Other trails but the same problems

[mspath]

An article in the current issue of the New Yorker, by fellow hiker Robert Moor, details some common situations/dilemmas we all face trudging along and eventually trying to describe the journey.

 

[susanawee]

Hi mspath, would it be possible for you to put up a link to the abovementioned article please? Thanks in advance...susanawee

 

[wayfarer]

The link is in "article"

 

[Anemone del Camino]

An article in the current issue of the New Yorker, by fellow hiker Robert Moor, details some common situations/dilemmas we all face trudging along and eventually trying to describe the journey.

My 1st bookmark! Thank you MSPath!

 

[susanawee]

The link is in "article"

Thankyou Wayfarer...got it.

 

[peregrina2000]

Thanks for that, Margaret. Just goes to show that pilgrims aren't the only ones obsessed with who is "authentic" or "real." This guy surely rants on about why Bill Bryson didn't "really" hike the AT, and how he was going to do it "the right way." (italics his and not done to convey irony, I would bet).

 

[Kanga]

Great article Margaret. Worth reading to the end. I can't dispute anything he says, Laurie. I suppose the difference between me and Bryson (well, one of the many, but we won't go there) is that he did not apparently want to continue the "mindlessness" involved. For me that's the ultimate.

 

[NualaOC]

My 1st bookmark! Thank you MSPath!

Mine too!

 

[Bala]

Thoughtful, interesting article. Thanks.

 

[mspath]

Another example re over use perils on a pilgrimage route is found at Croagh Patrick in Ireland. Read more in this BBC report http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34475325

 

[mspath]

All who love walking know that a path can be far more than just a line across map; currently timely while crossing timeless landscapes it most importantly may symbolize shared hope for the future. Such is the Abraham path crossing Israel and Palestine as described is this current Guardian article.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/11/abraham-path-israel-palestine-walking-tourism

 

[Kanga]

Wouldn't it be wonderful if it were all connected and possible. I look forward to the time when young Australians and New Zealanders can once again travel overland to Europe, as my friends did in the 1960s and 70s. Just not possible now with the conflicts in Afghanistan and the middle East.

If we walk together it brings us together in other ways.

 

[mspath]

This terse reportage by Leon McCarron describes his 1000 mile trek through timeless Middle East landscapes across lands fraught with contemporary danger. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/d...ddle-east-taught-me-about-life-leon-mccarron/

Like most who travel either on or off 'beaten paths' he was sincerely thankful for simple, authentic local hospitality.

"To walk is to be constantly humbled; by landscapes, by emotions, by people. By gestures and kindnesses...." Leon McCarron

 

[domigee]

Wonderful! Very brave man ...

 

[Bala]

Takes a very special person to do something like that. Great article.

 

[mspath]

BBC today, 01/05/2017 provides a current update with photos re walking the Masar Ibrahim part of the Abraham Path in Palestine. See-- http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170428-the-ancient-path-through-palestine

 

[Bradypus]

BBC today, 01/05/2017 provides a current update with photos re walking the Masar Ibrahim part of the Abraham Path in Palestine. See-- http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170428-the-ancient-path-through-palestine

Many thanks for this @mspath . A fascinating article.