Student Choice (1): Skylar Minick

 My research for my research paper:

I wrote my research paper on the differences and similarities between the Appalachian trail and the Camino de Santiago. After reading academic journals, trail journals, and even a few pages of some books on the subject I came to the conclusion that while physically the trails may be very different they do not differ ad much spiritually. The physical differences being location, the AT being in the United states and the Camino being all the way across the ocean. Another difference being the length of the trail and the length of time required to walk it. The AT takes about 6 months to walk and is over two thousand miles long while the Camino takes about thirty days and is significantly shorter. Despite these difference both attract pilgrims. The pilgrims of the AT are not so different from the pilgrims of the Camino spiritually. Everyone is out there looking for something and while it may be different things they are looking for, it creates a safe community for everyone to fulfill their own needs with plenty of support from others. Each trail even has their own little community basically and they even overlap with many pilgrims who hike both trails. 

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