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Friday, 16 July 2010 07:35 |
"In the Basque country, the road to Saint-James steps across a remarkable mountain, called Port de Cize... To overstep it, one needs to go eight miles up and eight miles down. This mountain is so high that it seems to reach the sky; anyone climbing it believes he can actually touch the sky with his own hand..."
Such were the words –originally in Latin – used by Aimery Picaud, a monk from Poitou, to describe the Roncevaux stage in the first "Pilgrim's Guidebook" ever written, as early as 1135 AD.Millions of Jacquets later, the mountain still remains and the passing of Roncevaux is still a landmark for modern pilgrims... Let's face it: this stage is a serious one, with its 27 km (17 miles) walk and its 1200 m denivelation. But we'll be there to discuss it with you, to help you prepare it and make of this mythical stage a great memory. |
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