CHAPTER 9
Imagine Those Who Will Follow You
A section of the Camino through the meseta.
PILGRIMS WHO WALK THE CAMINO FEEL AN INHERENT DUTY TO HELP others do it, too. That has been true for pilgrims for centuries. For example, Domenico Laffi, the Italian pilgrim who walked the Camino in the 1600s and wrote a journal, described his efforts to help pilgrims following him: “From here onwards it is very easy to lose one’s way because one sees nothing but empty, sandy plain. So for the benefit of poor pilgrims, I shall give directions to keep them on the right road so they do not get lost. On first arriving in this sandy waste—or any others of the ...
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