Tough sections on the knees

[Lydia Banales]

I walked from SJPP to Val Carlos to Ronscesvalle to Viscarett (short of
Zubiri) with a torn medial meniscus.  Aleve (Over the counter Naprosyn)
helped me a lot.  There was a section before Viscarett where the trail
had a lot of rock formations that were uneven but not loose. It was very
painful for me and I had to stop. So I got a taxi in Zubiri. If your
friend's knee is sore, but intact, he may be ok if he goes slowly and
has a good walking stick. You walk near the road until Viscarett so he
can decide there if he need's a ride or if he can keep going. It's a
very pretty section. Lydia

Dave Buchan wrote:

> I am walking the Camino with an old friend, who had the misfortune a
> couple of months ago to seriously damage his medial knee ligament. He
> has nursed the injury to the extent where it does not give him much
> bother, but he has lost a lot of training. He has read descriptions of
> the various Camino sectors and notes that the walk between
> Rouncevalles and Zubri contains a downhill section  where the path is
> described as being of loose rock. Downhills are notoriously bad on
> knees and unstable surfaces compound the problem. As this is the first
> day of the walk he is contemplating taking the bus between R and Z. He
> fears the first day could be his last. The questions for experienced
> peregrinos are: Is this section really bad? Should he avoid it? and
> Are there any other sections where discretion is the better part of
> valor? His plan is to regain his walking fitness on the walk as his
> overall fitness is good as he has been doing other workouts and
> rehabilitation.On a side issue a friend has recommended rubbing feet
> with white spirits for the next three weeks before we leave. She says
> it is an old method of toughing up the soles. Has anyone heard of/
> used this method. Prevention is after all, better than cure. 20 days
> to go!
>
> Dave


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