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The Tour of All Tours New 14 Aug, 2024

Expanded Tourism – The Gods are Thirsty

I finally put together some clips of the performance that took place during the Expanded Tourism workshop in Tenerife a few years back. We ascended the formidable volcano El Teide, starting in the night, walking through the dawn and arriving at the summit before the 9AM cut off time that the site has. Along the way I made a performance, at regular stops, in which I offered beer to the volcano. I was trying to channel the energy of the tourist sites that line the island. 

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p style=”text-align: justify;”>It was a tough performance, in the end. As we got higher up, altitude sickness kicked in and with the fatigue from the climb this made the last push to the summit surprisingly hard work. But the reward was immense. What a view and what a place to savor a well earned beer. 


APA style reference

Bill Aitchison (2024). Expanded Tourism – The Gods are Thirsty. walk · listen · create. https://walklistencreate.org/2024/08/14/expanded-tourism-the-gods-are-thirsty/

corpse road

Also known as corpse way, coffin route, coffin road, coffin path, churchway path, bier road, burial road, lyke-way or lych-way. “Now is the time of night, That the graves all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide” – Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream. A path used in medieval times to take the dead from a remote parish to the ‘mother’ church for burial. Coffin rests or wayside crosses lined the route of many where the procession would stop for a while to sing a hymn or say a prayer. There was a strong belief that once a body was taken over a field or fell that route would forever be a public footpath which may explain why so many corpse roads survive today as public footpaths. They are known through the UK.

Added by Alan Cleaver

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