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Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Bear in mind that if you make use of a support vehicle you may have difficulty in gaining access to some refugios, and/or in obtaining your compostela at the end."
I view it as a personal decision. Times I haven't done it, times I wish I would have done it, times I thought about doing it, times I forgot, times I didn't feel the need, and I'm still me, no matter what I would have done or did, a relatively nice, decent, guy. I mean, what's acceptable/unacceptable behavior, as long as no one (else) is harmed, let each one walk his/her road as they see fit... xm 8)Is it therefore equally as unacceptable to have you pack sent up to O Cebriero?
WolverineDG said:And I do think folks should realize that there is no prize for being El Mero Mero Peregrino, so they should stop killing themselves with heavy packs & horrific kms/day. My friends & I enjoyed the Camino much more when we started going 10-15k per day instead of the 20-25 k recommended stages. dg
evanlow said:I read from materials in the pilgrim museum at Santiago that in the beginning the pilgrims are probably rich, travelling on horseback. After the 15th century more common folks started to walk the camino. I will be really interested to find out how these common folks do it. Without the deep pockets of the rich, do they have to stop and work to get more money to continue their journey?
evanlow said:I am just wondering how those ancient pilgrim does it? Certainly they don't carry the same weight we do now, and some of the stages varies from 20 km to over 50 km! I guess they do short stages in more built-up areas and long stages in places where facilities are scarce.
evanlow said:I read from materials in the pilgrim museum at Santiago that in the beginning the pilgrims are probably rich, travelling on horseback. After the 15th century more common folks started to walk the camino.
evanlow said:I will be really interested to find out how these common folks do it. Without the deep pockets of the rich, do they have to stop and work to get more money to continue their journey?
evanlow said:At least they don't have bus and taxi pilgrims back in those days.
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