long trails
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances 2012
I was looking for a recent topic on post-trail depression so I could add a link to an excellent article that was shared on a hiking forum, but I could n't find one, so here you go!
I find that even after a four or five day hike I could feel quite down, for no apparent external reason. Since then I have realised the depth of the 'depression' seems to correlate with the length of the hike.
Anyway, the link is below, hope it's ok to share it. I learned quite a bit from what was written and post-trail depression seems to entirely make sense now.
https://just2hikers.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/post-trail-depression/
The writer refers to the longer U.S. thru-hikes, but I think a lot of it is relevant to the Caminos too.
I find that even after a four or five day hike I could feel quite down, for no apparent external reason. Since then I have realised the depth of the 'depression' seems to correlate with the length of the hike.
Anyway, the link is below, hope it's ok to share it. I learned quite a bit from what was written and post-trail depression seems to entirely make sense now.
https://just2hikers.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/post-trail-depression/
The writer refers to the longer U.S. thru-hikes, but I think a lot of it is relevant to the Caminos too.
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