From a traveler’s perspective, a book on walking across Corsica (North to South, by the way):

http://www.amazon.com/Honorable-Bandit-Walk-across-Corsica/dp/0299223205/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2769685-8649633?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192494771&sr=1-1

Travelers destroy what they seek?