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A lot of notable "usual suspects" pilgrims on this forum also...I think all of us who have done a camino are notable (read "odd") in some way, but in my one experience on the CF this year I encountered several who were really notable:
- an 82-year old Japanese couple who had started in eastern Turkey and finished in Santiago
- a 79-year old Korean couple
- two babies, one being conveyed by a couple and one by a single mother
- a woman pulling a cart and accompanied by two large dogs
- several large family groups, some with 3 generations of travelers
- a guy who was running the entire CF while carrying a pack
- a 75-year-old guy who claimed to have done the CF 14 times and most of the other caminos at least once
I'd like to hear about other notable peregrinos that people have encountered.
All of the people I met had inspirational stories. I am not kidding. There was one fellow walking with a colostomy bag. He passed me, smiling. There was an older Dane walking in between colon cancer surgeries. At one point, he said his knee was hurting him and had to slow down a bit. Because of that, I was able to keep up, for a while. Then, three Danish women caught up to him and he said his knee pain had vanished. I met a Spaniard, Fermin, who had done 7 Caminos, round-trip. His first began as he was enlisted to recover the body of the son of a friend who had died on the Camino. He was 77. I met an Irishman, David, who had done 9 Caminos, and who had never been on the internet and didn't own a cellular telephone. (If anyone else met this Irishman and has his address, I would appreciate you contacting me please.) David's company was marvelous during my short time with him on the walk. I met several women hiking alone, in their late teens. They took my breath away with their focus, self-confidence and positive attitudes. I met a young Dane who talked in his sleep in 3 languages. I met an American from Austin who had an anaphylactic reaction on the trail and whose life was saved by a Bulgarian. He returned the favor when the Bulgarian had an allergic reaction three days later and he restored his breathing. Both were nurses with food allergies and did not speak a common language. I was repeatedly amazed by the people I met. Amazed and inspired.
Bonita - you are already very notable. Buen Camino!I love this thread and I hope to become notable in my own small way- not because I have a disability or due to my age or through distance speed or other physical prowess (although I'm truly in awe of these people) ......
You will find that we all have such different experiences that when reflecting it seems the Camino seems as if our personal experience seems customized to finding answers it is a bit surreal.I love this thread and I hope to become notable in my own small way- not because I have a disability or due to my age or through distance speed or other physical prowess (although I'm truly in awe of these people) .... I'd like to be the compassionate person who restored someone's faith in humanity with a small act of kindness to someone who needs it. If I can do this I'll be satisfied I think. And of course I hope that I'll come across many others who have the same values- as at my age (58) with a disability (Bletherospasm Dystonia) I'll also probably need a little help along the way....
Thank you for this, and for the inspiration it has given me. As a 74-year-old survivor of colorectal cancer surgery myself, and walking with a colostomy, I've been increasingly apprehensive as my 9/11 departure from SJPdP draws closer. I don't consider myself in any way notable compared to some of the examples on this thread, but it's good to know I won't be the first to make the journey with this condition. But I can pretty much guarantee that I won't be passing too many of my fellow pilgrims!All of the people I met had inspirational stories. I am not kidding. There was one fellow walking with a colostomy bag. He passed me, smiling. There was an older Dane walking in between colon cancer surgeries. At one point, he said his knee was hurting him and had to slow down a bit. Because of that, I was able to keep up, for a while.
Stopped at Burma while walking the Ingles this ...
I so agreeThank you so much for opening this topic. It is possibly the most inspiring and humbling I 've read on this site.
It's on an entirely different plane to the usual mundane themes of bedbugs, blisters, accommodation issues, pack weights and the like, necessary as they are.
De Colores
Bogong
I believe you would like this thread:Although we spent four nights in Santiago and saw many people we had journeyed with, we never saw Daniel again. I do hope he made it to Santiago and out to Finisterre....
Thank you for this, and for the inspiration it has given me. As a 74-year-old survivor of colorectal cancer surgery myself, and walking with a colostomy, I've been increasingly apprehensive as my 9/11 departure from SJPdP draws closer. I don't consider myself in any way notable compared to some of the examples on this thread, but it's good to know I won't be the first to make the journey with this condition. But I can pretty much guarantee that I won't be passing too many of my fellow pilgrims!
Thank you for this, and for the inspiration it has given me. As a 74-year-old survivor of colorectal cancer surgery myself, and walking with a colostomy, I've been increasingly apprehensive as my 9/11 departure from SJPdP draws closer. I don't consider myself in any way notable compared to some of the examples on this thread, but it's good to know I won't be the first to make the journey with this condition. But I can pretty much guarantee that I won't be passing too many of my fellow pilgrims!
