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  1. JillGat

    New lightweight backpack from REI

    I wish I could get you (and others) to adopt my simple water bottle system. Make two loops of shock cord (the stretchy cord) and safety pin them in place on the front of the shoulder strap (the safety pin is just to keep them from sliding down.. not to take any weight). Get a bicycle water...
  2. JillGat

    REI Sale

    The REI brand Sahara tee shirt is the most natural feeling synthetic (100% polyester) shirt I've had.
  3. JillGat

    The Shell Toucher hat

    Add a kilt or a macabe skirt and you'd have a Hundred Years of Solitude.
  4. JillGat

    Shampoo and Condition bars, scent preference

    I use orange essential oil for this. My favorite, too!
  5. JillGat

    Shampoo and Condition bars, scent preference

    I do make unscented, too, sorry I forgot to add that. The scents are just a small amount of essential oil you smell while youre washing your hair, doesn't linger. i thought of eucalyptus when I was in Galicia. I agree, I HATE Perfumes! I got stuck sitting next to somebody on the plane - 9 hrs -...
  6. JillGat

    Surprised at our test results poncho vs jacket

    So why did your pack get wet? I find with a rain jacket and a pack cover, I have no problem. Sorry if I'm being dense!
  7. JillGat

    Surprised at our test results poncho vs jacket

    I don't understand. Your jacket did it's job, but your pack was soaked? And you said you didn't have a pack cover (there's no such thing as a waterproof backpack, unless you put all the contents inside in waterproof bags.) How is that the jacket's fault?
  8. JillGat

    Any risk of walking without insoles?

    I found out from my podiatrist that the cause of my metatarsalgia was caused by my foot rolling inward because I have a high arch. He made orthotics for me that solved a problem that was disabling me after 20 k.
  9. JillGat

    Any risk of walking without insoles?

    Depends on how much padding the actual shoe has. That's more important than the insole.
  10. JillGat

    Shampoo and Condition bars, scent preference

    The poll is above.
  11. JillGat

    Shampoo and Condition bars, scent preference

    (Not sure where to put this post.) I make shampoo and conditioner bars and get requests for scents I don't have. I'd like to get an idea from camino walkers of which of the scents I make would be most popular. Vote for your favorite and add a post if there's a close second or a first choice...
  12. JillGat

    Sleep sack for bed bugs

    I read the title of this thread, "Sleep sack for bedbugs", differently. If the bedbugs want to sleep individually, it would be a challenge to make a sleep sack small enough for one. But I'm thinking it might be cute if you lined them up on a white cotton shoelace and then folded the bottom up so...
  13. JillGat

    New Wise Pilgrim feature

    How do I find it? Do I have to update the app somehow?
  14. JillGat

    Poles or No Poles?

    I never thought Id use poles until I found Pacer Poles. A real game changer.
  15. JillGat

    Lightweight backpack for petite female

    The new ladder pack adjuster on Osprey packs is great. You can change it in less than a second. It's genius.
  16. JillGat

    Lightweight backpack for petite female

    I use shock cords to hold my water bottles on my shoulder straps. (use a bicycle bottle with a waist.) See my profile pic. Works great; can't even tell it's there and I can remove and replace it while walking. I asked the designer of the Osprey packs why he couldn't make side pockets that...
  17. JillGat

    Lightweight backpack for petite female

    If you go into REI, have them use the Osprey torso measuring tool for your torso. You often cannot tell the torso size from the body height. Sounds like you know yours, though.
  18. JillGat

    Lightweight backpack for petite female

    Yes. And it's not obvious on the top-loader, but there are side zippers to get into the main compartment.
  19. JillGat

    Lightweight backpack for petite female

    The Osprey Sirrus is an excellent pack. Has side zippers to get into the main pack. Excellent ventilation and super easy to adjust the shoulder straps to match your torso size ( a brilliant design). The Sirrus 34 also comes in a panel-loading style as well as the top-loader version.
  20. JillGat

    Corkscrew do I take one with me?

    This sounds like a Buddhist koan.

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