Hunter Bronder: Image and Pilgrimage - emotional tone

In Images and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture, it says an emotional tone goes along with pilgrimage. I feel like this can relate also to journeys on trails such as the Appalachian Trail. There is an emotional tone that goes with trips such as the AT. For example, in the footage we watched on the last day of class the guy who reached the end of the AT was very emotional. At times he was laughing while at others he was crying. I believe that trails that have the ability to affect someone’s values such as he AT could be said to have this emotional tone. If a hiker did not allow him or herself to experience the emotions the trail gave them they may not take as much from the trip. Just as a pilgrimage should be taken serious, so should a hike. Hikes also have this ability to change someone when approach in the right way.