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Gear Tips Pilgrim Experience 2023
The Gear Tips Pilgrim Experience is a face-to-face event! A real immersion for those who want to walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela or other pilgrimage routes.
The event will feature lectures, workshops and seminars, everything you need to know to prepare and not jeopardize your journey.
You’ll also be able to see and try out various pieces of pilgrimage equipment, learning from a technical perspective from those who have been working in the market for over 20 years, as well as lectures from those who know the most about pilgrimages in Brazil!
See the KIT that all participants received
Our supporters and sponsors have made available some extra bonuses that will be given to registrants for this edition of Gear Tips Pilgrim Experience!
- 1 T-shirt from the Cultural and Scientific Journey of Mountaineering;
- 1 Exceed kit, with SportDrink, Energy Gel and ProteinBar;
- 1 Clorin kit, with Clorin Salad, Milton and Clorin 1;
- 1 Generous Chestnut Kit, with Salted Cashew Nuts and Tropical Mix of Dried Fruits;
- 1 Ecobag from Gear Tips;
- 1 Promeal Kit with Thermoprocessed Pizza and Chemical Stove;
- 1 Nude Kit with Caramel Oat Drink & Vanilla Salt Flower;
- 1 Kit with Red Rice (100g), Quinoa Mix (100g) and shredded chicken breast with diced cassava (160g);
- 1 Can of Patagonia Beer + 2 tickets (to exchange at the bar);
- Event certificate;
- Credential;
- The Gear Guide Online Course.
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They also received The Gear Guide online course!
In The Gear Guide Online Course you will learn how to choose the right equipment for your outdoor activity, be it Camping, Hiking or Trekking, without wasting money, without frustration and without compromising your adventure. You will learn:
- How to choose the right outdoor activity for you;
- What equipment is needed for camping, hiking and trekking;
- What the differences are between the equipment in each group and which one to choose;
- How to put together your personalized checklist for each activity.
The course costs R$597.00 separately, but by registering you will have free access to all the content.
Program
* The program may change to make the most of the event.
Friday | 24/03/2023
15:00 – 18:00 – Hotel check-in and registration (at the hotel reception)
16:30 – 17:30 – Reading with the Author: Francisco de Assis Andrade – Book Practices of Adventure and Education (RELEASE!) (In the adventure library) (*Optional)
17:30 – 18:00 – Pilgrim Experience opening
18h00 – 18h30 – Official opening of the general event
19:30 to 21h –Welcome Dinner
21h – 23h – Rio Mountain Festival screening of guest films (*Optional)
Saturday | 25/03/2023
06:30 – 07:30 – Breakfast
07:30 – 08:45 – Functional Walking and Guided Meditation, with Kellyns Cristina
09:00 – 10:15 – Stories, Legends and Rites of the Way of Saint James, with Ana Wanke
10:15 – 11:15 – The paths of the Camino and their planning, with Ana Wanke
11:30 – 13:00 – Equipment for Pilgrims, with Pedro Lacaz Amaral
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
15:00 – 17:00 – Workshop: Assembling a First Aid Kit – Juliana Schlaad
17:30 – 19:30 – Main places and cities on the French and Portuguese Way, with Ana Wanke
– Arrival and after the Way, with Ana Wanke
– The Brazilian Way, with Ana Wanke
19:30 – 20:00 – Conscious Stretching and Guided Meditation, with Kellyns Cristina
20:00 – 21:00 – Dinner
21:00 – Ritual of the Way of St. James
Sunday | 26/03/2022
06:30 – 08:00 – Breakfast
08:00 – 10:00 – Workshop: Foot care (Health room)
10:15 – 12:30 – Silence walk and guided meditation with Kellyns Cristina;
13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:30 –15:00 – Pilgrim Experience closing
15:00 – Closing and raffles – In the general tent
The Villa-Forte Hotel
A hotel located in Engenheiro Passos (RJ), 15 km from Itatiaia, on the Presidente Dutra highway.
Having started its hotel activities in 1918, the Hotel Fazenda Villa-Forte still preserves its big house, the train station, as well as some leisure areas that were slave quarters during the slavery era. It’s a real traditional farm with the attractions of a modern leisure hotel.
For the Jornada we have set up an extra structure to receive hundreds of participants in a true immersion.
The hotel’s strategic location is favorable for receiving participants from Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Minas Gerais.
What's happening at the event?
- Pilgrimage equipment workshops
- Lectures on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela
- Lectures on pilgrimage routes in Brazil
- Workshop on Adjusting Backpacks and Using Hiking Poles
- Special fitness and meditation activities for pilgrims
- Functional walk and guided meditation
What's not included?
- Drinks
What is included in the registration fee?
- 2 nights at the Hotel Fazenda Villa-Forte, with full board * (dinner on Friday, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday) in double, triple, collective or tented rooms (we will organize the rooms in such a way as to accommodate the participants in the best possible way);
- Kit Gear Tips Experience with: Credential, Event T-shirt, GearTips EcoBag; Certificate of Participation Gear Tips Pilgrim Experience 2023;
- Equipment workshops with Pedro Lacaz Amaral;
- Talks with Ana Wanke about the Way and her experiences;
- Fitness and meditation activities.
* Please note: drinks are not included.
Speakers
Meet the speakers for this edition of Gear Tips Trekking Experience
Pedro Lacaz Amaral
Gear Tips
Pedro Lacaz Amaral is the creator of Gear Tips. He has been practicing outdoor activities since 1990 and has always had an adventurous spirit. With a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing and Business Intelligence, Pedro, together with Kiko Araujo, brought Deuter to Brazil in 2001 and is currently a partner in Proativa, the company that manages the Azteq, CamelBak, Deuter and Sea to Summit brands in Brazil.
Ana Wanke
Specialist in the Camino de Santiago
Engineer, guide and entrepreneur. He specializes in the Camino de Santiago: he has walked “El Camino” a dozen times, has taken several courses at the University of Compostela on the Camino and Galician culture, and has done countless consultancies for pilgrims. Today she is a Dame of the Order of the Way of Saint James, an organization that has been protecting the Way since 1,170.
Kellyns Cristina
MãeTiqueira
Physical Educator, Postgraduate in Exercise Physiology, Conscious Tourism Operator in Serra da Mantiqueira. For six years he has been developing Body Awareness and Connection in the mountains through physical activities and meditation.
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