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Leaving April 14. Thinking it could still be pretty cold. Thanks Mike.When and which Camino are you walking? A small stone for Cruz de Ferro, a razor? (if you want but no one else will care); I greatly recommend a raincoat that covers the backpack as well as you such as the Altus; in summer a silk liner is enough for most people rather than a sleeping bag (I prefer it for three seasons)...
Hi C Clearly -- yes I have poles, didn't count them in backpack weight. Evening I have merino wool leggings, plus I have both pants which aren't in picture because I am wearing them. I have 2 pairs of socks in addition to the ones I am wearing. Body glide for feet. Don't have first aid kit.Hi @imsundaze. Does your almost-full 38 L pack really weigh only 9 pounds? You have "jacket", rain jacket and long sleeve merino wool, plus presumably a top you are wearing, but that seems minimal for the cold and wet weather you might encounter, especially with no rain pants or poncho. You need to be sure you have a complete dry layer for the evening, including something longer than bicycling shorts. Do you have any spare socks? Vaseline, foot care and first aid? Walking poles?
Have fun at REI!
I'm a little confused... Are you are wearing 2 pairs of pants and also carrying merino leggings? Anything you are wearing will get wet in the rain, so you need a full dry layer for the evening. (As a suggestion, it would be easier to review a "list" list, rather than a paragraph and photo.Evening I have merino wool leggings, plus I have both pants which aren't in picture because I am wearing them. I have 2 pairs of socks in addition to the ones I am wearing.
... PS I will be starting on the 13th April from SJPDP and I too am struggling with what to pack, what to leave behind and what I should buy on the Camino if it looks like I'll need it. I can't believe that you'll still be at 9lb when you start your camino.
My query is, if I have a Berghaus gortex outer shell and inner fleece, together with waterproofed hiking trousers and a waterproof cover for my backpack do I also need to get a poncho?
The camino Frances is just a long walk in a park. Most of it is very close to stores, shops, cafes, restaurants etc. Just enjoy the walk and stop stressing about what you have. If you need it, you can purchase it, if you don't need it, you can send it on to Santiago or just leave it. Your choice.Tomorrow I will be at REI in a nearby city. This is what I have, excluding pants, hiking shoes, underwear and socks that I will be wearing, and money belt with passport, credencial and credit card. Attached picture, but is sleeping bag, jacket, bra, leggings,sandals(replacing those but included for packing and weight), Tilley hat,toilet paper, backpack cover, backpack, iPhone, charger, medications, soap, toothpaste, razor, sunscreen, toothbrush, running shorts (for sleeping), rain jacket (zipped in its pocket)', gloves, buff, long sleeve merino wool, daypack, towel, 2 pairs underpants, Macabi skirt. Total weight of loaded pack 9 pounds without water. My shoes are north face storm WP, they were my son's he gave them to me already broken in. I am going to buy sandals I can hike in at REI. My pack Gregory J-28 is full but not ridiculous. Thanks! Linda
I hike in the rain regularly here in the Cascade mountains. I have a complete light weight rain suite which keeps me dry, and my Osprey pack has a cover that doesn't always keep the pack dry in stormy weather. I also carry a poncho with me it helps keep the pack dryer when dealing with rain and wind. Sometimes I never have to use it but it is light weight and doesn't take much room. I also only layer light, T shirt smart wool pull over and light fleece and while we are moving it is plenty warm. We are leaving SJPDP on March 17, 2016.Personally, I would never wear somebody else's shoes/boots no matter how much you love them or their feet. I strongly recommend that you get your own pair and wear them in yourself. The shape of the soles of your feet are unique to you. Your son will have moulded the innersole of the boot to his foot shape not yours. Which means that they will not be as comfortable as you might want them to be.
PS I will be starting on the 13th April from SJPDP and I too am struggling with what to pack, what to leave behind and what I should buy on the Camino if it looks like I'll need it. I can't believe that you'll still be at 9lb when you start your camino.
My query is, if I have a Berghaus gortex outer shell and inner fleece, together with waterproofed hiking trousers and a waterproof cover for my backpack do I also need to get a poncho?
Ditto the shoe comment rang out for me too... Break them in for months before you go and are you sure you do not want your own? Hiking in sandals, would not count on for me...loved the comfort of boots....Flip flops for shower and rest at night I would... I loved hiking dress and leggings, and never shaved and loved nice cotton sleeping pants at night with weary bones....I agree with @C clearly it would be so much easier for us if you put everything you plan to take in list form that is called FSO (from skin out) this way we can see more easily what is missing/superfluous instead of having to read through a text/s. Also you write: "My shoes are north face storm WP, they were my son's he gave them to me already broken in." You still will have to 'break them in' for your feet and make sure that they fit your feet. Buen Camino, SY
My query is, if I have a Berghaus gortex outer shell and inner fleece, together with waterproofed hiking trousers and a waterproof cover for my backpack do I also need to get a poncho?
