Today we hiked about 7 miles and it barely rained. I still felt sick and miserable (as in crying).  But at least today we had an excellent conversation with a Danish guy named Soren (like Kierkegaard). About 50 years old, he's between jobs, had 3 months off and with his wife's blessing decided to do this walk. "Best gift she could have given me." I asked him if he had any feelings about this being a 1000s of years old religious pilgrimage. "No," he said, "but if everyone could be together like they are here, there would be no wars, no one would want guns or build bombs. Religion is responsible for wars. It doesn't matter what you believe. That's private. Anyway, it's all energy. We have all been through this before, you know, in earlier lives. Anyway, I do yoga, chakra work, etc," he said, referring to his spirituality, as he walked away. What's really amazing is this, 1. He's not just another American SBNR, but 2. I could have written these comments for him, and 3. I didn't.  This thing is Global (or at least Western).