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[QUOTE="good_old_shoes, post: 1164621, member: 47112"] Hat - I'd say yes. Preferrably one that doesn't mind being folded and getting wet. Weight doesn't really matter because it will probably be on your head and not in the backpack 😉. With a hat you don't need sunglasses. Enjoy to see the world around you in all its colours! On the Francés the sun will usually be in your back, anyway, unless you walk late evenings. Poncho - yes. Wouldn't replace it with an umbrella, but that's personal choice. I've had a poncho since Camino #1 in 2015 and would never leave for a hike without one. It also adds warmth and protects against wind should it get colder than anticipated, something an umbrella can't do. But also, personal choice. I've stopped weighing and listing every single item and somehow my baseweight usually always is ~8-9kgs including full camping gear, which works for me. So I don't really worry anymore about 100g (edit: or even a kilo 🤣) here or there. As a sidenote, it can be a lot of fun to discuss gear, packing lists, Pack weight ect., especially between Caminos or while waiting for your pilgrimage to begin. But it is even more fun when you notice after you started walking, that all of those discussions are not really needed. You might see pilgrims in jeans and old tennis shoes, with cheap backpacks, garbage bags as ponchos and plastic bags over their shoes in the rain, old/broken/no phones, no language skills, maybe even with physical limitations, seemingly with no idea what they're doing, simply following the yellow arrows, maybe with only a copy of the albergue list they got at the St. Jean pilgrim office. And usually they arrive in Santiago and enjoy their walk just as much as pilgrims who researched every detail and brought the best of the best of gear. In my experience, how good your Camino ends up being has less to do with perfect planning, gear or knowledge, and much more with flexibility, being open minded, people around you ect. In the end it is what you make of it. Anyway, happy planning! As you see many are still happy to discuss everything into detail, myself included. So, don't stop asking questions - it's not only you who profits from it, but other newbies, too! But I think it is also important to remember that once you started walking it is very possible that despite having done all that research, things might not work as intended or hoped, and other things than weight of a hat, which kind of sunglasses or brand of poncho vs. umbrella ect. might be much more important, and it is not really possible to prepare for that. Planning/research is good to a point, but too much of it and it is easy to forget to focus on other things that might be even more important for a pilgrimage than gear. Just an idea, ignore it if it doesn't apply to you. Soon you'll start walking, and I hope you'll have a great time. It must be very exciting for you. I'm probably not the only one who wishes they'd be able to walk a first Camino again, and so I really enjoy the posts of first timers, like yours 🙂. So, even though you do ask a lot of questions 🤣 it's totally fine! Buen Camino! [/QUOTE]
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