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The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago

Bill Walker–author of Skywalker–Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail (2008) and Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail (2010) has just released his third outdoor narrative. It is called ‘The Best Way–El Camino de Santiago’, and sells on Amazon.com in paperback for $12.95, and Kindle for $4.95.

Walker walked the full Camino Frances (from St. Jean Pied de Port in southern France to Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain) in both 2010 and 2011. It measures 800 kilometers (500 miles). In 2010, he also continued walking all the way to the Atlantic coast at Finistierre, whose name is derived from the ancient belief that it was the end of the world.

The name of the book is derived from Walker’s conclusion that El Camino de Santiago(The Camino) is the best way to travel. The Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail are ascetic and agonizing, and very fulfilling to be sure. Conventional trips tend to be ‘hand-held’ and overly sedentary. However, the Camino is the perfect balance of outdoor struggle, camaraderie, sightseeing, food, and wine.

It is also by far the most popular footpath in Europe, drawing 200,000 ‘pilgrims’ per year. In this mix are all the European nationalities, and now Asians and Americans. A German comedian, Hape Kerkeling, wrote a bestselling narrative of the Camino; subsequently, Germans are the nationality most represented on the modern Camino, followed closely by French and Spanish. Having taken many trips to Europe, Walker found the Camino to be by far the best way to meet the denizens of the Old Continent. That perspective, plus more of his now well-known self-deprecating and mischievous humor, make this a delightful page-turner.

Great interest in the Camino de Santiago

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