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As per my post #9, I use a lightweight sleeping bag, but I have always brought the bottom sheet and pillowcase from a $6. Dollar store twin set. It has elastic around the edge and fits over all the albergue mattresses in a few seconds. I spray it...
No to umbrellas for me. Not allowed to have one when I was in the Army so I have never felt I needed one. Something else to carry or lose.
I did use one in San Diego as a tourist last month though and I did make Phil take one when he was in...
I still prefer the ALTUS. I like it because it keeps my legs and feet dry, plus I've used it as a blanket in cold albergues. I just ordered another one, though I prefer the older ones - I've worn those out.
https://www.decathlon.es/es/p/poncho-impermeable-de-montana-y-trekking-max-75-litros-adulto-quechua-900/_/R-p-5389?mc=8302453
45 Euro (about same as USD)
I can confirm that the MT900 from Decathlon is truly awesome. The only poncho to have in a real steady downpour. I remember the walk up to Finesterre lighthouse, a storm coming in off the ocean...I was the only one of our little group that...
Last year I bought a roll of reflective hiviz tape and wound it around the top section of my pacer poles and applied strips to the back of my pack and to the shoulder straps at the front. I didn't really expect it to stay in place on the pack...
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