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  1. jimtim

    Hydration..?

    :) and for the record :) i love! polypropylene hiking gear that dries within an hour of being washed instead of soggy cotton, love the lightweight materials we now have, sleep sacs instead of sleeping bags, compression sacs, Aleve - o thank you for Aleve!... but then i also prefer the organic...
  2. jimtim

    Hydration..?

    i am prepared to be falsely accused of being a Luddite :) but one of the questions i ask myself when i consider what products to use is, 'For how long have we been living very well without it?' how long have we be walking the camino without apps listing every albergue, every 200m rise and fall...
  3. jimtim

    My backpack creaks

    backpack shoulder-straps squeaking, the joyful song of all a man owns singing right behind his ears
  4. jimtim

    My backpack creaks

    yes! haha and the sound of the shorn hay as dew evaporates causing the stalks to shift and crackle! i, personally and with great relish, will never take a step on the camino with ear-phones - :)
  5. jimtim

    My backpack creaks

    hahaha - alas, the music of the trail. can't speak to this issue as the pack's not in front of me but i did have a similar experience once. out of the blue! loud knocking from deep inside my pack! ?? unpacked, repacked, began walking... knock knock knock... over and over again. i was just...
  6. jimtim

    Legalities of knives in Spain and France

    i carried a smaller switchblade with no trouble. however i was stopped in the train station in Madrid - must have passed through radar somewhere - because apparantly it looked like a 'mariposa' - the word means 'butterfly' but the weapon is a double-bladed knife and security just wanted to make...
  7. jimtim

    Logical way to pack a back pack

    well, you left august 8th, it's now the 22nd... you're officially a pro! you tell us what you've learned about your body/torso length/where to distribute weight/and accessibility habits! :) if you do read this however - wrap your credencial and journal well in plastic bags - even if they're...

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