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[QUOTE="C clearly, post: 1025713, member: 1589"] My pack (excluding water and my warm-weather walking clothes) weighs about 13 pounds. Of that, about 4.5 lb were "spare" clothes. I like to be self-sufficient and also to do my shopping at home, so I try to take everything I expect to need. There [U]are[/U] a lot of items of clothes, but that is because none of them are heavy, and I feel the cold very easily. For warmth I need to layer on more than one item, but that gives flexibility. If you don't feel the cold like I do, you might be able to eliminate some layers. But think about the function, and how [I]you and your body[/I] respond when you walk. [LIST=1] [*]Start with what you would wear on a cool morning when you expect the afternoon to be hot. (Here I suggest a buff and gloves are very useful for the first 30 minutes and they are easily removed once you warm up.) [*]Surprise! Instead of getting hot, the wind picks up and clouds gather. What would you put on? [*]Temperature drops - what would you add then? [*]Rain starts - what do you do? (Maybe a good umbrella, maybe a poncho, or maybe rain jacket and pants.) [*]OK - keep walking 👩🦯👩🦯... You arrive at the albergue dripping wet with sweat and/or rain. What will you put on while your clothes dry? [*]Then when you go to bed, what will you wear if it is hot, or if it is cold, and if your day clothes aren't dry yet? That might depend on what type of sleeping bag you have, and how you sleep. I get cold so I need the down vest and a sweater inside my bag (made from liner and down blanket). [/LIST] You need to fill all those functions - even if they don't occur on the same day, they will ALL happen at some point during September to November. Think them through carefully. I am not a big person. If you need to double the weight of clothes, you would need to save that extra 4.5 lb somewhere else. But maybe you don't feel the cold so much, so you can leave out the second merino base layer that I take, and the down vest. Or maybe your poncho will weigh less than my jacket-pants-umbrella combo. But it may also be that you will need to cut elsewhere - for example from toiletries or guide book or phone power bank. Imagining these scenarios should give you lots of entertainment while you wait for September to come! 🙂 [/QUOTE]
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