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? when does a hard walk in Spain become a Camino
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[QUOTE="PilgrimChris, post: 63929, member: 10096"] A 'camino' means a 'way' as in Camino de Santiago - the Way of St. James. It does not mean to walk the physical route St. James walked to Compostela. Indeed that would be impossible for many reasons that have nothing to do with your question :-) It means to walk in the 'spirit' of St. James which is open to many interpretations. One could walk from St. JPdP to Santiago de Compostela and not be a pilgrim or be walking 'a camino'. You could just be having a long walk in Spain. It is 'intention' and/or 'revelation' that makes a camino not walking a long (or short) way. This is not to say that a long walk to Santiago de Compostela cannot become a 'camino' to you along the way. The opposite is also true. One could start out on a camino and it become an interesting walk to a city in north Spain. Many people will have their own take on your questions and this is mine :-) Walking to Santiago de Compostela does not make one a pilgrim or the walk a camino any more than walking to any other city (though it can along the way as mentioned). It is about ones intent. The intent does not have to be religious or even particularly spiritual anymore if you wish a certificate to show you have completed the requirements in a certain way (much discussion on that elsewhere in these forums). The defining 'moment' you mention as to when a long walk becomes 'a camino' is totally an individual experience. There are no particular areas along the way or distance travelled where a walk becomes 'a camino'. For some it begins the day they first plan their camino. For others it begins once they set foot on the path of their chosen route. For others still it happenes at some point along the way and for some it never becomes 'a camino' at all. I am sure the wonderful people will be only too happy to tell you when it became 'camino' for them :-) [/QUOTE]
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