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15 Oct: Richard Plotkin’s 500 mile pilgrimage

Posted: 10/9/2024

October 2025 marks the 5th anniversary of Classmate Richard Plotkin’s (11th Company) 500 mile foot pilgrimage across France’s Pyrenees Mountains to Santiago de Compostela, Spain: the Camino de Santiago. Richard’s wife of 52 years, Pat, died suddenly the year before this journey of remembrance, assessment and discovery of a way forward.

Dick has offered to share his physical and spiritual journey with us during a ZOOM session on Tuesday 15 October at 2 PM ET. Richard, who has now remarried, will do more than “talk the walk”, as he takes us on both his physical journey and the digital blog he operated during his travels.

The pilgrimage to the Spanish shrine of the apostle St. James is one of the major Christian paths developed during the middle ages for a variety of religious reasons. Background for the walk can be found on the internet for those interested in its history. Today the 200,000 plus who make the walk each year have various motivations for participation that go beyond religious.

This presentation is being offered as part of the Class Wellness program for its focus upon travel, physical activity and addressing major life changes and will be recorded, as usual. 


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