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Thank you for this prayer...beautiful and comforting and true.May he rest in peace!!!
"O Lord, you have freed us from the fear of death.
You have made the end of life here the beginning of true life for us.
For a time, you gave rest to our bodies in sleep and
you awaken us again with the trumpet.
The dust from which you fashioned us with your hands
you give back to the earth for safekeeping.
And you will recall it, transforming with
immortality and grace our mortal . . . remains.”
Saint Macrina
sister of Saints Basil and Gregory of Nyssa
Oh dear. That would have been heartbreaking.
I hope they are resting comfortably now.
I was worried about the decent off the Prynees for that reason. So I took the road to the right (just after the peak) and ambled down that. It did take longer. .(I think its 3-4km longer) but I was just able to walk and not worry about tripping or falling.
By that stage I was mentally as well as physically fatigued and was less coordinated than I normally am.
I can understand it; by that point 100 meters feel like a 1000!!Really? 400 metres? That is awesome. I dont know why I thought it was 4km longer.
Thanks for clarifying that...I will edit my post so as not to inadvertently deter any one from doing it. Its quite a pretty section as well.
Thanks Olivares!!!
Very good to know...right it will be.I can understand it; by that point 100 meters feel like a 1000!!Actually from the wooden sign pointing right or left is 4 kms to Roncesvalles. I really think most people go left because you can see Roncesvalles at a distance to the left . It is counterintuitive to go right if you really want to get there, but it is actually the safest and fastest way into the complex.
Very sad news....ar dheis Dé of raibh a anamhttp://www.lavozdegalicia.es/notici...ook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fbcamino
Sad news for the pilgrims community that have to mourn the pasing of a 65 years old Irish pilgrim cyclist found by a local on the side of the road by his bicycle. No visible damages to the bicycle, so a traffic acident has been initially ruled out. The pilgrim exhibited head injury and it is speculated that this was either natural causes and/or a fall that resulted on a fatal head injury. Autopsy results should be released soon. The Camino on that section (pass Alto de San Roque by Hospital da Condesa) is mostly small gravel and many cyclists prefer to take on the adjacent paved road. An investigation is underway.
Later reports are placing the incident 1 km from Hospital Da Condesa.
May he rest in peace. Buen Camino!
Myself and a german friend took the safe route as well but ended up walking down a major road we must have missed the left turn as we decended. Is it before the junction with the highway? It seemed about 4 kilometers longer.Oh dear. That would have been heartbreaking.
I hope they are resting comfortably now.
I was worried about the decent off the Prynees for that reason. So I took the road to the right (just after the peak) and ambled down that. It did take longer. .(I think its 3-4km longer) but I was just able to walk and not worry about tripping or falling.
By that stage I was mentally as well as physically fatigued and was less coordinated than I normally am.
Edit: The path to the right is only 400 metres longer. See post below.
Mick-- for my life I could not tell you where you could have been...??? There are no major roads after this junction we have been talking about. If you take a right it is marked all the way to Roncesvalles and is a bit of paved road and then trail all the a way to Roncesvalles. As a matter of fact, you go by Ibaneta, the monument, popular stop, so there are visitors cars, etc.., That is the closest spot I can think of that may resemble a traffic road....I t
Myself and a german friend took the safe route as well but ended up walking down a major road we must have missed the left turn as we decended. Is it before the junction with the highway? It seemed about 4 kilometers longer.
Many thanks Olivares, I will look on googgle maps. We followed the paved road all the way down avoiding the steep decline to the left which was signed, till we came on this road, turned left onto it, then walked for about 2 kms till we could see Roncesvalles below us on the left it felt quite dangerous but we survived.Mick-- for my life I could not tell you where you could have been...??? There are no major roads after this junction we have been talking about. If you take a right it is marked all the way to Roncesvalles and is a bit of paved road and then trail all the a way to Roncesvalles. As a matter of fact, you go by Ibaneta, the monument, popular stop, so there are visitors cars, etc.., That is the closest spot I can think of that may resemble a traffic road....
Found it ! on goggle maps you might not believe it, the road was the N-135 or Roncevaux pass (does not look so big now) unbelievably stupid of us , I blame fatigue and the fact that two of my toe nails were falling off and bleeding heels..Mick-- for my life I could not tell you where you could have been...??? There are no major roads after this junction we have been talking about. If you take a right it is marked all the way to Roncesvalles and is a bit of paved road and then trail all the a way to Roncesvalles. As a matter of fact, you go by Ibaneta, the monument, popular stop, so there are visitors cars, etc.., That is the closest spot I can think of that may resemble a traffic road....
Toe nails grew back 6 months later. Thanks to Saint Compeed I was able to go on, got better as time passed would not have missed it for the world.That's an easy mistake to make, more so under such dire conditions...YIKES! Were you able to go on; I can't even imagine!!
Last year (March) a Brazilian pilgrim was found way off the trail in that area; unfortunately he suffered a heart attack and had passed away by the time a local came upon him.
The Camino pilgrimage is a lot of good things, but one thing that is not is a walk in the park. It is definitely doable, but caution should always be present.
Buen camino to all.
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