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I remember a known resource within pilgrim community , when asked on advice on shoes, stating he recommended Salomon trail shoes as he was on his s e v e n t h p a i r , all of them lasting more than 1000 km. With knowledge of his experience level that means he has used this brand/type all his...
A light poncho covering backpack is preferable
A water bladder - ease of sipping and flexible volume without weight penalty
Technical sandals
Custom inlay soles in shoes
Around 35 ltr min
Ultreia 🙏🏼
A poncho that cover backpack and body with 5000 watercoloumn protection is sufficient 98% of time on path. In other words, exellent protection level. For me…?… in my experience as a repetetive peregrino…?…this norm has become a
m i n i m u m cause rare, random and severe rainstorm with...
A poncho that cover backpack and body with 5000 watercoloumn protection is sufficient 98% of time on path. In other words, exellent protection level. For me…?… in my experience as a repetetive peregrino…?…this norm has become a
m i n i m u m cause rare, random and severe rainstorm with...
Valid points all through this post. Top notch.
Just to give reference of choice out of personal preference and/or experience
Bought another exped lightning 60 ltr cause my son ,( who is twelve), can use same features. It has adjustments for different lenghths of ones back and weighs one kilo...
Try a bar if olive-oil soap at home before you go….compact, good on synthetics….would bee happy to hear your reasoning later….
What brand have you used up to now?
Ultreia🙏🏼
That is actually a very valid point…..very often overlooked by most…
I think a third of volum in «overhead» could bee sensible in contigency…
Example….it’s increasingly hot and/or one plan to purchase lunch,dinner and next days breakfast….?
That means filling up to the max with water and lots...
I feel you Karl, I do…
…when the right rainstorm hits….they get soaked from the top in…..I’ve experienced that to that degree….»never Gore tex again»….and by then a overnight dry up is NOT enough…it’s how the membrane works….cause they just do not….sorry Karl…it’s factual…
Another point is...
It’s in reality the opposite
Challenge is not how long the feet stay dry - they get «bath tub» soaked in Gore tex fabric eventually, trust me on that
Challenge is how fast the shoes dry up - Gore tex ones «never» do
Use light weight plastic bag over the socks in a stinge instead
Ultreia🙏🏼
Very little difference from spring / autumn which include ski-vest and nordic walking poles….
Extra;
A thin beanie, runner mittens and down light weight isolation jacket…..
You will enjoy your walk very much🙏🏼
Ultreia!
As a future investment for you guys ; my strategy of choice is Black diamond Carbon poles. No worries anymore and security check is doable for onboard luggage.
I bought them online through Decathlon and pick up locally/Sevilla for just over 100 euro……cost divided for years to come and veeeery...
Neither
The challenge is not how fast you get wet but how fast you dry up
In shitty weather the rain dropples from the the top and seaps into whatever material you choose ….and it becomes a bathtub that wont dry out….
And anyone that think otherwise has not encountered a proper storm
That...
I think custom inlay soles is first priority .....then long distance running shoes with huge cushioning ability .....Altra , Hoka , ASICS , NewBalance ....I always bring two alternating brands for break up of monotonous and repetitive pattern of long walking days..different tech gives different...
You state that your knees could bee a challenge...?
Two things;
You want to minimize risk of beeing hurt
You want to maximize the potential of footwear
There is no way around taking a custom route
I recommend 3D printed soles with a rigorously outlook on height of foot arch. It has to bee...
I think correlation between price and quality often gets delluted....mostly because we pilgrims as individuals are very biased most of the time.....closed up in our own corner of the world. Outlook is depending heavily on income, experience and grade of detail orientation.....
So, in meta...
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