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    Silk liners can't take hot dryer? What do if bed bugs?

    A silk liner is not an insulated piece of cloth. Can't you just take it outside and shake it out?
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    Walking Sticks! (yes, i know)

    I know the subject of 'walking sticks' has been covered innumerable number of times but I have never seen a certain aspect of these aids discussed: How long to make adjustable poles relative to your height. I just completed the Frances in late May and had several comments that my poles were...
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    28L pack on the Camino Frances this October

    Leave you sleeping bag behind. Take a good quality silk liner and borrow blankets if needed. We just finished the French starting April 12th and never had a problem with being cold. It will save you 2-3 pounds and a LOT of space! Good luck.
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    Sleeping bag in early June?

    Our start day is @ April 12th from SJPdP. I'm trying it with a silk sleeping bag liner and a, hopefully, sympathetic girlfriend! I weighed my sleeping bag; 3#,4oz. Eliminating that from my Deuter 34+ backpack brings my on-the-scale weight down to 12#'s !!!!!!! Buen Camino!!
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    Unwanted Equipment on Camino

    Just be sure that you don't give it to one of the scam types who are out there soliciting money for their fake medical conditions.
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    Walking poles on flight

    I'm a little embarrassed to say this because it makes me look CHEAP but I got a note from my doctor declaring the 'sticks' to be a necessary medical device so no charge for baggage. I'm 70, so there's that . . and I did fall down in the last year but it was chasing a tennis ball, and really...

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