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...
What a wonderful message! I will be 70 in a couple of weeks and I have walked 4 Caminos, most recently the Camino Ingles which I completed a month ago. I think about doing the Norte but I don't know if my body is in the same frame as my mind...
“The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing.”
Ernest Hemingway
I’m fighting the urge to jump on a plane to Nepal right now and go for a Bucket List hike. Anyone else?
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...
Funny timing on your post - as I was reading it I was on the train from Santiago to Madrid to head back to the states after having done my 12th time on various Camino routes. I walked in on Monday, Nov 4th, my 75th birthday. I first walked the...
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