Tuesday, September 22, 2009

And now a word from Hape Kerkeling

(thanks to Rebecca on the Pilgrimage to Santiago forum, who responded to my March of the Damned comment yesterday) it´s not cool to quote Hape Kerkeling on this forum, but here’s his bit on Calzadilla:
"I ... use the denim shirt for hiking and the city shirt, obviously, for the city. But here in Calzadilla, I leave my denim shirt on. Not only is it barely a city, but I’m still mad at the place because it hid from me until the last minute.” A page or two earlier he says “I’d sooner drag myself over the Pyrenees in the fog than try this part again.”

I haven´t cared much for Mr. Kerkeling before, but this passage is right on the mark. Yes, I would rather haul my butt over the Pyrenees in the cold & fog than walk that 17.8 km stretch of hell again.

3 comments:

  1. Just a quick hi since I was checking on you again. Love reading and give you LOTS of credit for doing something so hard. Also my nephew said to count at least 3 pints of blood toward you goal. He and two co-workers donated last week. He does it about every 8 weeks and get harassed by the Red Cross in between(O- is a hot commodity)so will try to remember to tell you so you can count it. He liked the idea of doing it towards someone's goal.

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  2. Thanks Cindy! Tell your nephew thanks from me!!

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