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    Carry your backpack please.

    The "normalization of bag transfer". Yes, that's at the heart of why I was feeling a certain view on it. Thank you. It was very jarring to see so many backpacks, suitcases (hard shell, at that), duffel bags, etc at the entrance of albergues upon arrival and when leaving in the morning. There's...
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    Carry your backpack please.

    Of course. My statement never made the assumption that a persons limitations have to be visible. If a person is unable to carry their pack for whatever reason, I totally get that. What I think is unfortunate are the pilgrims who don't have any actual limitations who don't even try. I was part of...
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    Carry your backpack please.

    Such a great post. I had a Camino friend who was one of a small Camino family I walked with from time to time. She was the only one who used a company to book her Camino. All of her lodging and bag transport taken care of. She grew to regret that she did that. It often kept her from walking...
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    Carry your backpack please.

    I couldn't imagine not carrying my pack. I did find it odd to see so many people sending bags ahead, as if that (and not carrying one's own pack) was the default. I could see if there is an injury or physical limitation need but, i don't know, so many seemed to not even try. Some of my biggest...
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    Diversity on the Camino

    I have thought about it and it's something i might do. I took a lot of video and photos to put something together for myself but, in the spirit of this post (which is something I thought about often while on the Camino), I might share youtube whatever I put together so that people who look like...
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    Diversity on the Camino

    thanks and you're welcome!
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    Diversity on the Camino

    Yep, I know this and knew exactly what it was. It's a reflection on those pilgrims and I had no issue pointing out that I'm not the pilgrim they thought I was (and left them with that egg on their face). That's why I called it lazy. It was one small thing (out of many beautiful reasons) that...
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    Diversity on the Camino

    Hi! I saw "The Way" in 2010 and was so affected by it and thought to myself "I would love to do that one day". Never thought of it again and then this past August 10+ years later, seemingly out of nowhere, I felt the pull. 3 weeks later I was in SJPP walking over the Pyrenees. lol.
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    Diversity on the Camino

    The word, concept or practice of diversity is not inherently toxic. It's a beneficial thing that makes everything better. For anyone who looks at diversity as toxic, they should examine for themselves why they prefer exclusivity over inclusivity. Food for thought.
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    Diversity on the Camino

    I walked in Sept/Oct of this year (2023) and was 99% of the time the only Black pilgrim I saw. At a certain point (around Viana) I happened to meet another Black woman pilgrim while I was sitting at a cafe. When I would run into her again (we never actually walked together but maybe saw each...

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