I have only done 3 caminos - all the Frances. The first two we great, friendly inclusive etc. The last was relatively lonely as the groups were primarily language based and many of the others we married couples. There were very few solo walkers like myself. Having said that the lessons learned...
Very true dougfitz. I just wanted to suggest we can get too concerned and that within reason, injury, pace etc. the little extra weight does not matter as done right we build up strength the meet the situation. I liked your balance and thanks for your response. Stay safe. Frank
Weight seems to be an osession for Camino walkers. I have been under pack for 50 years carrying upto 40kgs and regardless of my age I notice that I settle into the weight and develop the capacity to carry it. (Admittedly the heaviest I have carried in the last 5 years is 25kgs but up some scary...
I have not used orthotics. However I did by an excellent pair of boots - with one problem: The sole kept disengaging from the upper (4 pairs). So I took the full length shank out, purchased a boot half the price and a half size bigger and put the shank under the insert in the boot. EXCELLENT...
I think it depends on what you are lookingfor from a camino experience. If it is to see stuff - leave out what you are not interested in. If it has a large inner journey compnent then different parts of the journey will likely provoke different internal awareness. Maybe the principle is "what is...
I have a friend who is a Somatic Therapist. He uses what is happening in the body to support clients to tap into issues that are crying out to be heard at that moment. The theory (in my layman's language) is that we ate like hard drives and all the events and happenings are stored somewhere in...
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