Santiago via PUD’s and CFP
Day 32 Rua to Santiago de Compostela Miles today: 14.2 Elevation gain: 935’ Descent: 1005’ Walking miles: 393.1 Total Camino miles: 506.9 Travel far enough, you meet yourself – David Mitchell Today we completed the “full” Camino. On April 3rd we started walking west from St Jean France and today we walked into the plaza at the Santiago Cathedral in Spain in mid afternoon. Blaze, Chum, and I have traveled for 32 days without utilizing any kind of motorized transportation and have covered 508 miles. Walking was 393 miles along with 115 miles of biking. We climbed 34,000 feet in elevation and descended almost the same amount. That is about six and a half miles straight up...and down! We endured countless PUD’s. PUD’s are “pointless ups and downs”. It often seemed that the Camino went up a hill and then back down for no logical reason when it might have made more sense to follow the valley or to contour around the hill. Such is...