Day 14 Padron

 No real hiking today. At least along the trail. We took the early (7:30am) boat from Vilanova to Padron. Trip took almost 2 hours. Then we hiked to the site of the WimHof presentation, about 5.8km.


The class started with background on the WimHof method, followed by breathing exercises. WimHof centers on breathing, cold and visualization. Rhythmic deep breathing. We had a light lunch, then it was time for the ice bath. It's mind over matter, combined with breathing. I stepped into the ice bath.  Initially it was difficult to sit all the way down, but I could feel the effect of the breathing exercises. Deep breath...let it out. Repeat. It got better as time passed and I completed the required two minutes. This was followed by four minutes of warmup exercises.

Tonight's concert was a Hawaiian pool party at a private residence. Many dressed in aloha shirts. A fun next-to-last night party.

I've decided I won't walk tomorrow.  FL Brian  and I will split a taxi as we both want to get to Santiago and get our Compostelas. It's 25km and I wouldn't get there until about 2pm.

I'll be sad to see the journey end. I've built relationships along the way. Dan, FL Brian, and Laura are my Camino Angels. So many emotions...joy, depression, hope, accomplishment, doubt. So totally worth it. Once again I've shown that yes, I can do what I put my mind to.

I hope to post photos of me in the ice bath at some point!

Really have been lucky with the weather. Almost perfect outside of one day.












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