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  1. Urban Trekker

    Mountain Warehouse

    There are three things you don't want to skimp on. Your back pack, your shoes, and your sleeping bag. Go to a established outdoors store. Buen Camino Happy Trails
  2. Urban Trekker

    Footwear inquiry for the Pyrenees section

    I was with the first group to cross the Napoleon route the 15th of April of last year. Weather permitting it should be open at the end of April. When you get to Saint Jean I highly recommend that you buy the Michelin Camino de Santiago guide book. It has everything you need and nothing you...
  3. Urban Trekker

    Please rate my packing list

    Well thought out list. I prefer to check my bag in because I take my poles and pocket knife. I made a nylon duffel bag to put my pack in. I slip it on at the airport when I check in and put it in my pack when I pick it up at baggage claim.. It also protects my straps from the baggage apes...
  4. Urban Trekker

    Can anyone confirm or refute the following....?

    I walked the French way last April and May. It was cold sometimes very cold. It was wet. It was windy. It was muddy very very muddy. I wore a tee shirt and base layer upper, trekking pants, wool socks and high top boots daily. My kit for cold weather was a set of medium weight biker...
  5. Urban Trekker

    charging phones in pilgrims refuges

    Amazon.com in travel electronics. Amazon.uk also sells them. You might try travel stores or electronic stores. Do you have Nakumatt ?
  6. Urban Trekker

    The best option for footwear/socks/rain gear

    Finding shoes that you like and work for you takes time and patients. I went through a lot of shoes and boots until I founds the Adidas TeraX low and high top shoes. I've been wearing them for almost 3 years. No blisters. No twisted ankles. I have a hard heal strike and push off on the ball...
  7. Urban Trekker

    charging phones in pilgrims refuges

    I'm carrying a 4 port adapter. I plug it in and 4 devices can be charged at the same time. My understanding is that I may be quite popular in the albergues. :) Happy Trails
  8. Urban Trekker

    Essential clothing (men only)

    I'll give it a go but I don't think my dog robber is going to be too happy.
  9. Urban Trekker

    Backpack safety

    Ordered on line from Z Pack.
  10. Urban Trekker

    Sleeping Quilts v Sleeping Bags

    I have issues with closed in feeling I get with liners. A sheet is something I could try. Thanks. Buen Camino
  11. Urban Trekker

    Backpack safety

    Bathrooms/showers--I walk the caminos with a friend so we use the buddy system. One watches the gear while the other in the shower/bathroom. Valuables--I use a Z-Pack shoulder bag to hold my valuables. Its water prof and has 3 attachment buckles on each side. I attach the neck strap at the...
  12. Urban Trekker

    Sleeping Quilts v Sleeping Bags

    Probably a good thing to wonder. The low temp listed is the survival temp not the comfort temp.
  13. Urban Trekker

    Sleeping Quilts v Sleeping Bags

    I start the French Way on the 14th. I'm using 2 down travel blankets. One for the bottom and one for the top. I am a little claustrophobic so mummy bags and liners are not an option. Think it will be enough?
  14. Urban Trekker

    Sleeping Quilts v Sleeping Bags

    Bringing you own trees too. No trees on the Meseta. ;)
  15. Urban Trekker

    Rainware....From a different perspective

    The body has 2 halves, the top half and the bottom half. You only have the top half covered. The top half does need to be kept dry and warm unlike the bottom half but walking with a soaked bottom sucks.:D Buen Camino
  16. Urban Trekker

    A confused newbie.......

    As stated above, the fleece most people refer to, and use, is made of polyester, think recycled water and soda bottles. It mimics wool fleece by helping retain body heat even when wet. The heaver the fleece the warmer it is. POLARTEC , for example, uses a 100, 200, and 300 code to rate their...
  17. Urban Trekker

    What to do in the shower?

    You're right, all I need is a pair of board shorts and I'm all set for the laundry or shower or nap. Good suction cup hooks work great and the weigh almost nothing but I kept leaving them on the walls, doors and mirrors in the restrooms when I was done done :(. The plastic hooks that go over...
  18. Urban Trekker

    Happy feet?

    Question, did you wear the same socks you're going to wear on the camino when you got fitted for the shoes? Believe it or not this can be crucial in getting a good fit. The burning you feel is a hot spot and a precursor to a blister. See if the shoe retailer will take the shoes back and try...
  19. Urban Trekker

    What to do in the shower?

    Take a friend :p or get a S hook from a sporting goods store. I carry a plastic hook with a swivel clip at the bottom. Buen Camino
  20. Urban Trekker

    We need some advice about shorts!

    See Ivar's picture from yesterdays forum. Tell your friend to take his zip off trekking pants. Shorts and base layer bottoms is risky at best. Besides the pant legs might weigh a couple of ounces at best. Buen Camino

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