Camino de Santiago: A LIFE-CHANGING ADVENTURE

I set out on my third Camino de Santiago pilgrimage seeking adventure, but what I found was so much more. From battling injuries and illness to experiencing profound moments of connection and self-discovery, this 800km journey across Spain pushed me to my limits and beyond. In this raw and intimate video diary, I invite you to join me on experiencing the unfiltered essence of life on the Camino - the breathtaking landscapes, chance encounters, and inner revelations that can only come from weeks of walking with an open heart and mind. Feel the burn of blisters, taste the sweetness of trail magic, and lose yourself in the meditative rhythm of the pilgrim's path. Through triumphs and setbacks, laughter and tears, witness firsthand how the Camino strips away pretense and reveals our true selves. Witness stunning landscapes, forge lifelong friendships, and discover the transformative power of putting one foot in front of the other, day after day. This is the story of 800km, countless encounters, and one man's quest for meaning on the road to Santiago.

This is the Camino as you've never seen it before.

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shot and edited by the flesh of my teeth on iPhone 15 Pro Max (the "Everything Machine"), shot in Apple LOG x265, video Editing in LumaFusion, audio editing in Hokusai, external audio recorder Roland DR-07 🥰, writing in the great Drafts app.

The orange shoes that carried me across Spain three times (and that have a lot of cameos) are by ‪@HOKA_TV‬ and they were like a magic carpet.

0:00 Intro
06:06 Prelude to Adventure
12:00 Day 1: Rain, Pain, Mud and Storm
16:44 Humple Pie, with a Side of Painkillers
25:22 The Only Thing You Can Expect of The Camino
34:20 Spring Colors, Sounds, & the Struggle for Tranquility
45:23 Decisions, Decisions...
59:00 Walk Fast & Move Slowly
1:08:30 Steal My Soul
1:16:02 All That Is Mine
1:32:18 Trucks vs. Pilgrims
1:40:52 Mud-Wrestling Pilgrims
1:49:00 The Camino is not a Holiday
2:05:20 Why am I Making Daily Videos?
2:13:04 Meseta: Grit & Glory
2:21:05 Magical Mystical Meseta
2:34:41 Losing Myself on the Endless Plains of the Meseta
2:44:32 Exhaustion
2:58:05 The Aftermath
3:03:48 Immobilized in Léon
3:12:13 Paused Pilgrim
3:16:16 Into the Heart of Darkness
3:27:07 The Sky is a Cathedral
3:37:00 The Beast
3:43:25 The Rock
4:01:43 Free-Floating Free Agent
4:09:40 Follow Rivers
4:21:09 Cow Man
4:30:19 Silence & Entropy
4:44:06 The Magic Hour of Walking
4:57:51 Obstacles Are The Path
5:04:56 The Complimentary Path
5:09:20 The Profane Pilgrimage
5:18:56 Friendship, Santiago
5:36:24 Finisterre Epilogue: What Is The Camino?