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  1. Ian Campbell

    Summer and 2 Pairs of Socks

    Upvote on the wool! I am eight days in on the CF and it's a miracle cure, as well as being an easy and low-maintenance technique.
  2. Ian Campbell

    Very happy with my new pacer poles.

    One other option: the Decathlon chain of stores (which is based in Paris but you can find them all over Europe) has a version of trekking poles with similar handles, though not left/right ergonomic ones...
  3. Ian Campbell

    Very happy with my new pacer poles.

    You have to get them from the company in England. They're not on Amazon or in any stores that I know of. They have a webstore, just search for Pacer Poles. The cost including shipping was $178CAD for the carbon-fibre poles. Took two weeks from submitting the order to receiving the item in...
  4. Ian Campbell

    Very happy with my new pacer poles.

    On this forum I read about Pacer Poles. I suffer (slightly) from arthritis in both thumbs, and this is aggravated by the straps on normal trekking poles. So after reading about the Pacer Poles I ordered a pair, which just arrived today. I assembled them and went for a seven-kilometre hike and I...
  5. Ian Campbell

    Compression bags for clothes packing?

    I have some plastic ones from Eagle Creek that work well and stay seriously airtight for many days. However as I was prepping for an April Camino I noticed they were quite noisy, which everyone says is an albergue no-no. So I went back to mesh bags.
  6. Ian Campbell

    Long Post - My Packing Considerations

    I have the Atmos 50. I picked orange so the drivers could see me. Including the pack, I'm at 9kg at the moment. I'm hoping to shave 1 kg to get to 10%, but it already seems pretty comfortable. It's a good pack. The disadvantage is its 2kg net weight, but I'm not about to spend money for a...
  7. Ian Campbell

    How to use 2-factor ID for banking while traveling with a foreign SIM card

    Makes sense. Also the exchange fee was cheaper with PayPal than Visa. $2.50 cheaper on a $180 transaction.
  8. Ian Campbell

    How to use 2-factor ID for banking while traveling with a foreign SIM card

    More on the workaround front: Google backup codes: you can just print them out and keep them in your wallet. I don't know which other services provide this. I couldn't find them on the Microsoft site. You could create a Gmail account and forward your other account for the duration of your trip...
  9. Ian Campbell

    How to use 2-factor ID for banking while traveling with a foreign SIM card

    Here's another workaround: Paypal I just bought a Renfe ticket with Paypal, after struggling and failing with my overseas credit card.
  10. Ian Campbell

    How to use 2-factor ID for banking while traveling with a foreign SIM card

    I considered this option and it's a good solution for the short-term traveller, as you say. If you're doing the full-scale Camino you're going to want another way, no pun intended. Bell Mobility has the same daily price but it's a 20 days/month cap. If you go to Spain for two months, that's $560...

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