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[QUOTE="t2andreo, post: 1232785, member: 25553"] In the final analysis, I found myself in that first 8km from SJPdP to Orisson, stopping frequently to wait for 'Tweedle Dee" and "Tweedle Dum" to catch up to me. Those are the nicknames I gave to my lungs when I first starting doing the Camino. Every few hundred meters, I would have to stop and cough my lungs up, trying to inhale enough air to continue on. I am not a smoker and have no pulmonary conditions or limitations, But, I am under-tall for my weight, and of course, everyone starts from SJPdP with a too heavy rucksack. Other pilgrims would stop and ask me - "you okay old man." They meant OLD, not in the casual British mannerism of referring to someone as "old man" as a friendly gesture. I was 59 on my first Camino. I consider than middle-aged. On one such occasion, perhaps 10 years ago, I recall rising to my full height and wheezing deeply while waiving my hiking sticks in their general direction, while saying - between gasps for air - "I AM NOT OLD - JUST WINDED. And when I regain my lungs catch up to me, I shall thrash you with these hiking sticks - thank you very much for asking." We all had a laugh and continued on, up the STEEP HILL - from there. That is why I have come to support reasonable accommodations for slope challenged hiking fools like me. Hope this helps, Tom [/QUOTE]
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