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Thanks for your list Annie, I'll have another go at mine. I can see that having 'lighter' items must help keep it down eg my sleeping bag & liner is 780g.....I guess some extra grams here & there soon adds up.
Lydia my pack is Osprey Aura 35 l, weight 1.16kg, not sure if thats heavy or light...
Hi JuJu, yes me too! I've packed & repacked trying to reduce weight but can't seem to get it below 9.5kgs incl water but not incl bumbag with wallet, camera, guidebook etc.
We leave SJPP the day before you, so having same thoughts about being prepared for change of season while on way to SDC &...
Hi Jimmy, Elizabeth & Pierre
I hope your preparation & packing is going well, I can't believe how quickly these last few weeks are flying by, little time even for forum reading!
If all goes well Elizabeth, we hope to be coming in to Burgos on 17th so we'll be a day behind you.....but we may...
Thanks Annie, we'll look out for them.
Will be interesting to see the Meseta, photos of it look just like our farming area....add a few gum trees & it could be our back paddock! All our training walks have been through here so sounds like we'll certainly be challenged once we set out from SJPP...
Hi Joe
No I haven't walked the Bibbulmun Track, as they call it here. It's one of those situations where it's on our doorstep yet I'm heading past it to walk a 'track' on the other side of the world!
However my husband John & I have been talking about it for a few years now & we're booked to...
Hi I'm Shawn & together with my friend Di, have been preparing for our 1st camino in September.
You haven't met us yet but many of you have been part of our "camino conversations" since March when we started planning....& discovered this forum.
Experience & advice shared by forum members has...
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