Well Mika and I completed the 16 day Manaslu and Tsum Valley Trek. My artificial hips held up well though our 10 hour day from Dharamsala up 800 meters to Larkye La Pass (5,160 meters elevation) and then down 1,570 meters to Bimthang nearly did...
This 68 year old body sure hopes to be walking Camino's for years to come! Since 2010 I've only missed one year (2020) although I was in Spain and took daily walks on the Camino. I'm also a lover of Nepal and hiked the Three Peaks, Three Passes...
Kevin, I had the pleasure of meeting you briefly, in the Dublin Mountains in 2018. I was doing a short hike with my son, you were facing into a much longer one. I said to my son afterwards: 'Now there's a man on a mission!'
Good luck with...
I’d rather be found next on the path than on the floor.
At age 56, I got rid of the car and made feet and bicycle 95%+ of my transportation. As hospitalero, I checked in pilgrims up to age 95. (Including one age 80+ who was blind.)
Hello Jack. My 89th birthday is coming up next month, and I regularly walk, ice skate and swim. I am planning to walk the CF starting from Roncesvalles next spring. Perhaps our paths will cross and we can lift a glass to life.
All the very best to you in Nepal. You raise these interesting points re aging and the Camino...I started in 2006 aged 51 and am now 69 years of age. Except for 2 years, one being during covid times, I walked pilgrim routes all over Europe every...
Hi Kevin
Like you I started my Caminos in 2015 and been walking them ever since. I’m 69 this year and I’ve decided after the injuries and operations I’ve put my body through certainly in the past 4yrs I’m allowing myself one more Camino next...
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