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  1. Arctic_Alex

    3 languages on VdlP stone pillars

    I will lurk quietly and wait for an answer ...
  2. Arctic_Alex

    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    Of course there has always been climate change, when it was fast, it was often combined with collapsing ecosystems and sometimes mass extinction. That sort of fast climate change is something human civilizations have not experienced on a global level yet. In fact, human civilizations could only...
  3. Arctic_Alex

    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    To come back to the original question ... I would say yes, a pilgrimage is selfish in a way. Most things we enjoy are selfish in a way. My parents live 1500 miles away, the only sensible way to visit them is by plane as night trains are not a big thing in Europe yet. Every time I fly I feel bad...
  4. Arctic_Alex

    Try something new?

    That is exactly what I meant earlier. Some of us have our special places we want to revisit again and again. I always book the same accommodation when arriving in Fisterra for example ... and I was never disappointed :cool:
  5. Arctic_Alex

    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    I was not questioning that the boasting egomaniac type exists on the camino. Not at all. I just wanted to say that when you only see a fraction of a person and only a brief moment of what they do and say, one can be deceived and come to wrong conclusions. I guess if someone sat next to us and...
  6. Arctic_Alex

    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    I could get deeper into this and explain why I see confidence as a slightly different thing, but this would not really fit in here ;-) Let us agree it is in the end a question of definitions ... as we know we mean the same things.
  7. Arctic_Alex

    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    Well, sometimes we as listeners confuse someone being happy about his achievements and telling others with flexing. Flexing however always needs the open or silent comparison and looking down on others to be called flexing. I am happy when someone is happy over his achievements. I once met a...
  8. Arctic_Alex

    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    I know they are different things, but there is some connection. However I claim both can be good for certain people. You maybe think of people with a huge ego getting even more on top, but I think of people who always put themselves low, last and allow others to exploit them, are never heard and...
  9. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    unbelievable warmth and growth from my (sub)arctic perspective ;-)
  10. Arctic_Alex

    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    And even if it is done as an ego boost ... why not? If this is what they want and need, good for them (as long as it does not bring disadvantages for others). I would even go further and say for a considerable amount of pilgrims one of the beneficial effects of a longer Camino is the ego boost...
  11. Arctic_Alex

    Try something new?

    Those places I really really liked I try to revisit. Be it accommodation, food, places to eat, places to rest and sit. All I did not like I try to avoid next time. And the broad field in between just varies randomly. If I then add the weather and the people I meet along the way, there is more...
  12. Arctic_Alex

    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    While I understand your pain how we as mankind treat this planet and life on it, I wonder why you could not talk about these things to anyone. I myself could talk about it for hours and I know many who are moved by these things. - Maybe you asked "the wrong people" ... not everyone wants to...
  13. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Trondheim is about 400 km further south from here, but as you say, in the mountains the altitude helps preserving some snow in places :)
  14. Arctic_Alex

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Local walks with the dogs these days: While most are already posting green landscapes, we are still not there yet up north 😉 Still plenty of snow, but plenty of sunshine as well - which feels like hot summer. It is the in-between season in between seasons. Most roads are snow free but very wet...
  15. Arctic_Alex

    Chilly camino

    Your avatar clearly indicates you are a fluffy bear and those indeed should fear rain as they get all soaked up! BTW, who is the guy posing to the left of you?
  16. Arctic_Alex

    Chilly camino

    If you bribe me well I might stop my rain dance rites I have been performing for days now ...
  17. Arctic_Alex

    Any advice on the coastal stretch from Tarifa to Línea de la Concepción?

    Tank you! Brilliant. This is exactly the kind of information I need :cool: Now all I need is some luck that I will be able to take off enough time in March 2025 :)
  18. Arctic_Alex

    Any advice on the coastal stretch from Tarifa to Línea de la Concepción?

    Thank you! i had the feeling after Algeciras it would get bad ... but I had no idea it would get THAT bad ... Thank you for the warning. In case I will ignore it as I am obsessed with the idea to walk every metre, I have been warned and will expect it to be terrible 🙈
  19. Arctic_Alex

    My Buen Camino app is crashing!!

    Same problem ... until I uninstalled the app, rebooted the phone and re-installed it.
  20. Arctic_Alex

    Any advice on the coastal stretch from Tarifa to Línea de la Concepción?

    Still in early planning, but I do consider the Via Serrana for next year and to actually start in Tarifa. I would like to stay as close to the coast as possible on that first stretch leading to the Via Serrana's starting point in La Línea. While the first 10 or 15 km seem to be just beautiful...

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