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No worries, you will quickly figure out what you really need within the first few days of carrying all that stuff on your back. Then you will either gut it out and carry it all, hire a service to haul your stuff to the next stop, or you'll remove about 1/3 OF YOUR stuff via to the garbage can...
I started with 18 pounds, I am 57 yr old women over 200 pounds. It was too heavy for me so I got it transported for a week until I got a little more conditioned. Then I slimmed it down to 12 pounds and shipped excess stuff to Santiago and picked it up there at the end of my journey.
I had my bag transported after the first few days of carrying it on a few very hot days. It was fabulous, saved my body, my energy. I did this for about 1 week and then I went back to carrying it myself because I wanted to and preferred the freedom of not having to choose your destination for...
I have Osprey 36L, I bought a 3 pack of ultra light weight cubes. 1 lg pk for clothes, 1 med pk for socks & undies, 1 sm pack for nighttime stuff (charger, ear buds, sleeping pills & pain pills). I have a small nylon bag that has my shower stuff & PJs (flipflops, leggings, tanktop, toiletry bag...
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