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Why Walk the Camino? Where? When? With whom?
Some thoughts on the uniqueness of pilgrimage.
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[QUOTE="ShoshTrvls, post: 1227650, member: 109230"] I appreciate a lot of this, but for me, "chas[ing] the next goal or pilgrimage" is very much what my overall Camino journey has been, and continues to be, and that's actually what I want out of my experiences. As noted by someone above, Sarria to SdC can be a challenge to many and it was to me. Even with prebooked accomodations, baggage transfer, and some (but obviously not enough) physical preparation, I could not reach my "goal" of walking to SdC without a couple of taxi rides. But I certainly walked more, and for a longer period of time, than I had in decades. And even as I was in that first taxi, on my first pilgrimage, I reset my goal, and then worked toward it, tried a different route and completed the 100km on foot to SdC -- still with my lodgings booked (but more camino-like; fewer casas rural, more places right on the way) and my bag transported. Next goal is coming up this summer -- a more difficult "last 100km" route, carrying everything if I can. And while I'm walking that one, I'm sure I'll be thinking of what to do next -- could I make it over the Pyranees? What about a 2 week walk? What about a Camino with less infrastructure? Could I do this on other hiking/walking paths? Sure, and I've looked at some walks in Scotland and other parts of Europe that I hope to do, but there is something special about doing the Camino -- mostly there's a community of people among which there is a diversity of backgrounds and intentions and goals, and there are a variety of routes that have different appeals, but all are part of one "whole." There's just so much that the Camino provides (so to speak) that isn't the same as other walking or hiking routes. [/QUOTE]
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