I have walked the Camino four times and design on trail. I bring a rake. On trail I always enjoyed musicians. I am an assemblagé artist of repurposed broken instruments. My Carnivale Woman will be with this young musician in spirit. However...
I play the cello and usually carry it in a hard case on my back like a backpack. To make it comfortable on a long walk you would need a good backpack framework. It weights around 8 kilos, a little more than I carry on a pilgrimage. I’m note sure...
Aside from the weight, I would be very concerned about possible damage from a fall. There are sections that are tricky to navigate with a lightish backpack, rocky uphills or downhills, muddy sections that are quite slippery. I have a violin...
I don’t have any helpful suggestions, but as challenging as this can be, as a classical pianist I’m jealous that at least a cello is portable. I wish you luck in figuring it out!
I once attended an evening drama performance at my daughters' school. On the same evening, in a different hall, there was a meeting of a junior harp club. One mother was struggling to get her small child's medium sized harp out of the back on...
I walked to Finisterre last year and met with a Israeli guy who was traveling with a Turkish lute. He used baggage transfer for his 'normal' gear but carried his lute in a case with shoulder straps.
A real character, and very popular addition to...
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