Via de la Plata and Camino Sanabres - Documentary Film
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2019
- This film documents in great detail a journey of Chris’ challenging walk from Sevilla to Santiago de Compostela on Vía de la Plata and the Camino Sanabrés in June and July 2017. While walking alone across Spain he was shooting this documentary himself.
The film consists of two distinct, but parallel stories that are sometimes interweaved simultaneously or separated. The first story tells the viewers about their plausible experience if they decide to walk across 1000 km of western Spain. In the second story Chris provides meticulous narratives and storytelling he had experienced on the way to Santiago.
Silent and lonely struggles accompany Chris and other walkers since the first day of walking. They struggle with the Extremadura summer extreme heat wave and oppressive monster sun chasing and drying out all their thoughts and neutralizing their minds. Moreover, Chris wrestles with an inconvenient warning, and other walkers wrestle with a long solitary walk.
Is Chris a madman traveling across Spain on foot, and fighting an imaginary enemy?
As they walk long-distance alone they steadily discover themselves anew. Seamlessly toggling between past and present they become aware of the things they had conscientiously hidden and forgotten in their life.
The film also depicts constant changes taking place in landscape and within us while walking el camino.
This documentary film was shot using a Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. 
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You are a super human for being able to push through that horrendous heat. Thank you for sharing your incredible adventure with us.
Many many thanks. Without doubt the most enjoyable video I've watched of any pilgrimage video I've yet to find.
I thought it was beautifully made! Two very smart girls, indeed!!
Thank you for your humility in the face of an amazing feat of walking. Wonderful story, beautiful country.
Hola muy buenas.Me ha gustado mucho el documental.Yo también hice el camino de Santiago pero en bici desde Málaga hasta Santiago de Compostela.Un buen día puse fin a la monotonía de mi trabajo.Me dije a mi mismo esto no es lo que quiero y me dispuse a hacer el camino de Santiago,mi camino de Santiago.Un saludo desde Málaga y buen camino compañero peregrino.
Thank you for this wonderful film that I really enjoyed. I went the Via de la Plata in spring of 2017. And it was great to go on this fantastic trip together with you again and remember the journey.
I walked this in 2019 April 23 to June 3...and again in spirit with you now..ours was not so hot. This was such an emotional memory...thank you Chris..seeing the same landmarks and all the memories xx
Despite the recent explosion of Via de la Plata videos, this still stands head and shoulders above the rest.
Greetings from Brazil.
The best film on the way to Santiago de Compostela.
You are be enlightened.
Thrilled and grateful.
God protect you.
🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much!
Maravilloso camino. Gracias
Beautiful documentary. I am watching it as I train to do the Camino after Covid. Greetings from L.A. Buen Camino!!
Bravo!!!!! This Infantry Soldier could not be more impressed!!!💯❤️👍💪👍
I've seen all your video's!
You are a great motivator... and a wise man. Since, and even before the covid pandemic, I felt the need to disconnect myself from the social media, the daily news, and I did. In stead of watching tv, I went outside, I found myself in nature, meditation and hiking. I'm more at peace and within a year my husband and I are going to walk the camino portugues. To celebrate life . Thank you for your beautyfull video's, your advice and your wise lessons
Congratulations on removing yourself from the television and finding the alternatives. Buen Camino!
Best Video ever ,respect
Thank you awsome blessing
A very beautiful, challenging and soul-searching journey. Congratulations on your wonderful achievement!
Thank you so much!
Thanks for the reflective and powerful video!
I just finished watching this - for the tenth time - WONDERFUL !!!
Hour after hour I have been walking on my treadmill, through 2 years of Covid, dreaming and training. Your videos -- all of them -- repeatedly -- have been great inspirations. Perhaps we need a new Saint Chris medal. :) My deepest thanks for your work and your spirit through it all.
I love your videos.
I am currently rewatching the Plata/Sanabrés video.
I have completed seven Caminos and have kept this one for my 75th year.
I find your filming and observations to be extremely useful.
I fly into Seville on 29th April and will start walking 1st May.
