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  1. Karl Oz

    Poles or No Poles?

    Used a light-weight high-quality walking pole for the first time last year on the Via Francigena. Just for a day as I was delivering it to a pilgrim who had left it behind. What a revelation! All future caminos for me will be with a single pole.
  2. Karl Oz

    What do you wash your clothes with

    The drawback to that CA is that if you are doing it in an albergue you are using the normally limited hot water.
  3. Karl Oz

    What do you wash your clothes with

    Johnson's Baby Shampoo for me.
  4. Karl Oz

    To carry or not to carry an hair dryer?

    But a valid issue for some, nontheless.
  5. Karl Oz

    SIM card for Europe

    Hi, I use an Italian Vodafone sim card that I cannot reload in Vodafone shops in Germany (for example). However, this issue is circumvented by using the Vodafone.it website that has an option to easily reload my account. I suspect each country-specific website offers the same facility.
  6. Karl Oz

    Help! Pack too heavy! — CF Sept & Oct — Senior Woman

    Men are different to women in this respect it seems, but I agree that some of these items could be painlessly discarded, such as powder/body lotion/hand sanitiser. Unless of course the OP has a genuine reason for packing these things. Another suggestion above recommends trousers that convert...
  7. Karl Oz

    Ultimate Dog Repellent

    But others, including I, have had a different experience. Depends on many things, I guess.
  8. Karl Oz

    Are waterproof hiking shoes a good idea?

    Personally I am not sure whether my waterproof Keen boots were all that waterproof. After a few days of trudging through puddles and mud on the Meseta my feet and socks always seemed to end the day wet/damp. Either the water got in or I sweated a lot. A very cold and wet Spring back in 2013...
  9. Karl Oz

    Recommended Shoes

    You forgot fine sand on flat granite slabs on a downhill stretch... (I achieved a perfect pancake landing!)
  10. Karl Oz

    Finally finished my Packing List - 3.700g - Full Comfort (for me at least)

    3.5 is exceptional but 5kg is good. Mine was between 5.5-6kg including some water, albeit without a sleeping bag, which in future I will not forsake. Running of the veritable 'smell of an oily rag'. I used everything, and lacked nothing except a air of running shorts that I will in future...
  11. Karl Oz

    Can I use a liner only?

    It will be Spring so you can expect some cool evenings. Altitude also plays a key role. I've done it with only a liner several times, but never again. There is nothing worse that waking up in the middle of the night cold and with little recourse other than to get dressed and get back in your...
  12. Karl Oz

    Yet another sleeping bag question!

    Is it sufficiently warm at altitude (eg. O Cebreiro) in Spring? A freezing night there in a silk liner back in 2012 is now my yardstick...
  13. Karl Oz

    Walking the way with a 6year old

    Actually, not a bad suggestion. The kids would love it.
  14. Karl Oz

    Which sleeping bag?

    Maybe not Scott! Enterprising thieves have been known use razors to cut-open the ends of sleeping bags and remove the contents. But maybe this is unlikely in an albergue. I put my money belt under my pillow, which I admit is scarcely foolproof either.
  15. Karl Oz

    Your favorite camino hat!

    Endorse that. The baseball caps do not protect the face from the sun sufficiently. I will be additionally taking an broad-brimmed hat on future caminos. Nice photo, by the way!
  16. Karl Oz

    Sleeping bag

    Wish it was me. Have fun, and don't forget the sleeping bag!!😄
  17. Karl Oz

    Sleeping bag

    Well, you did capitalise 'ALWAYS' for emphasis, so you could understand how people with a different experience might want to offer a caution!:)
  18. Karl Oz

    Sleeping bag

    Good advice if you stay in quintas, hotels, pensiones and private albergues - maybe not so efficacious if you are staying in municipal albergues!
  19. Karl Oz

    Sleeping bag

    Agree with this. I'm taking one from now on, as I have had enough of aggravatingly cold nights.
  20. Karl Oz

    Osprey Backpacks are awesome!

    When I read the OP I thought it was an ad. The link to the Osprey website tipped me. But many respondents have taken it at face value, so maybe I was being cynical (and I'm an Osprey user myself).

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