A diminished Team Denmark perseveres...

I'm excerpting below an email I just received from Jan, who with two other Danes was doing the camino. We became traveling friends after overlapping at various steps along the way. I emailed to tell him I had to retire from the field, and you'll see from his response that his two compatriot-companions have also now had to stop. So, he's carrying on alone, carrying (metaphorically) their spirit and mine with him....You'll note that he has shed some weight from his backpack, as did I along the way. And one of the "life lessons" almost everyone learns on the camino is to "lighten your load"! In the camino, as in life, we end up carting along and attached to all kinds of junk that just slows us down and puts us at risk, yet it's very hard to start jettisoning stuff until circumstances force it upon us...Anyway, herewith, a few excerpts from Jan's email to me:

"HI Chris!

Glad to from you.But also sad news.Last saturday I started my second Camino of a sort.The first one was with Kjell and Inger.The second without them.Inger had terrible trouble with her one knee,So early saturday morning she/they had to stop.So it was a new situation for me to walk alone.........I also went to Farmacia because of problems with one leg .And I was told I had too much in the racksack.I took off about 5 kilos and sent to Santiago,so now I am flying ( almost).My spirit is high even it was raining heavely today,but beeing on top of the Leon Mountains was so beautiful that it was worth all the pains and averything.

I hope it cheer you up to know that when I reach Santiago I will pray for you.

Best regards from one third of Team Denmark"