A brief hijack as we trudge to 500...

I recently watched THE WAY, which I enjoyed. It is about a man walking the Pilgrim's Way of St James of Compostela and it features the father-son team of Emilio Estevez and Martin Sheen. The Way is some 769km, or nearly 500 miles. In some ways, it might be compared to the Appalachian Trail, I guess. What bothered me was that few or none of the pilgrims / hikers seemed to be wearing protective headgear. We can debate hats all day long, but if you are going to be outside all day long- for days and weeks at a time, I think we can agree that some kind of protection is in order.