Comments on: Camino blues http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/camino-blues/ To Santiago de Compostella and Beyond Mon, 14 May 2012 14:39:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mel http://www.caminodesantiago.me.uk/camino-blues/#comment-44 Mel Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:16:20 +0000 http://caminodesantiago.me.uk/?p=18#comment-44 I have never walked the Camino in the winter either, although living in Montana and Alaska for 8 years has given me plenty of time to walk in cold and snowy conditions. I think winter walking has it's own personality. Time almost crystalizes, much like the branches and leaves do in the harsh cold. In Alaska, the low light conditions provide a unique color to the landscape. It's almost pink. It's amazing to say the least. Walking in temperatures around 20 below F is hard and it's certainly hard to leave a cozy living room or kitchen. But if you force yourself to walk you'll feel the joy of moving again and hear all the great sounds blocked out by walls and doors. When I walk in the winter, be it on trails or on snowshoes, I often think of the Camino and imagine those walking over the Pyrenees in the wind. I can't help but think of the early pilgrims without the gortex and down jackets that we have now. That's some determination and passion. It's good motivation for me to get outside. I have never walked the Camino in the winter either, although living in Montana and Alaska for 8 years has given me plenty of time to walk in cold and snowy conditions. I think winter walking has it’s own personality. Time almost crystalizes, much like the branches and leaves do in the harsh cold. In Alaska, the low light conditions provide a unique color to the landscape. It’s almost pink. It’s amazing to say the least.

Walking in temperatures around 20 below F is hard and it’s certainly hard to leave a cozy living room or kitchen. But if you force yourself to walk you’ll feel the joy of moving again and hear all the great sounds blocked out by walls and doors. When I walk in the winter, be it on trails or on snowshoes, I often think of the Camino and imagine those walking over the Pyrenees in the wind. I can’t help but think of the early pilgrims without the gortex and down jackets that we have now. That’s some determination and passion. It’s good motivation for me to get outside.

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