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  1. ranthr

    Any suggestions for a technical shirt with the performance of Merino but without the drawbacks?

    80% Merino and 20% silk is softer and stronger, Mine is from Northern Playground who repairs them as well if needed.
  2. ranthr

    Permethrin

    Go to the farmacy in SJPDP and ask for Clako. Go to a bench in a park, spray your belongings and let them dry in the sun. Don´t forget your backpack and your shoes. Most gites in France, at least some years ago, would give you a sheet of paper with instructions about how to treat your gear...
  3. ranthr

    I don’t like mummy sleeping bags

    I hate mummy sleeping bags. My first camino sleeping bag was a very lightweight Bergans with a ziplock that made me use it as a cover as well on top of my silkliner. Been with me on several caminos until I bought one antibedbugs sleeping bag which is not a mummytype, that I have carried with me...
  4. ranthr

    Techniques and Tips For Cold Weather Walking

    Interesting point about shoes. Never tried that, but will do sometime needed!😳🙂
  5. ranthr

    Altus rain ponchos purchased in US

    I have got this, used for 3 caminos, not in use anymore since I changed to a lighter and another colour after VdLP in 2011. Felt I attracted by some bulls along the path with the red colour, but somebody at the forum told me later that bulls are colourblind. Could give it away, but guess the...
  6. ranthr

    Carbon vs aluminum hiking poles: experiences and recommendations

    I have used BD carbon poles on the camino for 10 years on different caminos and my one of my first pair from 2011 broke last year. It did not actually break but the system of collapsing did not work any longer. At home I have used the FLZ poles, a bit heavier, for years as well. I do a couple...
  7. ranthr

    The electric coil changed my life on the Camino!

    Wonder where I can buy one small one like this one in your picture? Wish you a merry Christmas @mspath
  8. ranthr

    Poncho quandary — Altus, Frogg Toggs, Vaude, or something else?

    I bought my first Altus in the sport shop below the stairs in Sarria I guess in 2007, having tried one without opening for some weeks. As a solo walker I needed help to put on the poncho, but the Altus solved that problem. It was read, and on the Via de la Plata in 2011, I really felt I was in...
  9. ranthr

    Poncho quandary — Altus, Frogg Toggs, Vaude, or something else?

    I have 2 Altus ponchos, one of the very long with arms and zip and one shorter and lighter also with arms and zip. I think the lightest is a bit thinner, but I used it this summer in rain for a mountain walk of 6 hours and did not get wet. I love the Altus because of the ziplock and the arms...
  10. ranthr

    Packing Strategy when using Luggage Transportation Service

    I have tried Correos a couple of times. I pack my Exos 48 as usual and bring a light bag to leave for luggage transport. This might be the cover I put my backpack during flights. On days without luggage transport, my backpack is my only item. I always walk with my Exos, would never use a small...
  11. ranthr

    Changing worn-down tips on Black Diamond z-poles?

    I have used this poles for years (12) and the first thing I do is to change the black tips into the the screw that follows the pack, you need a pig not a black plastic end when you walk the camino.When the screw tip make to much noise, you put your poles together and donot use them or put a...
  12. ranthr

    Question about raintrousers

    @trecile Rainjacket for keeping me dry in rain and warmer in windy days, altus poncho for extra layer over my backpack and me. A poncho is not as good as a breathing rainjacket. My caminos have been in spring or autumn, so I don’t know what you need in summer. On my first day on the camino...
  13. ranthr

    Question about raintrousers

    Depends on how long you are walking, if you are walking for a week, may be not, but all the way to SdC and Galicia, YES. I would take waterproof gaiters/ gemachen? as well. And an Altus poncho and a rainjacket. When it rains in Biscaya, god help you witnout raingear. I walked there in May/june...
  14. ranthr

    Question about power banks

    Be aware that powerbanks must stay in your handluggage during flights, not in your sent luggage. I bring a light one from apple.
  15. ranthr

    Towel - Help!

    I have tried most of the type traveltowels,but ended up with bringing two small microfiber kitchentowels, the ones you dry your glasses with. 20x40cm, with a waffeled pattern in the cloth, one for hair and face, one for the rest. Much better than any bigger microfiber traveltowel and weighs...
  16. ranthr

    Questioning the wisdom of bringing mosquito netting

    There were a lot of mosquitos at the albergue at Embalse de Encantara when I stayed there on my VdLP. Many people were bitten and thought they had been bitten by bedbugs, but since I live in the north of Norway with lot of mosquitos during summer, I heard the sound of them, put my bedbugsheet...
  17. ranthr

    Questioning the wisdom of bringing mosquito netting

    Bring a small headnet to put over your head if needed. This can do against flies in daytime if you meet hords of them as well as mosquitos or bedbugs during the night. Cover the rest of your body in your sleepingbag. It´s often cold nights in the albergues at that time of the year.
  18. ranthr

    Lone Peak 5 - Sizing?

    Have you tried Hoka shoes. They are broad/ wide and since I have tried both female and male sizes, they seem to be alike, unlike other brands where size european 42 is unlike for men and woman. I usually buy male shoes but in Hoka I have both kinds.
  19. ranthr

    Anyone use Hoka One One shoes?

    I have used hokas for some years now, sky toa for caminos and speedgoat and challenger for walking in mountains at home or in Spain. I used to save tnem for caminos, but with todays possibillyties of walking abroad, I guess they will be my summerfavourite at home when the mud dries up
  20. ranthr

    How many pairs of shoes did you go through?

    I have walked from Le Puy en Velay to Santiago and from Seville to Santiago without having to change to new shoes. Neither on shorter caminos. In most cases I have used the shoes at home for years after.

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