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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>