Why some one will go each year to the same place on his vacation? ? Mabe because they love to do this year after year.Stopped at Bruma while walking the Ingles this May.
Met a woman at the A'berg in Burma. She walked the Ingles 12 times !
I wonder why one would do the same walk 12 times.
A great aspiration , and achievement, thank you for sharing. Buen Camino.I met the me I once was happy to be and thankfully we have remained friends.
I think all of us who have done a camino are notable (read "odd") in some way, but in my one experience on the CF this year I encountered several who were really notable:
- an 82-year old Japanese couple who had started in eastern Turkey and finished in Santiago
- a 79-year old Korean couple
- two babies, one being conveyed by a couple and one by a single mother
- a woman pulling a cart and accompanied by two large dogs
- several large family groups, some with 3 generations of travelers
- a guy who was running the entire CF while carrying a pack
- a 75-year-old guy who claimed to have done the CF 14 times and most of the other caminos at least once
I'd like to hear about other notable peregrinos that people have encountered.[/QUOTE
Last year one of my inspirational characters making the trek was a "small person" about 40" inches tall from South Africa. His steps were about 1/3 those of mine and therefore I thought his Camino was about three times mine in steps. His backpack was about as big as he was and almost touched the ground. He was originally from the US. His smile was as big as his determination. Amazingly notable.
I met the man who had had an allergic reaction along the trail and was helped, and then later was able to help the person who had helped him. I was in the room when the emergency call went out for a dr. or nurse. An amazing Camino story! This was 3 or 4 years ago. Don’t remember which allergies, but the host’s name was Eduardo.All of the people I met had inspirational stories. I am not kidding. There was one fellow walking with a colostomy bag. He passed me, smiling. There was an older Dane walking in between colon cancer surgeries. At one point, he said his knee was hurting him and had to slow down a bit. Because of that, I was able to keep up, for a while. Then, three Danish women caught up to him and he said his knee pain had vanished. I met a Spaniard, Fermin, who had done 7 Caminos, round-trip. His first began as he was enlisted to recover the body of the son of a friend who had died on the Camino. He was 77. I met an Irishman, David, who had done 9 Caminos, and who had never been on the internet and didn't own a cellular telephone. (If anyone else met this Irishman and has his address, I would appreciate you contacting me please.) David's company was marvelous during my short time with him on the walk. I met several women hiking alone, in their late teens. They took my breath away with their focus, self-confidence and positive attitudes. I met a young Dane who talked in his sleep in 3 languages. I met an American from Austin who had an anaphylactic reaction on the trail and whose life was saved by a Bulgarian. He returned the favor when the Bulgarian had an allergic reaction three days later and he restored his breathing. Both were nurses with food allergies and did not speak a common language. I was repeatedly amazed by the people I met. Amazed and inspired.
Is that an auto-correct from albergue to allergies?I met the man who had had an allergic reaction along the trail and was helped, and then later was able to help the person who had helped him. I was in the room when the emergency call went out for a dr. or nurse. An amazing Camino story! This was 3 or 4 years ago. Don’t remember which allergies, but the host’s name was Eduardo.
I met the man who had had an allergic reaction along the trail and was helped, and then later was able to help the person who had helped him. I was in the room when the emergency call went out for a dr. or nurse. An amazing Camino story! This was 3 or 4 years ago. Don’t remember which allergies, but the host’s name was Eduardo.
The resurrection of this thread has resurfaced memories for me. There were so many other stories I could tell of people with whom I walked. Everyone has a story, all of them notable if you wait and let them tell it. It has made me want to return to repeat the effort, but I hear Thomas Wolfe whispering, "You can't go home again." My greatest fear is that the people I met and the experiences I had on my one Camino were unique and exceptional, and if I try it again, I will be disappointed. However, where would we be if we always listened to that voice? I had read threads on this forum from previous walkers that warned me back before I departed in 2015 that the Camino had changed since they had first walked it and it was not the rich experience it had once been. But, in 2015, in my ignorance, I found it to be challenging, spiritual, and marvelous. Since then, I have been longing to return.
Decades ago, I fished a broad bend of the Missouri River in Montana on a bright day in late summer. It had been such an enjoyable day that I returned the next morning to the same stretch of water. But, much to my dismay, was having not too good a time. I kept getting my line snagged and the fish did not seem as responsive. The weather was the same and the river had not risen or fallen. I decided that it was my expectations that had changed. The river and the fish had nothing to do with how I had approached the day. I had screwed it up myself.
With that, I will see if there is one more Camino in this aging, broken and rehealed body and, if granted the opportunity, will endeavor to set my mind to embrace whatever challenges and people cross my path. Buen Camino.
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