You are so welcome! The 70k walk will give you a taste. If you enjoy, perhaps do a section of the Frances! There you will get the full support (albergues, fellow travellers, stupendous landscape and more). Rooting for you!
I'm listening to this and reminiscing on hiking the Appalachian Trail. Your insights and story is so similar. I was one of those hikers always in a rush and I did not learn to slow down and enjoy the journey until the last few hundred miles. I'm a slow learner 😆.
It's so natural to try to keep pace. On that Camino I felt the pull myself. Others seemed so much more efficient and as a product of Western culture it just seemed to me like they were doing it "right." I felt self-conscious being the last one out of the albergue every morning! And then i would toddle around, stopping frequently to sit and rest, take pictures, get a snack, talk to locals. While "everyone" was well ahead, at the destination, resting. I am not sure where the self-consciousness about that comes from! Perceived peer pressure I guess, and probably my own issues and internal storytelling. Ah well. A long walk such as the Camino or AT gives you plenty of time to reflect on that, too!
Thank you. Such a great conversation. I’m still Camino-curious. I’m planning a local 70 km town-to-town walk this fall as a teaser. We’ll see how it goes.
You are so welcome! The 70k walk will give you a taste. If you enjoy, perhaps do a section of the Frances! There you will get the full support (albergues, fellow travellers, stupendous landscape and more). Rooting for you!
I'm listening to this and reminiscing on hiking the Appalachian Trail. Your insights and story is so similar. I was one of those hikers always in a rush and I did not learn to slow down and enjoy the journey until the last few hundred miles. I'm a slow learner 😆.
It's so natural to try to keep pace. On that Camino I felt the pull myself. Others seemed so much more efficient and as a product of Western culture it just seemed to me like they were doing it "right." I felt self-conscious being the last one out of the albergue every morning! And then i would toddle around, stopping frequently to sit and rest, take pictures, get a snack, talk to locals. While "everyone" was well ahead, at the destination, resting. I am not sure where the self-consciousness about that comes from! Perceived peer pressure I guess, and probably my own issues and internal storytelling. Ah well. A long walk such as the Camino or AT gives you plenty of time to reflect on that, too!
Thank you. Such a great conversation. I’m still Camino-curious. I’m planning a local 70 km town-to-town walk this fall as a teaser. We’ll see how it goes.
Thank you both for an interesting and inspiring conversation. Buen Camino!
You are so welcome, Frank!