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Your list looks good. We all have a different opinion (as you can see) on what is essential. I am fully on Team Poncho and Team Extra Socks.
Your sleeping bag looks massive and very heavy. My Patagonia puffy sleeping bag liner is only 291gr...
Hey Sarah!
I’d bring both the 3rd pair of undies (that you are undecided about) and a plastic container. The undies probably only weigh a minuscule amount anyway and having a “spare” pair will be more comfortable. If your walking pair doesn’t...
I've stopped procrastinating and done my first pack. Was a bit nervous about being under 7kg hand luggage, but on the first try I've come to 5.9kg (13 pounds). (Not counting one set walking clothes, food, water or poles).
First picture -...
I took 3 small stones with me as well to leave at Cruz de Ferro. One I collected on the Isle of Man while there with my friend who had failed her Camino attempt and is dead. One for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (small stone painted by...
I love a gorgeous shoe. On caminos I have to compromise, even as I want to eat in nice places sometimes, and go to art galleries and so forth…
There is a shoe company out of Toledo, Spain called Uin. They make really nice canvas slip-ons that...
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