<DIV>It may be a matter of honor...if you can carry it without wrecking your body in some way. I can and will carry my pack because I am blessed with a strong back. Some folks are not. Some folks even have to be pushed in a wheelchair. </DIV>
<DIV>For me, I must carry my pack. But some people, even younger and prettier, may not have such good gears and motors under their fancy chassis as I have under my 1939 model ! Part of their blessing and their honor is not the carrying of packs.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><B><I>Eyskens <jeyskensaAUSTIN.RR.COM></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I also felt it a matter of honor to carry my pack, not only over the<BR>Pyrenees but the whole distance.<BR><BR>Jim<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU] On<BR>Behalf Of pieter pannevis<BR>Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 6:05 AM<BR>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU<BR>Subject: Re: [saintjames] Re: Motorized assistance and packbacks and<BR>hardship<BR><BR><BR>Dear all,<BR><BR>Dear Claudia<BR><BR>Thank you!<BR>I felt it "an homour"and essential to carry my own backpack over the<BR>Pyrenees although I had the opportunity to have it delivered It felt<BR>mighty good!<BR><BR>Pieter- Holland<BR><BR>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.592 / Virus Database: 375 - Release Date: 18-2-2004</BLOCKQUOTE>