LisaMacfarlane
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- (Fall 2017)
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Hi, Lisa,Am I crazy to talk a dear low vision friend into doing the CF with me this fall? I am 60, she is 55. She just has a few years of partial sight left. She would wear a "blind" vest, bring a cane, trekking poles for the easy stretches and me. It is my sense that the path doesn't have lots of road hazards (roots, big rocks), but I am not sure how many hours of day light we will have in October, and I would love advice on accessibility issues. Thanks in advance. Lisa in Seattle
Oh, I read, but still ... cannot imagine having to guess where to put my feet in tractor tracks based on a description of the terrain by another person. "A little to the left, oops, no, the other left". It would require a lot a pre-Camino work together to make sure they give and hear commands the same way.Come on @nycwalking , @Anemone del Camino & @Helix Gal - the person we're talking about wouldn't be walking solo. Read the OP:
- "... the CF with me this fall...",
- "...easy stretches and me..."
- "... many hours of day light we will have ..."
So it's a simple question once you read OP
You're not blind, Anemone!Oh, I read, but still ... cannot imagine having to guess where to put my feet in tractor tracks based on a description of the terrain by another person. "A little to the left, oops, no, the other left". It would require a lot a pre-Camino work together to make sure they give and hear commands the same way.
And I'm thankful for that, but surely wven those who are need good information to navigate difficult terrain. Sure on the bits of compact gravel and on the roads it coild be relatively easy, but elsewhere?You're not blind, Anemone!
Hours of sunrise and sunset can be found on many sites. It won't take into account mountain shadows, but it will give you a sense of how many hours you have : http://www.sunrise-and-sunset.com/en/sun/spain/santiago-de-compostela/2017/octoberAm I crazy to talk a dear low vision friend into doing the CF with me this fall? I am 60, she is 55. She just has a few years of partial sight left. She would wear a "blind" vest, bring a cane, trekking poles for the easy stretches and me. It is my sense that the path doesn't have lots of road hazards (roots, big rocks), but I am not sure how many hours of day light we will have in October, and I would love advice on accessibility issues. Thanks in advance. Lisa in Seattle
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down the Napoleon route to Roncesvalles theough the forest, down to Zubirri, from the Alto del Perdon, down into Molinaseca... the hike up towards Rabanal on the slate
If they have done things together very much, the helper has probably learned how best to describe things for the friend, and the blind person has experience in receiving those descriptions. If they have never walked a trail together, the first few kilometers of a new type of terrain might take a little getting used to.... cannot imagine having to guess where to put my feet in tractor tracks based on a description of the terrain by another person.
2013 I met two blind people. One had the usual dog and a sighted companion. The other man had a sighted companion who led him across the mud from San bol to Hontanas. She walked in front and he behind with one hand on her shoulder. I struggled along beside them in thick deep mud until we reached the road out of Hontanas. The whole group went of lickety split leaving me well behind eating their dust. So no, you are not crazy. It can be done and has been by many pilgrims severely disabled. I met a man very disabled in a wheelchair in Pamplona, heard he made it to Burgos at least. Met a man pushing two little children in a twin buggy, eldest 4, and they were doing really well. Yes there are very rough parts to the trail but if the folk I met can make it then it is doable. Daylight in October starts about 8 to 8:30 as the month goes on, nightfall should not be a problem as you should be tucked up in bed before it gets dark. Accessibility should not be a problem as long as you can guide her up stairs, get a bed with a direct line to the toilets with nothing to trip over. You will both be fine, I am sure of itAm I crazy to talk a dear low vision friend into doing the CF with me this fall? I am 60, she is 55. She just has a few years of partial sight left. She would wear a "blind" vest, bring a cane, trekking poles for the easy stretches and me. It is my sense that the path doesn't have lots of road hazards (roots, big rocks), but I am not sure how many hours of day light we will have in October, and I would love advice on accessibility issues. Thanks in advance. Lisa in Seattle
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