I will stick to walking.

[Andrea Innes-Michailov]

That was really interesting.  I am just not that devoted, or rather I am not
doing penance.  There is such a difference between seeking/exploring and
doing penance...

Andrea

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> I have been reading a book called "Men and Gods in Mongolia" by Henning
> Haslund, and he writes about a pilgrimage he witnesses, and I quote.
>         "This laborious form of progress involves that the whole
> of the route
> covered shall have been in contact with the suppliant's body. The
> pilgrim casts himself at full length on the ground, and mutters his
> prayers with his forehead pressed against the ground.  After this he
> makes a mark in the ground with his outstretched hands, rises and walks
> forward to the mark whereupon he casts himself down again once more and
> lays his forehead to the earth while he prays.  This penance is repeated
> without a break until the distance is reached"
>
>         Are we missing something by walking, I would say that these people
> really take their pilgrimage seriously. I think I will just walk with my
> pack on my back. I found it interesting to read about others and their
> way of doing a pilgrimage.
>
>
> leonard
>