NJoisygirl
Please enlighten me!
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino (2013)
I read about backpack issues and non-issues… but dealing with the airlines... things change… even in a year’s time… so I would like to revisit this issue and how recent pilgrims fared with transporting their backpacks to and from the Camino.
I have a 42L Deuter and my husband has a 40 or 42L Osprey backpack. We have already tested some preliminary packings and we are even close to filling them, (yeah)! We are flying British Airways from California, going through Heathrow - then Madrid and eventually arriving in Pamplona… from there we travel overland to SJPdP.
Advice please…
#1) What are fellow pilgrim’s experiences with bringing their backpacks as a carry-on items (including trekking poles)?
#2) If you check your backpack as luggage, I am worried about the straps getting yanked, caught and/or pulled – causing damage to my pack before I even start!
Lastly, we both have Leki telescoping trekking poles, I have read about the recent “crap-shoot” the poles can cause with the TSA agents… my set of poles have been my hiking companions for years and I have even (innocently) travelled to Europe with them once before. I have had issues with easily re-assembling the poles when I dismantled them… So (unless someone can enlighten me on how to remove JUST the tips) I am leaning towards putting them in my backpack and checking my backpack as luggage – but I am now back to worrying about the straps of my pack being an issue.
I would very much appreciate the knowledge and wisdom of my fellow pilgrims. You have all already been so much help and support already! I welcome any advice or insights you all have! Please and thank you!
I have a 42L Deuter and my husband has a 40 or 42L Osprey backpack. We have already tested some preliminary packings and we are even close to filling them, (yeah)! We are flying British Airways from California, going through Heathrow - then Madrid and eventually arriving in Pamplona… from there we travel overland to SJPdP.
Advice please…
#1) What are fellow pilgrim’s experiences with bringing their backpacks as a carry-on items (including trekking poles)?
#2) If you check your backpack as luggage, I am worried about the straps getting yanked, caught and/or pulled – causing damage to my pack before I even start!
Lastly, we both have Leki telescoping trekking poles, I have read about the recent “crap-shoot” the poles can cause with the TSA agents… my set of poles have been my hiking companions for years and I have even (innocently) travelled to Europe with them once before. I have had issues with easily re-assembling the poles when I dismantled them… So (unless someone can enlighten me on how to remove JUST the tips) I am leaning towards putting them in my backpack and checking my backpack as luggage – but I am now back to worrying about the straps of my pack being an issue.
I would very much appreciate the knowledge and wisdom of my fellow pilgrims. You have all already been so much help and support already! I welcome any advice or insights you all have! Please and thank you!