Thank you for posting this. It is an excellent film, I can see why it was nominated for an award. Anyone thinking of walking this route should watch this, it gives a great insight into what to expect.
I walked the Via de la Plata/Sanabres in 2017, though I started in April. And I thought it was hot then!
Well done Chris!
Buen Camino
Davey Boyd
Thank you so much!
We walked the Via de la Plata in August-October last year. 1007km. Takes a lot of mental fortitude to get up at 0500 every day and walk for 8 weeks. Some long near 40km stages too. We had temperatures in the early 40s in Extremadura which was hard work. Saw around 20 pilgrims the entire walk. As far removed from the French Way as you can get!
Thank you so much for this video, it made me happy, it made me cry, it made me want to go back to the Camino!
Hi Chris, my nieces and I met you on El Camino Norte a couple of years ago. I think you were walking with an Italiano who was just a jolly guy. He had such a great fun look on life. I'm thinking of walking Via de Plata in Sept 2021, that is if travel restrictions are lifted for the US and the COVID-19 reduces. Thank you for sharing your experience. Many blessings Antonieta from San Francisco Bay Area CA
Yes, I did walk a few days with Stefano from Rome. Very cool!
Somehow, I love Itálica, the tile mosaics of the ruins, and of course the amphitheatre. I imagined the brave gladiators facing a challenge each time the gate rose to release the roaring beast(s) into the ring. Santiponce, a mere village, seems nondescript next to the ancient Roman settlement. Great historic site overlooked by my Valencian neighbor on her trip to Sevilla. TY for featuring it on the Via de la Plata. 🇪🇸
My pleasure!
If I would identify myself with attitude, it will be you're amazing Attitude and wiseness I'd adopt and add to my own life treasure.
you are a Great example, thank you for your Calmness and the knowledge you've shared with us.
I so love and appreciate your documentaries and all that you share with us. Thank you so very much.
Chris, you have spent a lot of time trying to figure out if you are a 'walker' or a 'pilgrim'. As I think you are from Poland, I absolutely respect your view on this as a good Catholic, and a believer in God.
Aged 74 now, I have all alone walked the Camino Portuguese (Litoral Route) in 2018, and last year the gruelling Camino del Norte. If someone asked me 'why did you do such a crazy thing'?, I have one simple answer 'because it's there, and because I can'. In other terms, as I am lucky enough with my health, why not try and accomplish such a marvellous individual achievement? if the health continues, this year I am walking the Rota Vincentina in May and later on in June the Ingles and Finisterre/Muxia circuit. Next year, I am going to try the Via de la Plata. Your great video has helped no end. I think the best time to start will be early May.
buen camino, y la paz contigo
I've enjoyed and recivied so much from you (hugs) hope to do my Camino in May 2020. Alone no one wants to go with me they wonder what books I read.
@@estellagutierrez795 Loved the videos and learned so much. I am 59 and hope to do my first camino in September 2020. I am from Montreal Canada and also like being alone. But a history lesson with Chris would be so fun. Stay safe!!!
I did northern route in 24 days and God there were days in which I considered quitting, thanks to our Lord I successfully reached Santiago on a 28th of april 2017, loved your film, Buen camino My pelgrim fellow
Merci pour ce beau film. Je me prépare ainsi à accomplir ce pèlerinage par la via de la Plata.
incredible strength and endurance to make the trip and then such a great job of presenting the scenes and history on top of that this is fantastic!
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
What an amazing journey! I thoroughly enjoyed every minute.Many thanks... can't wait for the next one!
from one filmmaker to another great film - jamie - yogi productions
Such a beautiful video, thank you very much Chris. I walked most of it last year but I will walk again this year from Merida to Benavente. This is the best Camino of them all.
You inspired me to walk the Via de la Plata, which I did this year. It was amazing.
Beautiful. Thank you very much.
This is exciting. Thank you for this video. I am considering it instead of Camino Frances... I like contemplation and not the crowds.
