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    Macabi skirt sizing/slim/usage

    I have a regular and slim medium long. The slim has a hem line that is 5 inches smaller, and a weight that is .2 oz smaller. Other difference is that the waist band on the slim is about 4 inches bigger when lying on the bed. To be be home I got the slim because they were out of the color I...
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    Towel - Help!

    I use one I picked up at decathlon. A bit heavy and larger than some but drys fast and dries me. about 30x50 inch
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    What clothes do you wear after shower

    Well I have to say that I carried a little more at three sets of clothing and a pair of shorts to sleep in. I now go by bicycle and still carry three sets of clothing with two pairs of bilking shorts. When you go and how you plan to do laundry is also part of the question. On my winter camino I...
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    Camera Backpack Recommendations

    How do you plan to reach your equipment if it is in a backpack when you are in need of a lens change or other speedy change in equipment? A second real question is how you plan to watch your camera when visiting museums or other location which have a no backpack rule.
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    Question for DSLR users

    Art is 100% in the eye of the beholder but the saying that the camera doesn't matter at all is not truthful. If the options are a great camera in the hands of the unskilled or the bad camera in the hands the skilled. The bad camera will have nicer photos than the good camera but the a good...
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    Free socks

    that is very cool. I had no idea that they guarantee their socks
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    Question for DSLR users

    Thanks for the answer. The rain cover has good reviews with bigger DSLR but I think I will keep with my thought that my camera can take a bit of rain with no problem.
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    Question for DSLR users

    Thanks for the information on the rain cover. Can I ask what camera you are using it with as it gets poor review with mirco4/3 cameras due to being too large?
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    Question for DSLR users

    Thanks to everyone who has replied to the question. Yes the question comes up every year but it is great to see changes in how cameras are carried. As to if a DSLR should be taken we all have our own answers depending on our own camera use.
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    Any small but good thermos flasks?

    Thank you I find that to very helpful.
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    Question for DSLR users

    Here is a link to the bag I use with a padded camera insert that is 3x4x3 inch I also hold my passport, atm card, and a little money in it...
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    Question for DSLR users

    I carry a small very small mirrorless with a couple lenses in a poach/camera case on the front of my hip belt. Please note this is a very small m43 and smaller lenses. the poach has a thin shoulder strap I use in the evenings. The poach is not part of the backpack but has belt loops. I don't...
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    Any small but good thermos flasks?

    I am glad that you like them I was hoping one of them was more a a group test of the flacks but I only posted the first five google hit. I didn't read them but would love to know if there is a study of say 5-10 of the top flacks of the temp taken once an hours for ten hours.
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    Any small but good thermos flasks?

    OK a link of reviews by backpacking sites as most of us have a only had a few of the current for sale thermoses. https://www.popularmechanics.com/adventure/outdoor-gear/g3089/best-thermos/ https://keepithot.co/best-hiking-camping-thermos...
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    Any small but good thermos flasks?

    This is a great thread but does anyone have a link to a study by a site like backing packing lite or backcountry gear that reviewed a set of them for which worked best?
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    Walking with grandmother gear plan

    I have thought on the thought of using the bag forward services as I see from other post that what I ran into in 2010 is no longer the case on how it is done. Can am one tell me about jacotrans, Correos and others, both pros and cons for each.
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    Walking with grandmother gear plan

    I have no clue if it works better than it did in 2010 when I last walked and tried the bag services which was a total disaster for non spanish literate, very hard time in finding bags walking up to 4km trying to find the bags and alberages bags sent to never had beds close to Santiago. The only...
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    Walking with grandmother gear plan

    May great fear from my past camino is that every day we may not walk the planned distance and I have not want to be looking for the pack by walking forward and then back or trying to carry a daypack and main pack forward as we want to walk more. I in way want grandma to be trying to walk farther...
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    Walking with grandmother gear plan

    Hello I am planning on walking with 84 grandmother. She has had both shoulders replaced in last 5 years. We plan on walking between 7 May and 17 June 2018. We plan on walking the Camino Frances route at 10-15 KM starting Burgos a day with bus for hills, rain days and other problem days. Planned...
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    WHat size backpack for a small woman?

    Do you need 56L, I ask as smaller volume pack are lighter? I would first look at the packing list and without the pack try to get it to about ten or less pounds including water. Then carry it all to a large hiking store and try out packs until you hit a good one.

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