Know Your Madisonian: Cancer survivor, retired attorney finds life lessons on hiking trails
DAVID WAHLBERG
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Charli Fulton, a retired lawyer diagnosed last year with pancreatic cancer, this year hiked the Camino de Santiago, a trail of more than 500 miles in Spain. Hikers, or pilgrims, collect stamps from sites along the way.
After Charli Fulton, 72, was diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer in January 2021, she had six months of grueling chemotherapy and a complex Whipple procedure surgery at UW Health that rearranged her digestive system.
The Camino de Santiago includes a network of hiking routes, or pilgrimages, leading to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Charli Fulton hiked the Camino del Norte, near the Atlantic Ocean. On her map, the route is shown in blue.
A cancer survivor, retired lawyer and avid hiker, Charli Fulton also likes to quilt, using Japanese shibori techniques. A few of her quilts hang in her house on Madison's West Side.
Charli Fulton, a retired lawyer diagnosed last year with pancreatic cancer, this year hiked the Camino de Santiago, a trail of more than 500 miles in Spain. Hikers, or pilgrims, collect stamps from sites along the way.
The Camino de Santiago includes a network of hiking routes, or pilgrimages, leading to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain. Charli Fulton hiked the Camino del Norte, near the Atlantic Ocean. On her map, the route is shown in blue.
A cancer survivor, retired lawyer and avid hiker, Charli Fulton also likes to quilt, using Japanese shibori techniques. A few of her quilts hang in her house on Madison's West Side.
