Kiko
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Del Norte (June 2015)
....then i have just completed 300kms on the Norte from Irun to Santander with a 25lt pack weighing 3.5kgs (before food and water) and i didn't want for anything! Actually, i could have left a couple of things behind
If you want to make your life easier, and believe me, unless you're fit, then the norte is quite a challenge even with 3.5kgs!, then you really DO NOT WANT 9-10kgs on your back as so many seem to do.
I am an experienced long-distance walker and i know that if I'm not camping, then i need carry very little.
The most important thing i think is to go for the silk-liner over the sleeping bag. As soon as you go for the bag, you need a bigger pack and when you've got a bigger pack then you tend to fill it!
So, 25lt pack, silk-liner, raincoat, and only one change of clothes: shorts, t-short and fleece.
NO SPARE PANTS or SOCKS! Yes, you read that correctly. When you arrive at the albergue, you wash your dirty walking clothes, you slip into your crocs and you go commando until your underpants are dry
You do not need 3 changes of clothes, believe me!
After that, its just a question of taking the minimum liquids and creams as possible....decanting sun-cream and toothpaste into smaller containers, and cutting your travel-towel in half...half is quite adequate!
So, hope this helps some people, but remember:
less kgs on your back = more smiles on your face
Buen camino
If you want to make your life easier, and believe me, unless you're fit, then the norte is quite a challenge even with 3.5kgs!, then you really DO NOT WANT 9-10kgs on your back as so many seem to do.
I am an experienced long-distance walker and i know that if I'm not camping, then i need carry very little.
The most important thing i think is to go for the silk-liner over the sleeping bag. As soon as you go for the bag, you need a bigger pack and when you've got a bigger pack then you tend to fill it!
So, 25lt pack, silk-liner, raincoat, and only one change of clothes: shorts, t-short and fleece.
NO SPARE PANTS or SOCKS! Yes, you read that correctly. When you arrive at the albergue, you wash your dirty walking clothes, you slip into your crocs and you go commando until your underpants are dry
You do not need 3 changes of clothes, believe me!
After that, its just a question of taking the minimum liquids and creams as possible....decanting sun-cream and toothpaste into smaller containers, and cutting your travel-towel in half...half is quite adequate!
So, hope this helps some people, but remember:
less kgs on your back = more smiles on your face
Buen camino