Unlike other authors of renowned works on trail travails, Mike Keane completes pilgrimages before publishing! Twice he crossed Europe on El Camino, medieval Pilgrimage of St. James, before sharing his journals (Hiking to Hell & Back). He criss-crossed America (Florida to Canada) on the monstrously mountainous Appalachian Trail (A Voice in the Wilderness) and by a better path of his own choosing (A Dead Man Still Walking). Before and between, this wildly wandering writer circled the Earth on earth (mostly by train), hiking wherever Great or Grand suggested: from the Grand Canyon in a day to the Great Wall of China for a day. But sure all of Ireland first, every foot on foot, this mad mick took to bring you this book. Some of the tome the author penned before taking early retirement, and leave of his senses, to begin his footloose foolishness seriously. If you would follow the footsteps of The Pilgrim of St. Jim, read these pages to save needless suffering, physical and psychic. This poor old pilgrim peregrinates without any pricey, hi-tech advantages. Reading, you may learn to endure or abjure pains a writer experienced. Dear reader, feel free to enjoy without injury the many "trips" within these covers.