Day 13 - Belorado to San Juan de Ortega
Distance walked today: 23.7 km (14.8 miles)
Total distance walked: 212.6 km (132.9 miles)
Total distance left: 515.7 km (322.3 miles)
Information on the stage traveled here.
Adal sounded SOOO tired today on the phone. I heard the exhaustion and the effort of today. But he made it. He walked from 6:00 am to 3:00 pm with only 30 minutes of rest. Every 2 hours or so he rests for about 3-4 minutes. He's currently in San Juan de Ortega. Population? 18!! Exactly three houses, one church, and one bar. He's looking forward to a dinner of pork chops tonight. Some things never change!
Find more info about the terrain and towns along the way here.
Tomorrow he plans on walking 26.7 km to Burgos, the famous city in "El cantar del Mio Cid" (The Poem of the Cid). He will take a rest there and do some sightseeing. Well deserved.
I asked him about the panty liners. He uses them as a cushion bandage along the side of his feet, inside the boot, protecting the big toes. A friend suggested he also use pantyhose socks inside his regular socks to help. He's going to try it. Imagine, Adal using panty liners and wearing panty hose!
If you have any questions you'd like to ask Adal about his walk to Santiago, or have any well wishes you'd like to send, please contact me and I'll make sure to post them here. Sometimes he can log on and read this blog, and I'm sure he would enjoy that.
I asked him about the panty liners. He uses them as a cushion bandage along the side of his feet, inside the boot, protecting the big toes. A friend suggested he also use pantyhose socks inside his regular socks to help. He's going to try it. Imagine, Adal using panty liners and wearing panty hose!
If you have any questions you'd like to ask Adal about his walk to Santiago, or have any well wishes you'd like to send, please contact me and I'll make sure to post them here. Sometimes he can log on and read this blog, and I'm sure he would enjoy that.
The first questions come from my middle and high school English teacher, Mrs. Lynn White:
1) Do you eat special foods for energy?
Adal: beer and local wine and coffee
2) What do you think about when you're alone and walking these long distances?
Adal: "WTF am I doing?"
3) Do you ever feel as if you can't go on and want to give up?
Adal: when I don't have my foods from #1
4) How much is the weather a factor in this long journey?
Adal: sun rain cold heat.. the Camino never stops!
5) Is there an emergency system in place for a walker who suddenly had a serious medical problem?
Adal: they have a 911 lookalike the 112, they told me my nail falling off wasn't an emergency
1) Do you eat special foods for energy?
Adal: beer and local wine and coffee
2) What do you think about when you're alone and walking these long distances?
Adal: "WTF am I doing?"
3) Do you ever feel as if you can't go on and want to give up?
Adal: when I don't have my foods from #1
4) How much is the weather a factor in this long journey?
Adal: sun rain cold heat.. the Camino never stops!
5) Is there an emergency system in place for a walker who suddenly had a serious medical problem?
Adal: they have a 911 lookalike the 112, they told me my nail falling off wasn't an emergency
My question of the day:
1) How do you know what town you are in or if you've reached a waypoint? Are there signs? Do you know how much farther you have to go?
Adal: Yes, for the most part it's well marked along the way with signs. If not, you ask the people you meet walking.
Well Wishes:
Mrs. Lynn White: We're all having a vicarious experience and thank you for sharing with us a journey on so many levels.
Florece Stevens-Shaw: Let him know that I'm very proud of him!
Tomorrow N has a Spring concert. I will be there, hopefully with photos and video!
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