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  1. WalkingInGers

    New handsfree umbrella holder

    It looks like an umbrella and this holder needs to be purchased before setting out in southern Spain. I found the holder but need LOL--the umbrella! and the color? Having been in Saudi Arabia, saw many people wearing black...and yet it seems that WHITE or pastel colors are preferable....ANY...
  2. WalkingInGers

    Poles or No Poles?

    Tonight I am in Burgos and use them every day. Just managing on rocky surfaces but also when you need to jump over long stretches of water, mud. I would not do without. If worried about transport, get the collapsing hiking poles.
  3. WalkingInGers

    How light was your backpack for Camino Frances (800 km)

    I am not utilizing any company to carry my backpack and am carrying enough to think that I do not rely on anyone.
  4. WalkingInGers

    How light was your backpack for Camino Frances (800 km)

    Your comment is much appreciated. I leave Bayonne, France for Pamplona on April 4th and then the Camino Frances probably to Burgos. I would like to take my time to reach Santiago and then walk down to Porto, Portugal..so the second leg of the trip might well occur in September. Hola el Meseta y mas.
  5. WalkingInGers

    How light was your backpack for Camino Frances (800 km)

    You are definitely an adventurer!
  6. WalkingInGers

    How light was your backpack for Camino Frances (800 km)

    I have mentioned to reduce everything to 10 kilos without water
  7. WalkingInGers

    How light was your backpack for Camino Frances (800 km)

    The Deuter rucksack weighs 1250 grams or 1kg 250 empty.
  8. WalkingInGers

    How light was your backpack for Camino Frances (800 km)

    I have been training with 10 kgs but need to add a CPAP machine, water and some food so we are talking a total of 12 kgs maximum. I have shortened my list down to what I consider bare minimum and still arrive at 10 kgs. It worries me because I failed one Camino already (Olvidado);and don’t want...
  9. WalkingInGers

    How light was your backpack for Camino Frances (800 km)

    I like the way you think…but when I look at the lists of items in pack packs, having walked a part of the Camino with 12kgs, don’t know how to reduce the weight. Seeing folks saying that they walk with 3 to 6 kgs makes me wonder..
  10. WalkingInGers

    Being prepared for the rain 🌧️

    I already walked from Toulouse to Pamplune with a few days in rain pants and they were useful. Thank you for your input. Really appreciated.
  11. WalkingInGers

    Being prepared for the rain 🌧️

    Did I understand that RAIN pants are useless in rain weather? Why?
  12. WalkingInGers

    How do you carry the important stuff?

    It is pretty safe HOWEVER if you are like me and you sweat a lot…you have bills, money that tend to be wet.
  13. WalkingInGers

    Umbrellas

    I am taking an umbrella in order to manage the SUN and the RAIN.
  14. WalkingInGers

    Permethrin treatment, down bags and putting one’s pack in a garbage bag at night….

    To each his or her philosophy as long as one does not impede on others’ welfares.
  15. WalkingInGers

    Permethrin treatment, down bags and putting one’s pack in a garbage bag at night….

    The use of cloves has a distinct odor but is it that problematic to my fellow pilgrims in a dorm?
  16. WalkingInGers

    Permethrin treatment, down bags and putting one’s pack in a garbage bag at night….

    Why don’t you use a bunch of cloves that you place in your bag instead of using a chemical agent? Bed bugs hate cloves and will stay away and apparently won’t bite you either.
  17. WalkingInGers

    Ear Plugs - Sleeping

    If you are in France, you can pick up a plastic box of « Boules Quies » wax ear plugs that you can find easily in pharmacies or certain bio supermarkets.
  18. WalkingInGers

    Hiking shoes recommendations

    I don’t think that it is down to preferences: we all walk but we all have different legs, feet, bodies..and there are shoes that fit and others that simply don’t donthe job. With the Columbia, never had a blister, felt like I was walking on a cloud..with thie other two pairs, I found my feet...
  19. WalkingInGers

    Hiking shoes recommendations

    Don’t worry…I was so surprised that I couldn’t refrain from ask wing hether you were serious or not.
  20. WalkingInGers

    Hiking shoes recommendations

    I was a fan of Columbia and because the service here is so-so, switching to a Meindle light shoe. Tested an Italian brand but too high, then another American brand too soft on pebbles even with an inside additional sole. Definitely using NOK cream each day to harden the soles of the feet.

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