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    What is the most you have walked in a day?

    no bragging rights accrue for this . through sheer stupidity i walked 50kays on 2 separate occasions its not that the distance is difficult you wake up, you put your left foot in front of your right foot, and repeat for 12 hours . what nearly finished me off was running out of water it was the...
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    Has the Camino helped your career?

    there is not a straight line between 2 dots the camino dot and the job dot are just 2 dots of millions dont force the connection . just breath and be open to possibilities . btw how to make god laugh? tell her your career plans
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    Has the Camino helped your career?

    say Falcon... you must be from HR then ? . this would have made for a riveting ending the the movie The Way unemployable Sheen bwah ha ha
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    Those we leave behind

    so this is great... the Way and your relationship are one and the same thing you cant separate the 2 . so ask said wife to give you something to take with you either words a symbol of some sort a memory a question a promise a dream a goal . promise each other to look at the moon every night at...
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    ? what is it about this site

    it is now a year and a bit since i finished my walk from Seville to Santiago i will in all likelyhood not walk another camino and before the walk i spent about 10 months on the site planning reading preparing . but if its over why am i still so attached why do i still come back to this site why...
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    Flaming bull

    good for this Saint Anton dude let not minor inconveniences mar the festivities for the masses . parhaps they could consider introducing the "flaming-A" as a type of sideshow for when the bull gets tired
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    selfishness on the camino

    when i first joined the aa as an active alcoholic my sponsor asked what my reasons were for wanting to clean up my act and i trotted out the usual reasons family kids wife job friends blah blah he says this is the most selfish 12 step programme in the world you doing it only for yourself -...
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    Last Camino

    ah yes i remember walking with you for a bit on the vdlp it must have met you at your graduation party then, Ian i will remember you and a bunch of crazy Irish girls and english boys walking through the night in (how you say in english) not in showroom condition . and like one addict to another...
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    Plastic bags and snorers

    ha i must admit i got a bit excited when i saw the subject line i thought this was going to be a sugested method of dealing with snorers . you know as in "place plastic bag over the head....." . ah well next time
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    Walking alone a choice, or necessity?

    Re: Choice, or necessity? i experienced the most wonderful walking etiquette on the vdlp those of us starting out in the dark would assemble outside the albergue in silence and start walking together until the route was easier to see . then a seemingly unwritten pilgrim code happened.... slowly...
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    How many miles/day?

    of course if youre doing it by bike you could double the distance or not depending on how things go see clip for possible cycling complications http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHy ... _embedded#!
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    What and Whom is this Forum for?

    without breaking the creativity of this thread id be interested to hear it from the administrator or moderators . the question then being - under what circumstances would they lock a thread evict a member edit out a post . that would probably give the outside parameters then within that, all...
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    Walking alone a choice, or necessity?

    Re: Choice, or necessity? nice question out of choice i walk with everybody i just dont feel the need to: - eat with them - talk with them - sleep with them . unless they become special .....as in life, as on camino
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    How many miles/day?

    on average 25 kays per day depends on so many factors..... on the vdlp i did shortest day 16 kays and longest 50 kays (out of major stupidity) (twice !) . remember the 25 kays in the first week of your walk is longer and more difficult than the 25 kays in the second, 3rd, etc week . so if you...
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    What issues arise when walking with a companion?

    ! this is a wonderful thread i remember starting out one morning in the pitch black with a dim tourch that could hardly light up my feet as i walked in the darkness i missed said crucial arrow but marched on oblivious for another hour until i came to what was very obviously a dead end . i...
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    What issues arise when walking with a companion?

    great post Portia1 youve got it nailed and its asif you speak for me thanks +@^^
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    Global Moderators

    Ian its not that easy please add world piece and permanent happy hours then youre in
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    ? how many steps to Santiago

    progress means everything is so instant ...3 easy steps to making the sunday roast ...5 steps to raising model children ...7 steps of highly effective people . ? so how many steps to get to S'diago the average pilgrims step length is 76.2cm the average distance per day to do the 1000km vdlp in...
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    Camino and economics

    ? what price progress . while walking the vdlp last year i noticed the new bullet train takes a more direct route and doesn't follow the old route taken by the old train track possible impact will be the by-passing of the smaller towns ? and their ultimate demise unless they reinvent themselves...
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    How to tell if your backpack is too light

    this is how it works . on day one of your camino you go straight to the first bar and watch the 3 day weather forecast it says - sunny, sunny, cold /wet you go to the post office you mail 3 boxes of clothing as follows town 2 - "To The Hospitalero, El Next Municipal Albergue", one shirt shorts...

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