1 September 2018
A walk of several hundred miles through rural northern Spain on a pilgrimage called the Camino de Santiago! Sounds like a big adventure (and maybe a little crazy) doesn't it? Well, the adventure (and craziness) is now a reality, and our pilgrimage in Spain starts in a little over a month.
We recently spent 18 months in Peru on a humanitarian mission. Along the way, we caught the dream of participating in the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. This pilgrimage route has been followed by millions of people over the past 1,200 years, and now we will be part of it.
And so why are we doing this? The answer is personal and has spiritual aspects, but certainly the physical challenge of completing something this enormous has an allure all it's own. Our reasons for attempting this have changed and evolved with time, but we look forward to completing this pilgrimage.
A walk of several hundred miles through rural northern Spain on a pilgrimage called the Camino de Santiago! Sounds like a big adventure (and maybe a little crazy) doesn't it? Well, the adventure (and craziness) is now a reality, and our pilgrimage in Spain starts in a little over a month.
We recently spent 18 months in Peru on a humanitarian mission. Along the way, we caught the dream of participating in the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. This pilgrimage route has been followed by millions of people over the past 1,200 years, and now we will be part of it.
And so why are we doing this? The answer is personal and has spiritual aspects, but certainly the physical challenge of completing something this enormous has an allure all it's own. Our reasons for attempting this have changed and evolved with time, but we look forward to completing this pilgrimage.
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| Pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago |
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| The Camino follows the ancient pilgrimage route over mountains and through villages in northern Spain. |
The most popular route of the Camino de Santiago is called the 'Camino Frances'. It runs 500 miles from the French border to the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela.
While we prepared to do the whole thing as one continuous journey, we ended up with another humanitarian commitment in Europe that shortened what we were able to do. Because of this, we will be limited to walking 200 miles of the route this year. We may come back in the the future to complete what we won't get to finish this time around.
Our route will start in Leon and end 200 miles later in Santiago de Compostela. Shown here is the route we plan to take.
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| Portion of the Camino de Santiago from Leon to Santiago de Compostela. This route (which is one of many) is called the 'Camino Frances' because it starts in France. |
We have been walking in Lima, Peru, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, for 6 months as part of our preparation. Our legs and feet have toughened up - we now have about 350 miles of training walks so far. We should have another 100 miles in before our training is complete.
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| Pilgrims on Camino de Santiago |
When we are on the Camino, we plan to walk 13 to 15 miles each day and stay in pilgrim hostels and hotels. The 200-mile portion starting in Leon should take us 2-1/2 weeks to complete.
We can't wait for this adventure to begin!
We can't wait for this adventure to begin!
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