[Gocamino] Thoughts on "cheap holidays"

[Marcus Wilder]

Your camino is yours alone, to walk in the way most fulfilling to you.  
I find it arrogant of one pilgrim to presume to dictate the manner of 
another pilgrim's camino.  Arrogance is a product of ignorance.


On Jun 24, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Linda McInnis wrote:

> Thanks for this response.  While I don't really consider my upcoming 
> Camino
> to be a "holiday" in that sense of the word, I am extremely grateful 
> for the
> refugios/alburgues that will be available along the Way.  Otherwise, I 
> might
> never be able to see this part of the world and experience such a 
> journey.
>
> Even for "fun" travel, I am not extravagant, but I have allowed myself 
> 60
> days to do this Camino (I'm not in great shape), and so cost 
> definitely IS a
> consideration.  I appreciate your post.
>
> Linda in Pueblo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ralph Alcorn" <rbalcorn at gmail.com>
> To: <gocamino at oakapple.net>
> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 1:48 PM
> Subject: [Gocamino] Thoughts on "cheap holidays"
>
>
>> I read the original posting that contained this phrase, considered the
>> source, and didn't take it to have quite the connotation that Rosina 
>> did.
>> The post as a whole raised a number of valid questions. I consider the
>> Canadian Company of Pilgrims as a respected organization, dedicated to
>> supporting the pilgrimage to Santiago. I think the writer 
>> misinterpreted
>> the
>> new credential rules, and was seriously upset about the prospect of
>> shutting
>> down their organization. When I read the cheap holiday sentence, I 
>> wrote
>> it
>> off to a Canadian - American language difference and interpreted it as
>> meaning affordable trip.
>>
>> Susan and I maintain a website, and have given many presentations on 
>> the
>> Camino. We talk mostly in outdoor stores, and the audiences are
>> enthusiastic, asking questions during and after the show. There are 
>> always
>> some present that are planning to do the pilgrimage. Almost every time
>> someone, usually young, asks about the cost of the trip. This is a 
>> real
>> issue. From the west coast of the US, airfares alone are substantial.
>> Without the refugio system, the trip would not be affordable to many 
>> of
>> the
>> young people we talk to, no matter how valid their reasons for 
>> pilgrimage.
>>
>> After following the later postings, I think this rule change should 
>> just
>> have a minor impact on someone who wants to walk the pilgrimage path. 
>> If
>> you
>> start, for example in Le Puy or Porto, you are still going to want a
>> credential, and one issued by your local pilgrim society should be 
>> fine.
>> When you reach the first refugio in Spain, pick up the church 
>> credential.
>> It
>> still allows spiritual and cultural as well as religious reasons.
>>
>> -- 
>> Ralph Alcorn
>> http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html
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