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:) 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...
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...
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 - :)
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...
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...
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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