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    Packing hack and List for the VDLP March/April

    I made a few ultra light drawstring bags out very lightweight woven fabric. If you dont sew try using those new recyckable produce bags. They may not be strong, but would keep your socks and underwear together so they dont hit the floor when you unpack. A large ziplock bag works well to keep...
  2. J

    Borrow shoes and backpack

    I find that if i get a 38 or 40, depending on style, 'youth' (boys) shoe it fits, is wide enough etc. Id never find a mens small enough in Canada. I think it is about a 7 1/2 womens. Also for hiking do the cross country ski test. I crouch in my boots if my toes hit the top hard or the front...
  3. J

    Women over 60 who DON'T take a sleeping bag...

    i used a different option hiking from Leon to Santiago during one of the cold snaps several years back. At 66 then i needed a bit of warmth. Before leaving home i checked that my polar fleece poncho could double as a blanket. That wasn't quite warm enough so i added my rain poncho knotted at...
  4. J

    What do you do when you cannot walk anymore?

    I like that motto. Maybe ill adopt it too.
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    Back Pack for ultra light

    Osprey makes a 16 liter that I used. Take your stuff to the store that you are planning on using. If going in warmer months consider ditching jacket and sleeping bag for polar fleece poncho that can serve as blanket and jacket. Weigh items and poncho to see if it saves weight.
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    more on backpacks size vs weight

    I took a 16 liter osprey. No sleeping bag. A sleep sheet sack and used my polar fleece and rain ponchos during day if read and then at night for sleeping. The small size pack made sure I didn't add extra. I had a nylon shopping bag for food that I picked up as needed. It fit inside a closed...
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    Camino Portuguess with 11-months old baby - has anyone done it?

    I admire families that get on with their lives and interests The world doesn't have to revolve around baby. 11 month old babies have long naps, sometimes 2 or 3 hours. One in the afternoon and one in the morning. They babble and talk. That part of learning can be done while the parents walk. In...
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    Day pack essentials (luggage sent ahead every morning)

    So if you have all those things in your day pack, only thing left to ship is your sleeps sack? I had a 16 Litre osprey. It was adequate. It held almost everything you had in your day pack: plus cell phone charger and my sleep sack. I didn't need anything else. And somethings suggested in...
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    Walking the Camino in late September to Early October

    i concur with this one. i had a fleece poncho for a jacket/blanket and at times added by rain poncho for the outside layer of a three piece sleeping system: silk liner, fleece poncho and rain poncho. i knotted the last one at the bottom to help it stay put.
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    Not getting my training time in....

    I walked from Leon last year with no training. I had surgery on a couple of toes and wasn't permitted to walk until about a week before flight. I didn't go far each day, but i did it just fine. And you will too. The important thing is to go! walk the distance you can and stop for the night...
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    Perfect socks

    I was recovering from surgery on two toes and have a bad hip. I walked slow. So about 24 days to cover the 300 k. Somedays i only walked 5. One day 22 and then i needed a rest day. I didnt do that again.
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    Perfect socks

    How about lama if you are allergic to sheeps wool. i bought some knee socks in Ecuador. They felt so nice i bought ankle height ones on-line before hiking the camino last year. Nary a blister and so soft on my feet. I definitely wouldn't put them in the dryer. I washed them out each day on...
  13. J

    What's wrong with my hiking pole?

    Just clean it up with a damp paper towel. Use a bit of rubbing alcohol if needed. IF it then looks the same as the others you know what is wrong. Something got spilled on it or it got in a mud puddle or . . . If it doesn't look the same take it back to the store. IT should still...

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