- Time of past OR future Camino
- Various routes 2016 - 2024
Posting this because I happen to know the father and son, and the author of the article!
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I've known Mark since before he walked his first Camino to celebrate his 75th birthday. I've only walked with Mark a few days on the Camino - one year I had extra time at the end of my Camino and I took a bus back to Gonzar to walk a few days with him. When I first saw him with his 21 liter backpack I asked if he was having a larger pack transported. Nope. Somehow this 6+ foot tall man manages to carry everything that he needs in 21 liters. He also can outwalk pilgrims less than half his age. He is definitely an inspiration to me, and proof of what older people are capable of.
This year I was walking the Primitivo while Mark was on the Francés. When I was getting close to Santiago I wrote to Mark and asked him where he was - it turned out that he would be on the same stage as me when I joined the Francés! We didn't connect that day, but the following day my little Primitivo group was staying at Albergue Astrar just outside of Santa Irene. We were the only four in the albergue. Then Mark called and asked where I was. I told him Santa Irene, then he asked if there was room at the albergue. Was there room? Yes, almost the entire albergue was free! So Mark and Brad joined us, we ordered pizza, which the hospitalero/owner picked up for us, and had a grand time in our practically private albergue.
Mark just absolutely loves the Camino Francés. I think that he tried the Portuguese route one year, but comes back to the Francés year after year. He loves staying in public albergues, doesn't make reservations, and always carries his own pack. He loves the "sounds of the Camino" including the sounds of sleeping pilgrims in the albergues. Before his first or second Camino he called me from the airport, and told me how he was thinking about all of the other pilgrims that he had yet to meet traveling from all parts of the world who would soon be his friends. His love for the Camino is contagious!
I've known Janet, the author of the article, since she joined our local American Pilgrims chapter about a year ago. She walked part of the Invierno with a friend this year. Neither Janet nor Mark knew that they had a connection through me until they did the interview.
Oregon father and son — 81 and 52 – find Camino family together on 500-mile walk
Taking six weeks off of work and walking the 500-mile Camino de Santiago seemed impossible, but “anything is possible, it’s simply a choice," said Brad Wulf, who walked from France to northwestern Spain with his dad, Mark Wulf.
I've known Mark since before he walked his first Camino to celebrate his 75th birthday. I've only walked with Mark a few days on the Camino - one year I had extra time at the end of my Camino and I took a bus back to Gonzar to walk a few days with him. When I first saw him with his 21 liter backpack I asked if he was having a larger pack transported. Nope. Somehow this 6+ foot tall man manages to carry everything that he needs in 21 liters. He also can outwalk pilgrims less than half his age. He is definitely an inspiration to me, and proof of what older people are capable of.
This year I was walking the Primitivo while Mark was on the Francés. When I was getting close to Santiago I wrote to Mark and asked him where he was - it turned out that he would be on the same stage as me when I joined the Francés! We didn't connect that day, but the following day my little Primitivo group was staying at Albergue Astrar just outside of Santa Irene. We were the only four in the albergue. Then Mark called and asked where I was. I told him Santa Irene, then he asked if there was room at the albergue. Was there room? Yes, almost the entire albergue was free! So Mark and Brad joined us, we ordered pizza, which the hospitalero/owner picked up for us, and had a grand time in our practically private albergue.
Mark just absolutely loves the Camino Francés. I think that he tried the Portuguese route one year, but comes back to the Francés year after year. He loves staying in public albergues, doesn't make reservations, and always carries his own pack. He loves the "sounds of the Camino" including the sounds of sleeping pilgrims in the albergues. Before his first or second Camino he called me from the airport, and told me how he was thinking about all of the other pilgrims that he had yet to meet traveling from all parts of the world who would soon be his friends. His love for the Camino is contagious!
I've known Janet, the author of the article, since she joined our local American Pilgrims chapter about a year ago. She walked part of the Invierno with a friend this year. Neither Janet nor Mark knew that they had a connection through me until they did the interview.
