50 soldiers, incl. 2 'superwoman' will cover the route in 5

[sillydoll]

Fifty military Special Operations Command (MOE) of Rabasa headquarters, known as Green Berets, left yesterday to run the camino in relays from Alicante to Santiago in 5 days. The pilgrims will cover a hundred miles each day, day and night without interruption.

http://www.elcorreogallego.es

 

[chrisinvermont]

Why??

Chris

 

[Canuck]

Why??

Chris

Good question! The news is incomplete indeed.

The reason as stated by the military authorities:
''to commemorate the Ano Santo and combine the efforts of peregrination with military training''.

Over and out,
Jean-Marc

 

[thea21]

Oh Sil (belatedly) - I think we saw them march by. I've forgotten where we were - just after Boente maybe... it was a strange but impressive juxtaposition with the camino.

(I tried to upload a pic but it's too large )

 

[Rebekah Scott]

Stunt Camino.
More and more of this attention-getting performance stuff.

Ah, the colorful tapestry of life! :lol:

 

[Caminando]

Santiago "Pilgrimage" and the military....rings a bell...

Ferdinand and Isabella would approve....

One nice thing is that as they will run day and night, they will not deprive less competitive pilgrims of a bed. And that's very good.