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Hi M, short answer is no.
Officially the TSA prohibits hiking poles in carry on; https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/sporting-and-camping?page=3
If you're leaving the USA or transiting through a US airport, getting poles...
Not true. So long as you are always adding fresh clean water and nothing else, you don't need to do any intensive cleaning while you are on the trail.
I cleaned mine zero times last year during my 40+ days on the Camino.
Once we learned this, the pressure came off. We no longer cared nor worried about a bed at night. So what if you have to taxi back to where you stopped? No one cares, do your own Camino.
After Orbaneja Riopico the route crosses over the major AP-1 road. About 200m beyond the bridge there is a small modern housing complex. Turn left off the main road there. Where the bins are on the Google Streetmap view. The path loops back a...
River path. The other path is simply the outskirts of Burgos and is very commercial/industrial area. You walk along concrete sidewalk.
The river path takes you around the airport and then along a path following the river into Burgos. Very...
We stopped carrying sleeping bags after our first Frances. Since then we've used Sea to Summit Reactor Extreme liner. It weights .36 kilogram, so much lighter than a sleeping bag AND it takes up very little space in the backpack.
In times...
To me, the weight is a big deal; nearly as much as the fit. I am a rather small framed woman and my older Osprey Sirrus 36L is heavy at 3.5 lbs. I'd much prefer to have a newer, lightweight 1.5 lb. backpack. I am careful to pack mine as light as...
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