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  1. Pelen

    Poll How heavy is your backpack?

    1 liter of water weights exactly 1kg.
  2. Pelen

    Poll How heavy is your backpack?

    On your last Camino, how heavy was your backpack without water? https://www.rapidtables.com/convert/weight/pound-to-kg.html
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    Maps.me and godesalco.com

    Am I correct when I think that I can download a map from godesalco.com and use it in the app map.me? If that should be possible, can someone explain how to do it? I have tried to download the different type of files, but how do I find them in map.me and which file type is correct?
  4. Pelen

    Osprey Backpacks are awesome!

    I have aN Osprey Talon 33. I am 176 and the male models fit me best. I love it. The weight is 0,9 kg.
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    Apple Watch on the Camino

    When I walked the first time I didn't not have roaming on so my Apple Watch dit not had GPS-connection when walking. My watch was the best one to count the lenght when we walked even though it had no GPS-connection. One friend had a Polar and the other a Garmin. For me it was valuable and...
  6. Pelen

    Who has packed the lightest pack?

    I used a bottle like this for washing powder. It was very convinient and relatively light.
  7. Pelen

    Raincoat or poncho?

    A rope around your waist?
  8. Pelen

    Raincoat or poncho?

    I bought this one now. Hope it fits me better than the one I had before. https://letsdeal.no/deal/7t41k9yu1ne6/poncho It will be delivered from GadgetBay Limited.
  9. Pelen

    Raincoat or poncho?

    Smart. I have used one that is not so long (I am tall) and that is not optimal. On the other hand, as you wrote, it is not so important in the summer.
  10. Pelen

    Raincoat or poncho?

    Can you show us a picture on how it could look like? This is a really good solution, I would also like to have full zip front. Have someone seen it in a store?
  11. Pelen

    What clothes do you wear after shower

    The good thing with zip-off hiking pants is that you can wear the shorts and wash the zip-offed pants if they are muddy. The bad thing is that you anyway need something more if you need to wash also the shorts or they are wet. I am living in Europe so I just walks for a week each time so I...
  12. Pelen

    What clothes do you wear after shower

    I bring safetypins to to hang clothes that is not dry on my backpack when walking.
  13. Pelen

    What clothes do you wear after shower

    I wear tomorrow’s walking clothes in the evening. I don’t always wash the second layer everyday. It depends on if they have been much on or not or if the trousers is dirty. Next time I will have one more second layer (thin fleece or similar) so it is easier to wash these (because I normally...
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    Raincoat or poncho?

    I had a poncho last time but I will maybe take a jacket next time. If I have a jacket that is a combined jacket and rain jacket I can use it in the evenings. The less positive with that is that the jacket maybe is a little less good in heavy rain, that it take a little more space when not used...

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