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    Walking the Pyrenees with pre teens all unfit.

    Hi Crazy! Although I loved the Pyrennees, one thing to think about is the lack of options for accommodation. Most days it's up to you if you walk five kilometres or twenty five - there are often options for accommodation every few miles. If your kids rebel in the Pyrenees, you're up in the...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    Fair enough. In fact, I've also got a scarf, a sheet sleeping bag, a miniature towel, a reflective emergency blanket... With a pack cover and a few stuff sacks on top I can do the dance of the seven veils!
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    I don't know! It's probably unpredictable anyway but I'm not even sure what the expected range is for end May/start June. The average temperatures for the two months are very different and I'm not sure how much colder orisson would be than st Jean anyway. But either way, I've got three nights...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    Yeah, ok, you've persuaded me. That's a good reason to carry the extra weight of a cover/poncho.
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    Yes, I definitely plan on doing laundry every night! I had been planning on alternating the ls and the t for daywear - I've certainly used the ls for walks in full sun/blazing heat in the uk and found that at least when on the go it's cooling rather than hot to be covered. Can get sticky when...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    I've dug out lightweight leggings and a third top. Neither the weight nor the volume will change things dramatically and I was in two minds about only having one change of clothes, so I'm now leaning towards bringing them along whatever pack I go for. Less sure about rain pants - I've got...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    Ha! These two responses came in just as I was thinking I'd chuck in some yoga tights and another top for extra spares/sleep and now you've sent me back the other way. Ok then - I'm going to stop overthinking this. No one seems to think I'm doing anything dangerous and the rest I'll find out...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    Good to know. I'd been planning just to keep my clothes and anything else that mattered in drysacs and let the pack get wet. Is that daft? It seemed like that would give me organisation and waterproofing in one hit. (Of course some of the packs come with integrated rain covers anyway)
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    I've just had a look at your blog, Nidarosa - some very useful stuff on there so thanks for the tips. And I do indeed have my eye on the 30L Tempest. Your golite sounds amazing - roughly the same weight as the Tempest so it's just extra volume for free. I can't immediately see Golites on...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    I agree about pack weight. The pack is likely to be my single heaviest item even if I go light which is one of the reasons I'm thinking about it so hard. I wouldn't say money is no object, but I also have an eye to long term use - is, say, a 36L going to be too big for now yet too small for...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    Thanks Keith!
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    My sleeping bag is tiny, yes. It's a [checks label] North Face Scorpio, apparently. Summer weight (and I've had some chilly nights pushing its limits because it's the only bag I own) but it seems ideal for this. MTtoCamino - when I went camping as a child, my mum had a camping sink, together...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    Thanks all. I'm definitely happier to go with less and buy as I need things as long as there's nothing I'm inevitably going to need, or might need badly and urgently while on the trail. And as you say, whatever you're carrying cash/cards (plus insurance, a smattering of Spanish and hopefully a...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    This is really helpful. That's on the logic that if it rains I'm going to need to buy more clothes?
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    Yes - all of those things were already coming except the vaseline, this was just meant to be a list of the clothing. My "washkit" is soap (multi-use), deodorant, razor, toothbrush +paste, comb, hair ties, contact lenses, sunblock and chapstick, with some tissues for the toilet kept separately...
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    Do I need more stuff...?

    I need to buy a pack to do my first stage of the camino frances over the last weekend of May (only four days of it - all the time I have for now so just doing SJdPP - Pamplona but intending to go on to finish over 2 - 3 longer trips over the next few years). Tonight I thought I'd get together...

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