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[QUOTE="Texas Walker, post: 1117636, member: 43122"] In my experience, having something "for sleeping in" that's separate from the clothes just slows down departure in the mornings. I put on my clean clothes for the evening and sleep in them. (I don't move fast when waking up, skipping a change activity helps a lot. I only add my socks and shoes and brush my hair and fill my water bottle before going.) Sports bras: this is not a high impact activity. I wear one and carry one, and I don't mess with the running type. My first Camino, I had 2 running type bras which had binding on the edges of the straps. The straps happened to be directly under my pack straps. I took one look in the mirror (when I got one) at the deep red marks on my shoulders and "free-boobed" across the rest of the way. No, it's not very comfortable, but it beats the living daylights out of pressure sores. Now I wear the kind of thing called "yoga bras" on the Camino. With very flat straps, or thin straps that don't fall under the pack straps. Undies: if I wear one and pack one of the general assortment of stuff, I also carry an extra of the undie and of the sock pairs. I don't favor heavy socks, merino or not, because my feet sweat. I have usually walked in Injinji liner socks, or light socks. I might use merino light socks next time. Instead of the cotton tee, use a merino tee, you can wear it an extra time or even two before needing to wash. It becomes part of your layers if the day is cold. Or a dry fit type of tee, even though it needs washed a little more often it's better than cotton. When we walked in October into November, we often started the day in: merino tee, long sleeved shirt, fleece pullover, merino hoodie pullover, and windbreaker. After the first half an hour, the windbreaker came off and got stuffed into the pack. A little while later another layer came off. And so on, often ending up in the afternoon in just the merino tee. Layers are your friend, and the layers become outfit options when the weather is nicer, too. The sandals are good for the evening and the shower both, I assume you're taking a sandal that is slip resistant on the bottom. When you run out of shampoo, body wash, and clothes wash, I suggest you consider buying the smallest bottle of dish soap in the parfumeria, pour it into the various soap bottles if you still have them, or maybe get some empties in the china store if you don't, as the "friendly to hands" dish soap will do pretty well for everything for as long as you're using it on the Camino. I abandoned the rest of a bottle of dish soap when we left Madrid to fly home the time I ended up doing that. I'm sure the staff found a use for half of a bottle of it! I don't see any first aid stuff in that list, possibly it's included under "toiletries." I carry paper tape, hand sani (this is alcohol), some gauze, and maybe a band-aide or three. A tiny scissors to cut the gauze and tape if needed, part of the "emergency sewing kit". Pepto or Immodium, ibuprofen, vitamins. (You can get ibuprofen in Spain, Pepto is outright unavailable.) BC [/QUOTE]
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