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  1. Geodoc

    Ingenious (to me) water bottle solution : )

    I did something similar, but just used a combo of a rigid tube into the bottle inserted into a flexible tube that went from the bottle to the top front of the pack where I could drink from it. No nipple to bite on (which sometimes led to water dribbling down my chest when I let go of the tube)...
  2. Geodoc

    Camino patch

    We made this patch for my wife - she sewed it on her pack just before leaving.
  3. Geodoc

    Deodorant Preferences

    Combine a crystal stick with merino wool t-shirt (or shirt) is an unbeatable anti-stink combo (along with the shower before application and donning, of course). I tried a crystal stick before my first camino (I'm one of those that is chemically sensitive) and found it worked wonderfully. As to...
  4. Geodoc

    Cookwear lunchkit necessity?

    Carla, attaches is a PDF (it's about 12 MB) of my cookbook. Free to all digitally.
  5. Geodoc

    Packing Toiletries for Lightweight Travel on the Camino de Santiago

    Along with toothpaste and a toothbrush, I'd recommend dental floss (also useful for minor equipment repairs). As one who is chemically sensitive (particularly to odors, such as perfume, cologne, detergent, etc.), I carry a mineral deodorant stick...
  6. Geodoc

    Arctic Hats...or something better to recommend?

    The Tilley Organic Airflo
  7. Geodoc

    Hiking poles (please bear with me) need honest advice.

    I used to backpack and hike without poles, disdaining them. Then, during my first Camino, my hands swelled up (a first for me). I decided to try poles and went with Pacer Poles. Months of training followed by walking from SJPdP to SdC to Finisterra to Muxia, then from Ferrol to SdC all in little...
  8. Geodoc

    What not to take? And what to not forget?

    I found Croc sandals to be perfect at the end of the day - useful for both showers and walking about town, and incredibly lightweight (due to the fact that I've got Sasquatch sized feet, I would strap mine to my pack). I used the men's swiftwater sandals (here's the women's version)
  9. Geodoc

    Bottle vs Bladder

    I did something similar for my Camino - but I just used a couple of pieces of tubing (one rigid and one flexible) along with the rubber bands. No mouthpiece, so I had to be sure the tube opening was up and drained back into the bottle or else I wound up having water drain all over my chest.
  10. Geodoc

    Arctic Hats...or something better to recommend?

    I used a Tilly Airflo hat when walking. It kept my head cool due to the mesh that allowed airflow (even in 40C/107F temps) and combined with a Smart Wool merino wool beanie kept my head warm down to 0C/32F temps.
  11. Geodoc

    Backpack Capacity (DaveBugg Bait!)

    I knew that. Just messing with a fellow Washingtonian. Hope you're doing well.
  12. Geodoc

    Backpack Capacity (DaveBugg Bait!)

    Uh, DaveBugg, water does not compact (or compress). It can only expand from its liquid state (to solid or gaseous state). Sorry, geonerd here :cool: Having said (written) that, I do believe water would be the best medium for measuring capacity.
  13. Geodoc

    Cookwear lunchkit necessity?

    You can actually buy them in the camping stores in SJpDP (with the Camino logo!)
  14. Geodoc

    Cookwear lunchkit necessity?

    Voice of dissent. I wound up cooking a lot of my meals (I actually developed a cookbook of menus for my needs for my second camino). For that, I had a 450 mm titanium cup with lid, a 750 mm titanium cup/pot with lid, a spork (plastic - spoon on one end, fork on the other), a lightweight cutting...
  15. Geodoc

    My ultimate packing list

    Most rucks now have a whistle in the chest strap (at least, Osprey's do, and a quick online search shows the Mountain Wear packs do, too)
  16. Geodoc

    My ultimate packing list

    Two 1-liter bottles of water. I found one was insufficient (I also carried mine in the pack bottle pockets and ran a tube from one of the bottles to my front shoulder - easy to drink from without having to pull out the bottle).
  17. Geodoc

    My ultimate packing list

    Nice list (wish I could have packed so light!)
  18. Geodoc

    Your favorite camino hat!

    Not a Canadian, but I wear a Tilley when it's not raining - did great during 40C (104F) days on the meseta, when it was the only shade available and the only breeze was the one I generated by walking. It's the American Express of hats - don't leave home without one (and be sure it's the original...
  19. Geodoc

    PSA: Crocs shrink (and how to unshrink them)

    Try the dryer method mentioned by easygoing earlier in the thread.
  20. Geodoc

    Washing Your Sleeping Bag on Camino?

    I used a silk sleep sack with mine.

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