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Yesterday I have returned from a two day hike that was intended as a test of my gear and myself for my second half of the Camino in October. I must admit that I did poor planning and the way that I walked in Taunus (the hills north of Mainz and Wiesbaden in Germany) was sometimes very boring...
¡Hola peregrinas y pereginos!
I would like to propose my idea due to the Covid-19 crisis and the impossibilities to do the camino in Spain recently.
I would like to invite the moderators (doing a great job!) to set up an area for virtual caminos. In this area we would have topics for each...
With this thread I would like to ask you about certain things or even peaces of hiking gear that you are happy to take them not on the Camino. Although they are not that heavy or that big that it would really matter.
Regarding hiking gear this would be my compass that I took with me on my...
For me, doing a pilgrimage is both religous/spiritual, physical and also personal/psychological. Like the "mens sana in corpore sano" of the Greek or the japanese "Shin-Gi-Waza", the harmony of spirit, body and technique.
I refer here to the Novel of Herman Hesse "Journey to the East" that...
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