PILGRIMAGES; THIRD IN A SERIES; APPALACHIAN TRAIL MAGIC; From Georgia to Maine, a legion of hikers pit themselves against the path.(TRAVEL)(SERIES: PILGRIMAGES)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: November 19, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Kerri Westenberg; Staff Writer

ABOUT THIS SERIES

Travel looks at the nature of pilgrimage in this four-part series. Today's collection of stories explores physical challenges imbued with meaning that transcends the journeys. On Jan. 7, we'll examine heritage travel and go to the slave castles of Senegal with a writer whose family members may have passed through on the way to the New World. Part I of the series, about spiritual journeys, took us to Jerusalem. Part II, on cultural pilgrimages, followed fans to Elvis Presley's Graceland.

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