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  1. Telluridewalker

    Poles or no Poles?

    I'll throw in my own story, for what it's worth... I just finished hiking 2/3rds of the Colorado Trail, from Denver to Creede, CO (350 miles, 28 days). Very different from the Camino, details of which I may post on another thread somewhere. But as to poles, while I was doing my "shakedown...
  2. Telluridewalker

    Poles or no Poles?

    Don't worry- though not as numerous as Germans, you'll meet plenty of Poles on the Camino! :roll:
  3. Telluridewalker

    do you carry a special non-essential?

    I remember discovering in Spain condensed milk in a tube (toothpaste style, I'd never seen that before in the US). I could buy a baguette and, voila, lunch! (or dinner/breakfast/snack, depending on the situation).
  4. Telluridewalker

    bears do it in the woods

    Here's the best article I've found about human waste disposal: http://www.trailspace.com/articles/back ... posal.html I guess the sticking point would be what you consider the Camino: mostly a walk in the woods or more a walk through peoples' backyards. In my highly regulated town, all dog...
  5. Telluridewalker

    bears do it in the woods

    Yes, I had a trowel with me on my Camino (Frances)- it came in handy often. While I agree that one is not in true wilderness on the Camino, you are often still far from public accomodations. I've also recommended carrying a lighter (to burn the paper in the trowel-dug hole before covering) but...
  6. Telluridewalker

    Random: Safe to have US Flag on backpack?

    You could also wear this one (courtesy of AdBusters magazine), mixing your pride with cynicism...
  7. Telluridewalker

    beard or razor?

    I grew a beard (which I had never done before) on my camino and it surprised everyone I knew how it came out. Think Yukon Cornelius of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer cartoon fame... I think you should go for it. :)
  8. Telluridewalker

    Another Backpack recommendation request

    Anyone out there still using an external frame pack? That's what I used and it served me well. It hauled a fair amount of weight (I'm no gram weenie :P ) and the external frame kept it off my back so I didn't soak the pack with sweat (air layer between me and the pack). Since you're basically...
  9. Telluridewalker

    Is there anything you took ...

    Along the way I jettisoned two pair of jeans, my tent, numerous books and my cooking gear. Being too cheap to simply abandon this stuff, I mailed it off to an address I had lived at the previous year in Madrid. But, when I finally made it back to Madrid before flying back to the States, I...

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