Hi Michael, welcome
Sorry, no idea if it can really be done, but I've seen some pretty amazing videos on the subject that makes me think it is possible... There are all kinds of grounds on the Camino, from big rocks to paved roads, hard and soft. It may be wrong, but I'm thinking if bikes/unicycle (yep!)/boards (yep! too) do it, why not off road skates?
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@Doogman, I tell you go for it! Prep well, experiment, enjoy! And please, share you Camino with us!
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And then again, here I am feeling angry-sad-sorry(-pity?) to read such intolerance...
Oh yeah, there is some tolerance around: the feeble "everyone does his-her own Camino" is still around.
But truly, it's otherwise. What mostly crossed my mind while reading this thread was "Who the **** do you proper pedestrian pilgrim think you are????" Pardon my French. And of course, I also thought of the answer: "Well, 'true' pilgrims, obviously!" Chosen bits here and there:
Well, if it's not clear yet, I'll translate: if you don't walk, you're an alien. And you're bound to be disregarded/disliked/hated.
Have any proper pedestrian here ever came across someone telling them there were no good reason to
walk across Spain in a century that can just drive/land you in Santiago?
Let me return you the question: why? I mean, except for bragging rights of course.
Just go somewhere else. Why? Well, you're not
walking. Yep, that's it. Oh, and also because...
Translation: it's a
pilgrimage, you pagan! A true spiritual adventure you shall not spoil with your crude frivolities!
Although literally, it doesn't mean anything. "Camino"
means "way", "trail", "road", "path" (out of the dictionary). And even if I take "Camino" a little more spiritually (which I do myself, so which I get), it still doesn't mean much here.
Because the Camino is 1 single trail of dirt/rock/mud/whatever, but has many faces. And has always had! It's never been only a pilgrimage route through History, whatever tales are told on the Way. There were no Camino until the 20th century! Today, it's a pilgrimage
as well as a cultural itinerary as a touristic attraction as a sport trail as an international meeting ground as ... as ... as ... .
So, dear fellow proper pedestrian pilgrims, I truly wish for us all to go back on the Camino. Obviously, you've got some tolerance to learn (or, if you prefer it told that way: inline skaters have to teach you some tolerance). Or elsewhere yourselves (for a change), as you don't seem to get it there...
Pick
your Camino. And deal with the others, because whether you like it or not, the Camino
has many identities that all have a right and a reason to be. Especially today, when spirituality makes more and more sense through materiality.
I don't intent to point fingers to
people, but to an attitude that is a true and big part of the Camino. Its dark but very real side I sometimes get sick of.
I know I've been direct and sarcastic here and if I'm censored, so be it. It won't change the attitude I try to denounce, neither the fact than non-proper pilgrims are mostly welcomed that way and certainly feel the same than I do right now.
Angry-sad-sorry-pitying pilgrim troll out.