Part of The spirit of the camino is to sense the prayers of those who have gone before and leave goodwill for those who will come after.
Our introduction to the spirit came in kilometer one with Miguel who eagerly welcomed us to the trail. This guy is the REAL McCoy on his 22day and 690 km into his trip imparting an incredible tenacity of spirit and happiness for all fellow travelers. A contagious state I hope to maintain and share.
My other more physical lessons of long distance trail hikes for those who follow:
Lesson 1 - mountain terrain is beautifully breathtaking and deadly to your legs. I guess training in florida does nothing to prepare you for winding paths including 400 meter accents. Just keep in mind it will be 20x more grueling than u can imagine on flat land!
Lesson 2. - training to run long distances does nothing for walking, in fact, walking hurts more than running. Toward the end of today's hike I was running because it came with less pain... Guess that's why you don't hear of a walkers high?
Lesson 3- you don't NEED anything but water and joy in your heart to get through the rough spots.
Buen Camino - it's your path-lead or follow happiness or other.
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