Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages
to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages through which
they passed asked where they were going they would reply,
'A la sainte terre', 'To the Holy Land. And so they became known
as sainte-terre-ers or saunterers. Now these mountains are
our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently...
_John Muir
*Photo: Patrick Strohmeyer
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