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Officials have recovered the body of a 9-year-old boy who died over the weekend after crashing his snowmobile through a glacier in Alaska.
My 10 year old son and I started walking from SJPP on May 30 in the pouring rain. It may have been him you passed. We were accompanied by my brother-in-law. The wind and rain on those first few days made the rest of the walk seem considerably less arduous (physically, at least). We arrived in Santiago on July 1. I can't imagine topping the experiences we had together. He was a rock star the whole way.riatolken said:We were going through the mud and rain and passed a little 10year old boy 2 days ago -, can anybody tell me how is he doing!
It is part of the curriculum in many Spanish middle schools. In the spring and fall the Sarria to Santiago may have several groups and their chaperones each day. They were great companions, but do not arrive at a bar just after them; the line will be horrendous!I honestly think that every teen should walk the Camino.
My son will be 10 when I do the camino in the spring. I can go earlier, in May, if he stays home but have to wait until late June if I take him. He is generally enthusiastic and a great traveler, but I worry about getting one day in and having to fly him home to dad! Would the Portuguese route be easier with a child? Are kids carrying their own gear? Has anyone seen dogs on the route carrying gear, and would dogs be allowed-outdoors-at albergues? I've been considering this idea of taking this American "softee" with me for some time. Thank you for any input, and buen camino.
Our children are not so soft. some days we walked 5kms. some days we walked 33. Georgia (10) set the pace. I did the pilgrimage, she danced, sang and talked about God. If she got sad, fed-up, frustrated or just plain cold. We stopped. We made it. We did it. And she's a flippin' legend. So will your son be. Take each day as it comes. Do what you can, and God will deal with what you can't. Bless
Heather, my guess is that your daughter will do better than you. So let her set the pace perhaps (vs dragging her and boring her) and pay attention to her physical limitations (we are all built differently: for ex.: if she feels pain in the ball her of feet and you do not, but she may be in real pain). Treat her as the young woman you and her want her to be, and you will create a binding moment you will never forget. And if the stages you do are not Brierly's, or any other guides, so be it.Hello
I walked the Frances route from St. Jean to about Leon last year by myself and have been planning to return with my husband in June 2014 to go all the way to Santiago. I have been seriously considering taking my oldest daughter with us, who will be 15 when we go.
Can anyone share their experiences if they walked their Camino with a teen? I am a bit nervous about taking her. She is excited to go, but I am not sure how she will fair with the amount of walking that is needed daily. She is very physically active with athletics 5 days a week and playing and conditioning for softball 4 days a week, so I am sure she will be alright physically. Though walking for hours is not the same thing really. I would hope she would enjoy the experience of it, but I know how exahusting and painful it can be at times. I guess I am curious to hear how teens that have walked it have delt with it mentally.
Thank you!
Heather
@Anemone del Camino, Heather hasn't visited since early 2013, shortly after she posted the original question.Heather, my guess is that your daughter will do better than you. So let her set the pace perhaps (vs dragging her and boring her) and pay attention to her physical limitations (we are all built differently: for ex.: if she feels pain in the ball her of feet and you do not, but she may be in real pain). Treat her as the young woman you and her want her to be, and you will create a binding moment you will never forget. And if the stages you do are not Brierly's, or any other guides, so be it.
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