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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Last: Sept 2022
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…says a friend of mine, when I show him my pics and vids.
He is 63 y old, a keen mountain hiker and does not understand my camino addiction. I tried in vain to pass the virus on to him. «I have all the natural beauty, the real mountains, lakes, the crisp air, clean refuges and good food, all just an hour away from my porch (he is Swiss), why should I go to Spain?». Of course he is right, but how do I explain him that the camino is not a hike, but a long pilgrimage into ones inner self.
Problem is, that even with my four CF’s and a CN under my belt and in spite of age (I am a good dozen years older than him), I still don’t know why I am doing it, just happens that it makes me feel good. Anyone in this forum more eloquent to phrase out the difference between his sort of hiking and the camino pilgrimage? (We are both agnostics)
He is 63 y old, a keen mountain hiker and does not understand my camino addiction. I tried in vain to pass the virus on to him. «I have all the natural beauty, the real mountains, lakes, the crisp air, clean refuges and good food, all just an hour away from my porch (he is Swiss), why should I go to Spain?». Of course he is right, but how do I explain him that the camino is not a hike, but a long pilgrimage into ones inner self.
Problem is, that even with my four CF’s and a CN under my belt and in spite of age (I am a good dozen years older than him), I still don’t know why I am doing it, just happens that it makes me feel good. Anyone in this forum more eloquent to phrase out the difference between his sort of hiking and the camino pilgrimage? (We are both agnostics)