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  1. Windswept.west

    Walking Poles - Bring them they are essential

    Now you have done it Doug, pacer poles, give up all hope who tread there. I hope I am joking. I have been practicing with pacer poles. You do use a very light grip, see if you can try a pair before you buy. I am in the flat lands of Texas so I can't speak to how they work in the hills or...
  2. Windswept.west

    Retired yesterday - Camino on Wed 1st May!!

    Welcome to a new chapter and congratulations.
  3. Windswept.west

    Injury has delayed my Camino, devastating news to me.

    Update. My back is healing. Flexibility is returning. Weight tolerance is still low. I have little concern about taxi shipping my pack. I am on a pilgramige, so I walk. My pack is not and therefor it can ride without moral /spiritual entanglements. :) And if that is the case I will not...
  4. Windswept.west

    Journaling on the Camino

    An update. I have been using a voice dictation program that requires the use of a network to support the heavy lifting of moving from voice to text. Not too helpful on the trail but great at home. Love Dropbox and its ability to also move pictures and documents without a great deal of time...
  5. Windswept.west

    Strange issues with my Merrells, anyone else encounter this?

    Had much of the same problem. The REI gal at Roundrock relaced them like this. Tighten them a little looser than soccer cleats :) and double tie the bow. Now slip your finger between the two twisted sections and pull. This will tighten the lower and higher section of the lacing but loosen the...
  6. Windswept.west

    Journaling on the Camino

    I will have to look at the app. Sounds like I could use it.
  7. Windswept.west

    What to bring...

    Search for Oliver Schroer. Violinist who took some sound equipment and violin and recorded an album in various places on the camino. It call "camino" for some reason.
  8. Windswept.west

    Injury has delayed my Camino, devastating news to me.

    Thank you for the outpouring of support. I have not and will not give up on this pilgrimage. Mine will be a bit longer and will be in two parts. The Camino de Lail the way to get healthy so that I can complete the second halve called the Camino de Santiago. I cannot say that I am not...
  9. Windswept.west

    Injury has delayed my Camino, devastating news to me.

    I have just been handed a major setback in the way of an injury. Doctors say that given my age (48), the health of my back and my health in general, that in time I may be able to consider walking the Camino. I advise them that I would accept pushing it back one year to the spring of 2014...
  10. Windswept.west

    Journaling on the Camino

    Thank you all for the your comments and expertise. I now have both apps on my phone & tablet. Returning from a trip I shared all the photos with my family (in three cities) using dropbox. Drag, drop & done. Yes that easy. Evernote seems to be working as well. So I have a simple solid way...
  11. Windswept.west

    Class of 2013

    Restless Welcome. We are much alike. I will start in late April at SJPP and maybe we will meet. I to was struck by the movie The Way caused me to immediately start researching which lead me to this forum. I just picked up a set of boots at REI (thank you Jessica), it took almost two hours and I...
  12. Windswept.west

    Journaling on the Camino

    Dave, what is the difference between Evernote & Dropbox? And what are the advantages. Thanks for the suggestion.
  13. Windswept.west

    Journaling on the Camino

    I was wandering how much the transferring cost of Dropbox through a smartphone. If anyone will share your experience I would appreciate your input.
  14. Windswept.west

    His Camino fails to live up to expectations

    I could not say it better Falcon. Thank you.
  15. Windswept.west

    His Camino fails to live up to expectations

    It didn’t meet his expectation. That is his loss. My question is, are we making it better or worse? I sincerely hope that he and his wife find what they is looking for on whatever trail they walk. There is little doubt they will never walk the Camino again. I chose to let them walk on and...
  16. Windswept.west

    Best Camino Books (nonguide books, in English)

    Just finished “The Best Way” by Bill Walker and it is all right. Bill walks the Camino with his nephew who just graduated high school in 2010, later alone in 2011. They are Protestants from America exploring some of the differences between Americans and Europeans, relaying history both...
  17. Windswept.west

    Journaling on the Camino

    Vagabondette I found the voice recording app on ITunes app store, downloaded it, and on the first try it worked. A ninety nine cent solution and three minutes of my life well spent. It even handles the Texas twang. How do tell if a Texan is lying? If you can see his lips move he’s lying...
  18. Windswept.west

    Journaling on the Camino

    Voice dictation, what will they think of next? I am still going to take a journal just to be hard headed on the issue :twisted: . Vagabondette my hen scratch is near undecipherable at normal size; going smaller sadly is not an option. Yes I am planning an April / May 2013 pilgrimage...
  19. Windswept.west

    Journaling on the Camino

    Vagabondette you have hit on the other issue; a quick calculation shows that an average day of journal (thank you F) would be 22 pages in a 3 by 5 inch book or 8 pages in a 5 by 8. Forty days on the Camino would require the better part of four of the smaller and one and a third of the larger...
  20. Windswept.west

    Journaling on the Camino

    I thought about using my iPhone or even a iPad and dropbox to sent it all back with. But there is something about writing, that isn’t there when I am typing. I am less… connected. I guess that is the best word for the feeling. I haven’t taken to blogging yet, maybe I will include that in my...

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