Miloš Šćekić, a sixty-three-year-old citizen of Belgrade, originally from Beran, who was diagnosed with leukemia a year and a half ago, decided to show that he is stronger than the disease and that nothing is impossible, and he walked from Rakovica monastery to Ostrog monastery.
The "Vijesti" team found him in Nikšić, where he rested and refreshed himself and prepared for the last section, which is about 22 kilometers long. He arrived in Ostrog this afternoon, after 18 days of hiking.
"The occasion is spiritual and health healing. I had the idea two years ago, but I wasn't feeling well. The condition is now stable, I'm fine and I started to cure the disease with air and walking. I had planned to leave in April in order to arrive on May 12, but when I looked at the weather forecast, I gave up," says this pensioner, who does not show that he walked about 440 kilometers and made, as he said, close to 600 thousand-
On May 25, his wife Snežana and daughter Milica saw him off from the monastery in Rakovica, who were sure that he would accomplish what he set out to do and successfully complete the "healing route". Friends, admits Miloš, were skeptical.
"I have extremely great support from my family, and my friends were suspicious. I called them to go with me as much as possible, but they did not accept. They didn't even believe that I would succeed. I covered about 27 kilometers on average. The shortest section I traveled was from Priboj to Bistrica, only 16 kilometers. That day there was a big storm, I was in front of a store for five hours, I couldn't move. The part when I felt the easiest and most beautiful was from Njeguduj to Provalija, and then I covered a record 47 kilometers".
As he says, he does not feel tired, except for pleasure, which is due to the road itself, which is due to the beautiful nature, because, as he said, the beauty of a region cannot be seen from a car. Now it seems to him "that he knows every tree".
"Every day in Belgrade, I walk five to ten kilometers. The most important thing for this trip is mental preparation and readiness for all challenges. The backpack was a bit of a burden for me because it weighed 12-15 kilograms every day. It requires a lot of effort and pressure on the legs, but everything was withstood. I don't feel any fatigue. I haven't had a cramp in all this time. I have a whole pharmacy in my backpack to treat blisters. I went to Priboj for a dressing. I had to go to have it looked at from the medical side".
Although he did not ask for a ride, he adds that only two people offered him a ride - in front of Bajina Bašta and when he left Pljevlja.
"They begged me to get into the car, but when they heard where I was and why I was leaving, they just wished me luck and didn't insist. The people I met along the way were delighted with my adventure, but also freaked out. They played, waved, greeted, and there were also those who asked me if I was normal. I slept in hotels, motels, hostels, monasteries, bungalows."
He traveled only one section by car and that purely for safety reasons – the 2.214-meter-long Ivica tunnel.
When he was in Serbia, he sent dirty clothes home by post, and from Montenegro by bus to a friend in Podgorica.
"I have no words for the hosts in Montenegro. Especially on Durmitor, in Provalija, where the Zeković family offered me refreshments, and on Vidrovan near Ilic, where they asked me to stay with them for the night. I will spend the night in Ostrog and then back home. Not on foot for sure," said Šćekić with a smile and headed towards Ostrog.
"Radar Control"
Although he had a number of accidents during the trip, he mentions one in particular.
"From Obrenovac to Ub, I encountered a traffic police patrol. They greeted me warmly and I jokingly told them that I was afraid, I did not exceed the permitted speed."
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