Tag Camino

Depression and the Deeper Message

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Some of the world’s greatest minds have turned a personal tragedy, humiliation, or failure into success by repurposing their experience into new meaning. (Click on the link below to see the ReinosBlog post.)

Depression and the deeper message — ReinosBlog

In the link above, the author refers to the Camino de Santiago as an experience that has replenished his soul and allowed him to realign his outlook. In Camino Sunrise: Walking With My Shadows, I describe Sue’s and my walk across Spain and how it triggered confrontations with demons from my past. It is a message of hope weaved with the adventure of one of the world’s great distance trails. I am grateful for the reactions from readers. Here is one: “I just sat down and started it on Sunday and here I am on Monday evening posting my review…please read it…a truly wonderful read.”

Why Is Minnie Returning to Colorado?

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Why the photo of our rig from when we paused a few weeks ago on Colorado’s Wolf Creek Pass at 10,800 feet? Two reasons. First, my mom’s name, like our trailer, was Minnie, so our cross-country adventure has been dedicated to her memory.

Second, Sue and I turned around in West Virginia and are heading back to Colorado. This time we will camp at 10,000 feet, near Breckenridge, to hike as many high-altitude trails as we can do in eight days. Why the heights? We are conditioning. Can you guess the trail we are planning to backpack in August? Hints: 243 miles, mostly above 10,000 feet, named after a pioneer.

At the end, we will have camped for 30 days straight. The tent-camping part is new for two hikers used to a bed and shower, even after grueling days on the trail. Can we do it? That is what I wondered in 2013 before our first distance trek, Spain’s Camino de Santiago.