http://www.trailfire.com/Roberts/trails/32808Roberts/trails60http://www.trailfire.com/Roberts/marks/79851]]>Running of the Bulls: Adventure SportRobertsThu, 12 Apr 2007 02:42:58 -0700trailfire:markId:79851http://www.trailfire.com/Roberts/marks/79853]]>Running of the Bulls: Adventure SportRobertsThu, 12 Apr 2007 02:43:37 -0700trailfire:markId:79853http://www.trailfire.com/Roberts/marks/79855Running of the Bulls: Adventure SportRobertsFri, 30 Mar 2007 21:57:15 -0700trailfire:markId:79855http://www.trailfire.com/Roberts/marks/79856every year from July 6 through 14, hundreds of thousands of revelers, dancing to traditional pipe bands, pack into the center of Pamplona to kick off Spain's most famous bull-running fiesta in honor of the Navarre capital's patron saint, San Fermin.]]>Running of the Bulls: Adventure SportRobertsThu, 12 Apr 2007 02:49:38 -0700trailfire:markId:79856http://www.trailfire.com/Roberts/marks/79857The San Fermin festival is reported to have began in 1591 when its purpose was purely practical, to move the bulls to the arena. The difference was that then only a handful of daring souls ran the gauntlet in front of the frenzied beasts. The tradition was immortalized in Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises in 1926, after which time many more foreigners began attending the festival and running with the bulls.]]>Running of the Bulls: Adventure SportRobertsFri, 30 Mar 2007 22:00:22 -0700trailfire:markId:79857