The topic of sexual harrassment and violence on the Camino has been discussed many times, but it’s done in the context of a woman actually reporting on her experience. This is the first time I can remember having a mainstream press article as the...
I’m 76, my wife 74. We’ve been walking pilgrimages every year since 2023, except during COVID. We’ve walked about 4,500k and just crossed the Alps at the Great Saint Bernard Pass on the Via Francigena last summer. We carry our packs. Here are a...
What inspiring messages - thank you, all. It's eleven years since I first set out from SJPdP, I'm a self-confessed camino junky and still get flashbacks to events and people on the Way. At 80 I've come through a second bout of cancer and major...
Walked my 1st Camino in 2015 to celebrate turning 60. Have 6 Caminos behind me, but really struggled on my last 2, with the hills. Turns out I have COPD and now also arthritis in one knee. OP for the knee scheduled in 3 weeks, so will see if...
First, Kevin, good luck on your trek in Nepal. I’m sure you need no advice other than that of Clint Eastwood, who when asked how he keeps up a vigorous professional life into his 90’s said something to the effect that “when he comes knocking you...
My father passed away at 92 and he told me " if there's something you want to do , do it while you can because the day will come when you can't " At 78 I may have waited too long for many things.
I've thought about a trail from Houston to San Antonio. It would be about 200 miles and there are small towns about every 25 miles. The problem would be the weather. Summers can be brutal and winters, while not really cold, can be very wet. If...
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