Well, short update again, I´ve only got about nine minutes left on the computer, but wanted to tell you all that I´ve got the first stage of the camino behind me! Wanted to make it to Roncesvalles, and I got the whole way there. Unfortunately it was pretty much raining the whole day, so I got wet and a little cold and wasn´t able to see too much through all the clouds. I understand the Pyrennes are beautiful, guess I´ll have to imagine all of peaks and valleys...
Knee ended up (mostly) not being a problem. Almost instantly when I set out this morning it started hurting, which really scared the shit out of me. A little joint pain is fine, but a little can turn into a lot after 800 kilometers and 30 days of back-to-back hiking. Fortunately, 90% of the day was uphill, which feels almost normal compared to downhill, so the only time it really gave me any trouble was for the last little stretch before the end. Plus I was eating Perecetimol like candy the whole day, so that helped as well. Met some Irish girls along the way who were doing the path as well, and one of them actually had an extra set of walking sticks that she didn´t want or need, so she let me have those. Very thoughtful and nice, and something that actually ended up really helping.
Never the less, walking a little bowlegged, as are pretty much everyone else in this refugio (refugios are hostels specifically for pilgrims on the camino). I´ve got dinner in a few minutes, and at 8 they actually do a service for the pilgrims in town, so I was going to go to that as well. And get to sleep extremely early.
So! We´ll see if there´s a computer at the next refugio. Until then.
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