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It is all relative - for some people it will be a huge challenge, but others really do not find anything tough about it. Your own fitness and previous experience and even the weather on a given day will decide how you find it. Either way people should be free to say what they found for themselves.Glad to read your honest observations about the relative difficulty of the HIKE. Both here and in Facebook groups it seems to be almost a requirement that posters insist that it's just an easy walk.
Every albergue I stayed in had a laundry sink.Pack enough clothes--laundry facilities were available occasionally along the way, but not as many as I thought there would be.
No, I can't see that she will scare off anyone who is truly on a pilgrimage. Just someone disappointed with the "tour". I truly hopes she gives it another go! I walked with someone who had started like this with a tour group. It had given him just enough of a taste that he dumped the group and came back and did it on his own. Perhaps this was the eye opener she needed.Interesting. I hope this doesn’t scare folks off. A pilgrimmage should be just that.
I agree! I always have a few spare clothes pins to lend.Every albergue I stayed in had a laundry sink.
I agree too. Maybe she has never washed clothes by hand. I had 4 babies before a washing machine. (1960) .No, I can't see that she will scare off anyone who is truly on a pilgrimage. Just someone disappointed with the "tour". I truly hopes she gives it another go! I walked with someone who had started like this with a tour group. It had given him just enough of a taste that he dumped the group and came back and did it on his own. Perhaps this was the eye opener she needed.
I agree! I always have a few spare clothes pins to lend.
Agree. You hand wash if there are no mod cons.Every albergue I stayed in had a laundry sink.
Sounds like one of my old nursing shifts. Boy if it is I don't know. I was just exhausted at the end of a shift and certainly never felt more in shape. However walking for several hours straight in the hills on days off, did put me in shape and was more enjoyable.Does walking at work anywhere from 6-12 miles a shift and being on your feet for 10-12 hours at a time help w endurance or training? I have a training plan between now and July, I will start my walk in Aug. just wondering...
Does walking at work anywhere from 6-12 miles a shift and being on your feet for 10-12 hours at a time help w endurance or training? I have a training plan between now and July, I will start my walk in Aug. just wondering...
Ha - love it, Jo!I agree too. Maybe she has never washed clothes by hand. I had 4 babies before a washing machine. (1960) .
I'd say just get in a few hills. Up and down.Does walking at work anywhere from 6-12 miles a shift and being on your feet for 10-12 hours at a time help w endurance or training? I have a training plan between now and July, I will start my walk in Aug. just wondering...
I had thought one of the reasons to do the camino was to get some perspective, to let go of pride / conceit and to learn how to show humility and kindness. I really hope I'm not wrong about that, or this is gonna be a long month.
For someone completely new to the Camino (and about to leave), after having heard/read all of the tales of meeting new people, being confined in the albergues with new people, opening yourself up to people etc for months now, it's really saddening to see the snide / passive aggressive remarks in some of these posts.
I had thought one of the reasons to do the camino was to get some perspective, to let go of pride / conceit and to learn how to show humility and kindness. I really hope I'm not wrong about that, or this is gonna be a long month.
I very much appreciated your post Val13, thanks. I'm definitely going to be taking some cosy clothes too!
Thanks for the review. I personally disagree with almost every point you made - but that doesn’t mean one of us is right and the other wrong, but just that our starting point is properly way different.
Think about adding some exercises that work your core which will make dealing with a pack easier.Does walking at work anywhere from 6-12 miles a shift and being on your feet for 10-12 hours at a time help w endurance or training? I have a training plan between now and July, I will start my walk in Aug. just wondering...
Jo, I needed this bit just now! Life has gotten in the way of planning to walk the Camino next Fall and have just thought of giving up. I am 67, great city walker when traveling and a desk slug when home.At 63 yrs old and not a hiker, the Camino was challenging. What I tell my friends who ask: I was cold and wet and hot and tired and hungry. Each day was hard in some way, physically, mentally . But Everyday Was Wonderful. Each day offered something or someone that lifted my spirit, made me smile, made me stronger. The Camino is amazing. I became amazing.
Yes, I carried my full pack. I learned to leave things behind - let things go. I gave away things to those who needed them more than I did. My pack got lighter and I got stronger.
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