it, it's such a great experience! Buen Camino!!!
WOW. This video earns a sub!
Thank you, cheers!
Great video! Only complaint is that I wanted to keep watching...maybe I will start it over.
Haha, thanks! Maybe I just gotta go hike it again!
@@ChrisTarzanClemens Take me with you.
Hey Chris, fantastic video. I was wondering if you could tell me about the possibility of wild camping instead of staying in hostels? I have just finished hiking the pct and camping is my fav things about these trips. Would it be possible to camp most nights just outside town? Cheers :)
Nice! Yeah, I loved the wild camping each night on the AT as well, but as I planned for the Camino I was kinda stoked to save a bit of weight and stay in inexpensive albergues each evening, have a shower, and share a bottle of wine with new friends. There did seem to be plenty of wild camping along the way, some areas are forested, but maybe more of the time you'd be posting up in fields or along roadsides or near bridges. I only saw a few people wild camping during my journey, but I'm sure it can be done! There's no wrong way to do it, Buen Camino!
Chris Clemens thanks very much for the reply Chris, really appreciate knowing that’s there’s stealth camps along the way :)
Great video and WOW, you must have been practically running. I completed my Camino in 26 days from SJPD to Santiago from 11 May 18 and thought that was fast. Did you have someone working the camera for you, if not, that would have taken some time out setting the camera up to catch you walking into and away from the camera. Well done.
Thanks Peter, my goal was consistent forward motion, as long as I was moving forward all day I didn't have to hike that fast! All my filming was done solo, ha, so I definitely had to run back and forth a few times to get those shots!
Dont be fooled by the "super human" it is nowhere near as easy as this video makes out!!! Great to see the sights again. Glad you had a great walk.
For sure! The Camino was an incredible experience, and I hope to go back and do more soon, hopefully even slower and with friends! Buen Camino!
@@ChrisTarzanClemens thanks. It took me 43 days( with 3 rest days) and yes, absolutely life changing. Thanks for the video my fellow pilgrim👍.
Thanks for the movie. You must have made between 40 and 50 km / day. You seem to have travelled light. Nonetheless: how did you manage to avoid blisters? And what is your recommendation for shoes: hiking boots or trailrunners?
Thank you! Yeah, I think I averaged right under 50km per day. I personally prefer lightweight trail running shoes, and I think I've been pretty lucky, over the years of long hikes and ultramarathons I've rarely gotten any blisters. On the AT I actually wore a pair of Injinji toe socks under another pair of hiking socks to try to eliminate any rubbing. Seemed to work!!
great video ! Honestly i didn't quite catch why you did it ...
Thank you!
awesome!
at which towns did you stay?
I will try to du it in 20
Buen Camino
but 20 to SdC!
AWESOME WORK DUDE!
Buen Camino
Thanks! I don't remember all the names of the towns since I really only rolled in to sleep, but I did track my daily distance and have it at the bottom of my 2 blog posts. There were so many towns and albergues along the way that you'll have no problem finding one each evening to reach your daily distance goal! Have fun! Buen Camino!
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The Camino is not a race, and obviously this guy doesn't even know the cities and places he went through because he was more busy running than taking part in the whole experience.
Wow, nice video and how could you walk so much everyday?!! I did it in September 2019, but I had difficulty walking 26 km each day. Congrats!
Thank you! Ha, yeah, it was a lot of walking every day... but, I sort of went to the Camino to test myself and spend a few weeks thinking about life, and it turned out to be a really great experience! Cheers!!
Chris, are you related to Samuel by any chance?
Haha, I can only hope!
lol.. chuffing brilliant ending
Haha, that dance video added a few kilometers to my day, but it was worth it!
buen camino
Thank you! Cheers!
Superman
Ha, thank you! Buen Camino!!!
Can’t believe anyone could do that in 18 days ! How were your feet ...any blisters ? And always having a few beers at the end of the day .....respect .
Finnestee thats lwhEre I lost it.
The day I walked into Finisterre was incredible...a great way to finish the hike! Buen Camino!
I would have tried to do some like that, but carrying my camera equipment to film the Camino for my channel would have been imposible. Besides, I am not 18 anymore even though my mind tries to say otherwise. 😂
That's awesome! Yeah, it's always hard to balance documenting the journey, but, having good videos and photos at the end to remember the experience is always a great thing! Cheers!!!
18 days !!!!!! Phewwwwww
Ha, yeah, it was kinda a lot...but it was such beautiful landscapes, people, and experiences! Buen Camino!
@@ChrisTarzanClemens Yes, you must have meet a lot of people in the middle of your race! The real pilgrims, the real people who is taking the Camino experience are taking time to enjoying and spend time in the places and getting to know others and all of that..... unlike you. You will never understand that and that is ok. Some go though life thinking it is all a race, but if it is a race it is a race to the grave, and I am in no rush to get there!
@@mikatu Thank you for your comment. You're welcome to disagree with me. I don't think you're wrong, but I'm also happy with my own personal experience and I'm happy to not judge other people's experiences. Good luck and Buen Camino!
Why did not you just run a marathon?
I've run marathons, but for this trip I was looking for the solitary cadence that comes with walking all day across vast landscapes. It was in incredible trek! Buen Camino!
Take via de la plata in sommer if you are up for a hot hike
I'm getting better with heat, but I definitely prefer just warm, temperate, and comfortable!
Its the "...in 18 days" that gets me. I mean bro, if you are so "on the edge", then shh about your time. This is not a race. You need not have mention how little time you took. If you claim that is not important then why mention it in he title? Ego. I suggest you do it again, slower or faster, doesnt matter, and become mindful of what is the real cause behind your "need to be on the edge, push the limits" thing.Despite what you think it is nothing to brag about. A tip; look inside yourself and ask yourself honestly what do you fear. Meditate on that during the walk. Insight into that is what is the real "living on the edge, pushing the limits". Then , maybe, you will experience the Camino. Good luck and all the best.
Thank you for watching my video and your comment! It sounds like I've offended you with my Camino hike, and I apologize. Thank you again, Buen Camino!
This might sound mean but it's just a funny observation there is a character on south Park called "aging hippie liberal douche" (no joke) and you look very similar :'D it might sound like an insult but I promise it's just an accurate comparison look it up please
Hahahaha, just looked it up, love it! Ha, cheers!
@@ChrisTarzanClemens lol just popped into my head for some reason, maybe watching too many cartoons lately. thanks for the great video. Really enjoyed it. I'm leaving for France on Thursday and your video was really inspiring I can't wait to hit the trail. Keep up the good work man :^)