I’m planning on this one first too. This or Norte
Sounds great! Via de la Plata is my favorite.
excellente video brought back memories when I did this Camino, I was fortunate to have fellow pilgrims everyday.
That's awesome!
Wonderful. Thank you Chris. I really enjoyed watching this video. To all of you planning to walk this Camino ( as we are in the next months): Buen Camino ❤!!
Congratulations on this journey. I can't imagine the heat and loneliness you went thru for about half of the journey....I would have quit!
Thank you very much for this amazing record of your monumental achievement! I have enjoyed seeing how beautiful the landscape and historic monuments on this Camino are.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I walked the last section of the Via de la Plata (from Ourense to Santiago) in September. The terrain was a little rougher and the heat still stronger than I had expected within Galicia. I was later told the Ourense region is the second warmest part of this route after Seville by a spanish Camino guide. The local people, while they spoke little if any English unless they worked in hotels, were very friendly and helpful. I knew intermediate written Spanish, but my listening skills were limited to spoken Spanish. I developed heat blisters on my left arm despite using factor 50 sun cream, although perhaps I should have applied it three times a day, not just twice. I can only imagine what the earlier stages of this Camino route are like. I'm glad that I experienced this part of the Camino, though I'm not sure I'll return to the Via de la Plata.
Thank you for making it posible for me to see this in my region it was gone and now it is back
Excellent documentary, I enjoyed so much, thanks for show us . I hope do it next year ,
I keep watching this over and over again, wishing you are OK and we can expect to hear from you sometime in the future - can we? ❤
Hi Chris, Thank you for posting your two Camino-videos. Very inspiring! Hope your health is still improving. Keep strong. Best regards.
Un placer . Cuídese 🍀
Lovely presentation , so glad to hear you're recovering .... may the road rise to meet you
Thank you kindly.
Beautiful. I admire this man very much.
Awesome Chris, hope you are fine, waiting you soon here in Spain when finish the COVID pandemia
Amei o vosso vídeo do princípio ao fim, pois dá sentido aquilo que eu penso do caminho. Parabéns pela resiliência em momentos difíceis e pelo amor bonito que vocês têm. Bom Caminho👣
Wspaniały film Panie Krzysztofie! Pozdrowienia z Warszawy od Szymona. Ponad rok temu szliśmy razem sporą część Camino del Norte. Dziękuję za wspaniałe wspomnienia i rozmowy na szlaku :)
Tak pamietam. Dziekuje za pamiec.
Danke, habe mich sehr gefreut. Über 2 Stunden Natur pur. Nochmals danke. Bon camino
Thank you for this video. I will be walking exactly the same route to arrive in Santiago on Friday July 23 2021, the Holy Week-end. I will thus walk during the hottest time of year. I hope there will be no heatwave in 2021. Keeping fingers crossed.
Amazing journey
Hermoso documental, me encantó. Espero algún día hacer el camino al igual que usted.
Thanks for all your video's.
Super Video, Danke
I love this documentary. The introduction is incredible. It may have influenced me in doing the Camino Via de la Plata last year.
Wonderful!
Thanks for taking the time to teach your viewers so much about the Vía de la Plata while completing this amazing feat of endurance. I would really like to know how many *extra* miles you walked as a result of setting up and retrieving the camera, lol!
Glad you enjoyed it! Believe me I did a lot more miles.
The names of many towns you passed are long and hard to be memorized as like it's length of the route compared with other camino. Wonderful film!
Love you're waffling Rob. Beautiful countryside. Need to get some experience in before i attempt the VLDP start in May 25 please keep the videos coming learning so much off you buen camino ✨️
Greetings from Madrid!!
Wonderful film. Well done. I hope you are well.
