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<DIV><SPAN class=090561708-24082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Follow
the road the whole way and avoid the rough spots. You have to contend with
traffic but no loose gravel, rocky spots etc. its the path the bicyclists
follow. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=090561708-24082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Jim</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Road to Santiago
Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dave
Buchan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:27 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Tough sections on the
knees<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>