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Great to know. We're starting in a month and I've been second guessing the quilt and silk liner system we'd planned to take. Thanks for sharing JF, it makes me feel better about it.
I know this is an old thread, but I have to ask: Just what is a "meths, cooker and pot"? Sounds like something you'd get arrested for in this part of the world! ;)
Rick,
Glad to hear you like Project Fi. I got one of the new Google phones (With its great camera!) and signed up for Google service partly in anticipation of my Camino. Good to hear others are happy with the service.
Marty,
Thanks a lot! It really sounds like an excellent bag, and I really want to get a Flicker. But I just can't bring myself to buy them for the whole family. I also know that if I spend that much on gear, I'd wind up being overly concerned about the bags and taking care of them. Something...
Thanks for all the replies. We'll be flying into Spain at the end of February, and it'll be four of us: myself, my wife, and our two children. For my own peace of mind and to ensure the children are warm & happy, we will be taking some sort of quilt or sleeping bag.
Jozero - I'm glad to hear...
Hello, everyone,
I'm collecting gear for my family's early spring Camino Frances. I was planning on buying lightweight down sleeping bags for my family, specifically the Feathered Friends "Flicker", which converts from a bag to a quilt. It's gotten great reviews and is under 2lbs, but, the...
We'll be leaving St Jean around the 2nd or 3rd of March, depending on how well everyone gets over jet lag. We've allotted almost 7 weeks to walk so we can go at the kids' pace and take rest days. So if we are slow and you are fast (which may well be the case), we might run into each other near...
Gumba,
There's a lot of good advice here. I've yet to do the Camino, but have plenty of experience backpacking on long trails. One thing that I haven't seen mentioned yet is pack weight. There's a large variation in bags of even the same capacity when it comes to how much they weigh, mostly...
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