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Wow! The photograph put tears in my eyes. What a wonderful story.
In my two past trips on the Camino Frances route, I encountered many folks either in wheelchairs, with crutches or walking canes, post-stroke victims with very limited mobility, and blind persons tethered to sighted friends or family.
There are also many people toting their own CPAP machines… You do not see those as they are in the overly large rucksacks these people are carrying.
There are people on serious medications, including Type I diabetics who coordinate with the local police, albergues, hostals, hotels or churches to store their insulin overnight. It all works out. In fact, rule #1 for the Camino is "the Camino provides..." Really, it does!
Also, there are young people (8 years old +/-), older folks (@ 80 +/-), skinny people, large people, people who walk fast with a long stride and people who waddle or shuffle when they walk. There are tall people and short people. They are from nearly every country on earth. We all manage to communicate with each other. We help each other, and they help us.
If you have the time, the will and the means, a method can be found. In fact, and IMHO, I think the biggest obstacle is usually the one between each of our ears!
BTW, the Camino Frances IS about one million steps. Do the math… The total distance is 481.1 miles, or 775 kilometers, exactly! If you know the length of your walking stride, you can figure this out.
This fellow's accomplishment is awesome and should be celebrated. Bravo!
""""In fact, and IMHO, I think the biggest obstacle is usually the one between each of our ears!"""
AND that is the very thing yelling at me to "cancel" my plans to start in a few weeks.
I have all sorts of reasons not to go : too much going on at work ; I have not had time to prepare ;had to get new passport unexpectedly ( that surely must be a sign! ) ; family will miss me ; self doubt etc etc etc ; there is so much bad stuff in the news - surely another sign that I should just stay at home safe .... yudda yudda yudda
This is NOT new .... I go through this EVERY time I go out of my comfort zone ... which is why I do things to put myself outside the zone ...... but this time I just keep thinking "why do you do this to yourself ?" ... well actually I think that EVERY time too and then I GO; GROW; Blossom ; and come back empowered.
I have not done the "Camino" before BUT all challenges in life are a Camino..... so I will fret ,deliberate, fret and deliberate for the next two weeks ........ hopefully will then get on the plane and just go and see what happens
Life is a double edged sword ...
Having read the story of these two guys , how can I NOT go ?
I'm a little late in seeing this wonderful story. It brought tears of joy to my eyes and made me feel very humble indeed. Yet, I needed to see this today. I was feeling a little sorry for myself because with 2 weeks to go, my 3rd Camino (The Frances, but just from O Cebreiro) seems to be falling apart. I've planned for so long for this. My niece and her family were to accompany me, as well as a good friend. My niece's family dropped out a few weeks ago - life intervened - so much happening when you are still young. Now my friend is having a lot of trouble with her foot. It may be fractured. We are awaiting results of Xray and MRI. In any case, she's at least got plantar fasciitis pretty bad. She's tried lots of things and hopes to get some therapy done on it, but we have just 2 weeks to go. I may just do the walking on my own, but I'd hate her to miss it. She takes care of her elderly Mom and needs the Camino just as much as I do. I'm not feeling sorry for myself after this article, but does anyone have any ideas that might help my friend? I'm glad to be able to reach out to my fellow Caminoholics. Thanks and Buen Camino to all.