Walking the Camino at age 95!

peregrina2000

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• Sep 29, 2023

• #1

This should give us all hope. Let’s keep on keeping on.

At age 95, Rufina Rodríguez Morales walked 117 km on the Camino Portugués, her fifth camino. I am not one of those who says that age is just a number, but I do hang on to the hope that by staying active and realistically pushing our physical limits, this may be in our futures too.

 

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• Sep 29, 2023

• #2

How wonderful

 

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Richard Warr

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• Sep 29, 2023

• #3

Rufina is an inspiration to us all.

 

backlasher

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• Sep 29, 2023

• #4

Since I'm facing a knee replacement on the 17th, this is an inspiration that a Camino is possible!

 

Roland49

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• Sep 29, 2023

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I really hope that I will make it to this age. And be able to walk a Camino. It's forty years to go!

 

Anniesantiago

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• Sep 29, 2023

• #6

I saw this last week.
It sure gives me HOPE!

 

LTfit

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• Sep 30, 2023

• #7

And my Camino friend and hospi for the Cuenca albergue Luis Cañas Salvador finished the Portuguese from Tui a few weeks ago with his father of 95. They had previously walked together from Sarria and Luis Cañas senior decided he wanted to walk once more. Amazing!

 

TrvlDad1

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• Sep 30, 2023

• #8

I’m counting on hope and bionics!!!

 

DTCamino

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• Sep 30, 2023

• #9

backlasher said:

Since I'm facing a knee replacement on the 17th, this is an inspiration that a Camino is possible!

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The Spanish peregrino I’m walking the Camino Madrid with today and had has his knee recently replaced. He is young at 65 but I feel a little put out a 65 year old with a knee replacement keeps destroying me on pace and mileage and I’m a decade younger than him. And it’s effortless for him where I’m working hard to keep up.
Shows age (and knee replacement) is only a number.

 

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ritaj

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• Oct 1, 2023

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backlasher said:

Since I'm facing a knee replacement on the 17th, this is an inspiration that a Camino is possible!

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I've had two knees replaced and put hundreds and hundreds of Camino miles since -- just do the physical therapy exercises like a new religion after your surgery and you will walk the Caminos again. At 80, I'm looking toward a possible Mozarabe in my near future...

 

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Wippe

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• Oct 1, 2023

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backlasher said:

Since I'm facing a knee replacement on the 17th, this is an inspiration that a Camino is possible!

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Had two knie replacements, 2021 and 2022, in 2023 april I walked fromLeon to Santiago and ended Porto coastal espiritu way yestirday. Remember to train your knies well so that they bend all the way. I used one stick in the right hand and a water bottle in the other Buon Camino

backlasher said:

Since I'm facing a knee replacement on the 17th, this is an inspiration that a Camino is possible!

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bergmannfamily

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• Oct 3, 2023

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backlasher said:

Since I'm facing a knee replacement on the 17th, this is an inspiration that a Camino is possible!

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Late to this discussion, but I had both knees replaced in 2017. We did the Frances in 2021 and it was wonderful to walk without that terrible pain. A camino is more than just possible! The most important thing in my opinion is to get as much mobility to the knee as you can. Aggressive physio! It will hurt to do it but will pay off. 10 weeks after the replacements we hiked 50 km in Waterton Lakes National Park, something I had not been able to do for many years.