06-18-07 VIANA

We will see how much I can write in less than 9 minutes when this thing turns off. The first two days out of Pomplona were the worst of the trip. First they marched us up to a ridge where there are a lot of wind mills, which I like a lot, but then the down side was very steep. I went to Puente-la-Reina where my back really hurt. Thus I drank 1.5 liters to sooth my nerves and the nerve endings which worked but didn't do a lot other than that for Met two from New Zealand who were on their boat in the Azores and were on the the mainland watching the American cup which was having a few days off so they decided to do some of the Camino. It was nice to talk English for a while. Saw them the next day and they were suffering as they were not in shape at all. Each day i have been putting in about 20 km. The next day was another day of up and down and my back hurt so much that I was wondering if I could go on much longer. I stayed that night in Estalla and it rained like crazy. I have run out of time. I will come back to this.