I have been very disappointed with the conduct of walkers and the trash left behind at Cruz de Ferro. These articles of possession may be important to walkers but I'm not convinced this is where they should be left. This is a solomn place, leave your stone or leave your prayer, it is sad to see thousands walk over the past prayers of so many. Past two walks I haven't even stopped because of the behavior of people wanting to be part of a scene.
Ditto, ditto, ditto, Scott!
I'm a big, strong, healthy, hetero male -- who is also moved to tears by the
strangest, smallest things! I often can't get through the reading of the Gospel on Sunday morning without weeping. You'd think that the Cruz de Hierro 'moment' would be one of the emotional high points of the Way, for me! Well, it's
not! Every time I've passed the Cruz de Hierro it's been overrun with crowds of the most unattractive kind of
tour-igrinos, school groups, and 'extreme sports' enthusiasts --
not soldiers,
that's for sure! Yack, yack, yack. Litter, litter, litter. "Can you take my picture?" "Can you take my picture?" "Can you take my picture?"
There are many places along the Way where I can sense, tangibly, the presence of the divine. The Cruz de Hierro may
once have been such a place....