What a nice "picture" thread, @Dani7, and
I am absolutely loving everyone's photos!
Here are a several sunsets from the Tuscany region on the Via Francigena in Italy in early October 2022. All were wonderful views from our rooms at the lodgings...
Three of each from me:
Sunrises:
1. The church of São João da Ventosa (‘St John of the Winds’ or similar) in the corn fields outside Azinhaga, Portugal - CP.
2. Sunrise in Olvera on the Vía Serrana.
3. Sunrise over the church in Mértola, one of...
Copied and edited from one of my earlier posts. I thought it might be of use here given the nature of this thread. :eek::)
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If a person has some level of cardio fitness, making it up a long uphill grade is a...
The 'rest step' is something common for mountaineering or when walking at extreme inclines. It is not really that effective on the typical 12 to 22 degree incline of the slog out of St Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles for example. I find the...
Unfortunately, that must be one of the worst explanations and demonstrations of the technique I have known as the rest step, and have used on and off for many years. I agree with those who could not tell why what was demonstrated is not just...
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