Awesome
Hi Chris. I'am happy that I found your youtube videos. It was a pleasure to meet you on the Mozarabe Camino. Badly, my english is not very good but you made me a very good impression. You are a camino lover and a great person. Thanks again. Denis from Québec Canada
Thank you for your very helpful video. 🙏
Loved your video Chris. I'm planning to walk the VdlP for my 4th Camino. Pack all ready to go. Maybe in 2022 if restrictions allow. Who knows. Well done, amazing effort in the Summer! I won't be walking in the Summer, I'm not that brave 🙂
Thankyou lovely video
Buenas, yo hice el camino Sanabrés desde Lubián hace unos 10 años. Quería salir de Zamora y como no tenía muchos días empecé en Sanabria. Creo que las obras del ferrocarril han estropeado muchos de los bellos paisajes de esa ruta. En particular la etapa La Gudiña-Laza la recuerdo maravillosa. Y dado que en este viaje el autor ha mencionado tantas veces el Quijote que le envío esta historia curiosa, sin mas pretensión que la de entretenerle. Un saludo desde Zamora
Great reveiw.
Your wonderful video has captured my imagination. I have walked the Frances in 2007 and had planned to do it again as soon as the pandemic allows. Now though I intend to walk in your tracks from Seville.
Please do! Via de la Plata is my favorite.
Well traveled!
Excellent informative video Chris, thank you. I'm planning to walk in the fall (Sept) 2021 should restrictions allow, could start off a little hot but should cool down as I progress. If not April 2022 looks just the next best options. Again thank you for your insights into Camino.
Thank you. Go for it!
As with them all, it made me smile and kept hold of me till the end. As they say, "we play the 90 minutes and whatever the referee adds on." YNWA.
Amazing walk, I've lived in Alentejo and know about the heat :). I was just thinking that this camino should be walked at night, not? Like in the Sahara people orienting on the stars while travelling. Anyway god speed to anyone making this in the day times.
muy bueno camino
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I really enjoyed all of your videos and have watched them more than once! I know you have done another camino since your bout with cancer but I do hope and pray you are on the mend now. I was wondering if you feel you would attempt another camino now or do you feel Via de la Plata would be your last. Whatever you choose just be well and enjoy life. Buen Camino to you from Toronto, Canada!!!!
I hope u are well, love your video
Yes, I am doing well and on the lookout for another Camino this year in August.
!OLE! 👏👏👏👏👏👏💃🎸
Gracias, una travesía de encuentro y conocimiento interior.❤
Buen provecho peregrino!! (bon apetit pilgrim!!)
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Los arroyos (streams) sing all the time in Galicia.....
How easy is it to camp on this route?
I realize the heat is extreme on this route. It is possible to do the walking by night and resting by day hours, as old Arabs used to cross the desert? At least, by the more dry and non interesting zones.
It is possible but it is challenging. I had begun my daily walk at 4:30 or 5:00am.
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Notice??......birds are chirping in Zamora!!
Dear Chris, how are you? How are you feeling? Are you planning another Camino? 💐💐💐
Yes, as soon coronavirus restriction will be removed.
Very impressive video. Have you seen any snakes during your entire walk?
I hate to report this, your "youtube" channel only shows 7 videos on your channel. This all, after I've watches every other 20+ videos on your channel about your journeys which I'm planning myself.
I hope you continue....
Chris, some stats for you after this amazing achievement. Total number of steps assuming , like most males, you average step is about .7 metres......1,000+ kilometres walked = 1,000,000 metres / .7 = 1.4 million steps! Factoring in smaller steps for uphill and downhill stretches, that's over 1.6 million steps!
Total calories burned.......normal burn per kilometre is 85 calories, but in that heat, and carrying 10-12 kilos it must be well over 100 per klt.
So 1,000 x 100 = 100,000 calories......you should have lost weight!.... a lot!
U walk way to fast for me old man! (I'm 72) jejejejeje......P'alante siempre......P'atras ni para cojer impulso ....(always forward.....backwards, not even to gain momentum....!!!!!)
Viva Cristo Rey.
Thank you.
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watch this now the second time, i hope you did not take the fake vaccine and are healthy again after your bout with cancer if i am remembering correctly. all the best and greetings from the eastern sea
Wonderful documentary. Beautiful scenery. I admire your determination and stamina, especially walking in that extreme heat. Well done!