In 2013, an`^%! A(^ustral_- ian man a few m%onths shy o;f tu?
rning 60 dec^+ided to w[ alk th^e Camino de S$an

*=tiago –% ]an+- ]=800km^,^=% ##pilg_*rimage+# trail across `]the top of Spain. H\@@@e `\)had no known rel---igion, and *absolute)ly no idea why [he felt #@?s.[o deeply compe.*
[l;led to +
do this [ torturous ( walk._
%　　But c@ompel%led,: *. he was.　　He com)pleted $.the walk
(^, bat,=t/-l \,ing, a- :“tr:-iumv@:irate of pa
#in” - a kn@ee, that he
)# la?#!ter d,iscove]-,$red lacked any me%)^aningful ca*rtilage, a blister the
/ sigh:t of w?h)!)ich w[+$?ould make a g=$_rown ma%/n weep, and s$hin-soreness that felt like his lower limb h ad b!^)een split with a mounta in axe @ ]w_^!`
ield%(ed by a ;@=demente d% trol@%:l.　　Arri+vin!g `\]at $th \e end ,of the Camino, the majest+: ic cathedral in Santiago de Compos[tela, he expect  ed \an ep]ipha!ny $\– an answer
to *the question he[[(’(=\d been as([/k

ing him
@self:-
eve]*\]ry day`#: Why am -I doing this?　　But no answer_., came.　　So w[^)?hen he got home he w#rote a book, ho$ping t`%he(** answer $would reveal $itself in hi:@s scribblings. The @ re+[sult w`(@as The Way,] -My Way, a h[ ^ umourous=(% and`)/ !sel,f-depr-^#ecating):;#. book that m=/an:y consider ]*the best/?%? *`+.memoir ever \written on
wa^?lking 

the C!?amin $%o.　　The:)=/ \?book ha-((\s now bee@[:n! made i.nto a fi=lm/, a` $nd i=t’s an extra]:)
ordinary/* ac!count of a ]man at a pivotal po(i;nt i[?n )hi:s life, searc-;+;hing f#o?/r :\meaning a^-n$?d finding hi+/#/mself unde/)r \ =going, a fun%$damenta,/.l trans)form
) $.ation so profou nd t[hat][ he now divide=s his life i?$-n, :t:=o “Befor;(e the Cami+no” and “After t([he Camino.”　　It’s a\^ sto)ry
 p)\/!articular to one #`^#man$_/,.% yet of_] appeal to anyone s,)eeking a;] g+$(re*?-ater meaning fro^m l.if`@e.