April 4, 2013 Day 5 – Pamplona to Obanos (About 21 kilometers) Outer Journey A steep climb today.   Up another 800 meters in the mud and the water.  Up to the Hill of Forgiveness or Alto del Perdon.  The steep decent is maybe more of a challenge than the ascent.  Today´s

April 2, 21013 Day 3 –  (Zubiri to Pamplona) Outer Journey Of course I may be too fatigued to remember the others, but today was the most difficult day of my life!  I walked from Zubiri to Barcelona; which is approximately 27 kilometers.  It wasn´t the distance that was so

April 1, 2013 Day 2 – Reconcevalles to Zubiri (20 km) Outer Journey I woke up at the Refugio in Roncesvilles this morning.  I had my first good nights sleep in 5 days at the Refugio in Roncesvalles; but a woke up groggy and out of it.  I had a lot of trouble

March 31, 2013, Day 1 – St. Jean Pied de Port – Roncesvalles. People say the first day is the hardest and I hope they are right.  Today is the day The Christ ascended and so did I…all day long!  There was asphalt, gravel, rocks, icy rivers, mud (lots of mud)