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Why Walk the Camino? Where? When? With whom?
Looking for a Freestanding Dome Tent for Camino Trip
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[QUOTE="AlwynWellington, post: 988119, member: 13479"] Both [USER=19048]@MichelleElynHogan[/USER] and [USER=47112]@good_old_shoes[/USER] mention ultralight and, in different way, experience or trial before walking long distances as a criteria. All of us are generally limited by what is available in outdoor pursuit shops in the region we live in. And any relevant experiences in youth will tend to direct thinking when getting gear together some 50 (or more) years on. In my youth I was conditioned to having a timber framed back pack that allowed an air gap to my back: this was full of "essentials". And its was nothing to do more than 1,000 metres of elevation in an afternoon passing through "bush" (dense forest with multiple varieties with the "track" marked by tin can ends painted orange nailed to a tree). I have no recollection of the weight (I don't think we had bathroom scales back then), but it was heavy. And there were two shops to choose from. I started my planning in early 2012 and determined early that I was going to make a meal of my trip to Europe. I expected to stop just before I dropped on journeys in France (from Le Puy), Spain (from Saint-Jean) and UK (Thames Path [ source to London] and London to Canterbury). I did not know anything about hostels (gite d'etape, albergue, whatever) So, I did the rounds of the now four relevant shops in my region. Typically a pack and sleeping bag were 1.5 kg each and a small tent about 2 kg With water (1 kg) this was 6 kg, before adding changes of clothes etc. This compared very unfavourably with the suggested all up target weight of 7 kg. I noticed all packs were now frameless! I began with a small pack (no frame) I could not get used the pack against my back: after a few hours both my back (and top) and the back of the pack were sopping wet. So the on-line search began. Typically I was seeing boutique manufacturers in the US. This took almost two years as costs, including air freight, were high. I settled on Zpacks in the US state of Florida. In part because the owners (husband and wife) had written up their 3,000 km and 3 month journey (Te Araroa) from top to bottom on my country (and had passed with 1 km of my front door). I could get a handle on how their gear had worked in circumstances I knew of. My order arrived in early 2015 and consisted of: [LIST] [*]0.580 kg - tent (2 person tent - me and my pack) [*]0.375 kg - sleeping bag [*]0.600 kg - pack (50 litre including pockets) with a mesh "trapeze" - my back is dry :):):) [*]1.555 kg - total [/LIST] Now my all up starting weight (everything in or attached to the pack) is around 7.5 kg (? 16 lb) And all of this goes with me on all my training trips. So, [USER=426]@David[/USER], a bit more than GBP 18.95 delivered, for the tent, I'm afraid. On the other hand, my choices have given me more options and allowed me to do things that otherwise might be impossible. But I do need a hostel every few days to recharge my tablet-phone and camera. Kia kaha (take care, be strong, get going when you can) [/QUOTE]
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