If you are not sweating during physical activity, then it means you are dehydrated!
First Responders to hikers in distress often cut wet cotton clothing from the victim and wrap them in a dry blanker.
-Paul
Good for you.
The OP can now take all our opinions and take those into account when making their decision for their camino.
Calling people with a different opinion than yours a "Fabric ideologue" is not very helpful to anybody.
Peace.
As an experienced New England hiker, I have to disagree. Any time you go above 4000', you need to be prepared for cold weather any time of the year. That happens 3 times on the Frances: Pyrenees, Foncebadon-El Acebo, and O Cebreiro-Fonfria...
Cotton might not be the most comfortable, but I doubt that the conditions that will lead to cotton being actually dangerous are common on the Camino de Santiago.
From this article: I don’t mean to downplay the dangers of cotton in specific...
I had nothing made of cotton on my camino, nor any hiking I have done over the past decades.
Cotton is just the wrong fabric for long distance walking/treking.
I carried/wore 2 "tech" short sleeve tees, 1 long sleeve hiking shirt, 1 polyester...
First Day Hike at DCR Breakheart Reservation, Saugus Massachusetts. The reward for a hilly 2.8 miles was clam chowder and hot chocolate for the over 100 participants. Good way to begin 2024!
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