They were a part of the great annual pilgrimage with the Santuario de Chimayo as the destination. They would then walk for about 12 miles before joining other pilgrims a few miles from their destination. In spite of the lengthy walk, pilgrims – since the Middle Ages – have often tried to make their journey harder by walking barefoot, with stones in their shoes, or by fasting. Indeed, Solnit found that many of the pilgrims are severely under-equipped. “Their everyday clothes had been something of a rebuke to me that this was not a hike, and many stout people who looked as if they never walked much otherwise persevered (Solnit 54)”. One of the more experienced pilgrims in Solnit’s group had leukemia when he, for the first time, did the annual pilgrimage. This pilgrimage is no easy walk, yet he continues to do this laborious walk
They were a part of the great annual pilgrimage with the Santuario de Chimayo as the destination. They would then walk for about 12 miles before joining other pilgrims a few miles from their destination. In spite of the lengthy walk, pilgrims – since the Middle Ages – have often tried to make their journey harder by walking barefoot, with stones in their shoes, or by fasting. Indeed, Solnit found that many of the pilgrims are severely under-equipped. “Their everyday clothes had been something of a rebuke to me that this was not a hike, and many stout people who looked as if they never walked much otherwise persevered (Solnit 54)”. One of the more experienced pilgrims in Solnit’s group had leukemia when he, for the first time, did the annual pilgrimage. This pilgrimage is no easy walk, yet he continues to do this laborious walk