Hi Gareth, if you have a waterproof jacket and trousers you don't need a poncho. The main advantage of a poncho is that it also covers your backpack
Compeed plasters for feet blisters. Different sizes.Hi C Clearly -- yes I have poles, didn't count them in backpack weight. Evening I have merino wool leggings, plus I have both pants which aren't in picture because I am wearing them. I have 2 pairs of socks in addition to the ones I am wearing. Body glide for feet. Don't have first aid kit.
If you bring the Macabi leave the shorts at home as the Macabi can be worn short. No need to duplicate the function.Typo. Wearing one pants. Bringing leggings, Macabi skirt, and shorts. Yes, it is really 9 pounds. Have light stuff. When I add water and some first aid stuff think will still be 10% of body weight. I hope. When I hike in skirt my pants should stay dry.Thanks for helping me!!!! It's my first try.
Steven,For the first time in a couple of years I have listed and weighed all my items. Here it is - if it helps anyone at all!! This is my list for the Camino Sureste in February, but it will be very little different from the list for the Primitivo in May.
Total weight carried [lbs] 21.1
Total weight carried [kgs] 9.6
Hi Anemone!Steven, I would get rid of: Mosquito spray (have never come across one in Spain, and in fact when people ask me why I do not walk at home mosquitos and hot & humdid summers are the 2 reasons). Dog dazer!!! Please don't. Camera - use smartphone for that. If you are carrying so much for the cold I don't understand only one pair of trousers. Ditch the shorts, bring an extra pair of trousers. Some you can roll up to make shorter.
For the first time in a couple of years I have listed and weighed all my items. Here it is - if it helps anyone at all!! This is my list for the Camino Sureste in February, but it will be very little different from the list for the Primitivo in May.
Pilgrimage Packed weights
2016 Weight [gms] Gms
Backpack Ventura 40
5 pegs 2 bulldog clips 45
Mosquito Spray 76
1641 3.6
Wash Kit
Microfibre towel 170
1 razor 5
Toothbrush & Paste 35
Shaving foam, Nailbrush 122
Waitrose 42 wipes 199 531 1.2
Medicine
pills for 28 days 107
28 Naproxen + Zopiclone 30
Panty Liners etc 180
3 Tubes Halls Mentholyptus 102
419 0.9
Sleep Kit
Mossie net & clips 167
Pillow case + Sleeping bag liner 317 just a liner
Earplus [2 pairs] 102 Plugs + sleeping pants
Sleeping bag [Quechua] 684 1260 Large one or 684 small one.
Head torch 1270 2.8
Clothes
Shorts [1 pr + wear trousers] 410g
Shirts [2 + wear 1] 436 Camino T 172g + 1 other 264g
Hankies [3 + take 2] 44
Underpants [2 + wear 1] 252 Take 3 & wear 1
Walking sandals [1 pr] 735
Socks [2 prs + wear 1 pr] 76 wear 1 pair, take 1 pair
1543 3.4
Rain & Cold Rain & Cold Extra Gear
Extra gear: Mac in a Sac Raincoat 441
Gloves + Umbrella 240
L/Weight coat 580
Long sleeve Zipfront Jacket 548
Sweat bands 20
Electrical:
Mobile phone charger 69
Kindle & Charger 288
Dog dazer: 132
Maps, Guides & documentation 100 589 1.3
Total weight on back [lbs] 17.2
Total weight on back [kgs] 7.8
Belt Bag 285
Passport & Wallet 184
Camera 218
Mobile Phone 111
Cap 61
Sunglasses 30
Water belt [full] 713
Dog Dazer 131 1733 3.8
Total weight carried [lbs] 21.1
Total weight carried [kgs] 9.6
No.Are dog packs a problem on the CFrancais?
No they are not, only in Coelho's imagination.What is a dog dazer??
Are dog packs a problem on the CFrancais?
Sorry, Anemone.@Stephen Nicholls , like you the "newbies" you refer to also pack their packs with stuff "for personal reasons" and end up with 20kg. The problem when we post our lists here as an example for others is that things we carry "for personal reasons" may end up sounding as "must be carried".
Greetings, Carfax!What is a dog dazer?? Are dog packs a problem on the CFrancais?
David, Thank you!!! Answering your questions -- I do want to use gloves -- they are light and my hands are old. The third pair of knickers is for -- uh -- emergencies. I will bring a very small first aid kit. No book or notepad or pen. I have the new large size iPhone 6S and it has the kindle app so I am going to use that for everything. I'm not sure about poncho ... still thinking on that one. May do. Much thanks for your time.Hi Linda - this is where women really have it over men, being so much smaller! There is absolutely no way I could do that list and come in under 9 lbs, no way at all!
I just cannot see how you have managed it, especially as your cute 28l rucksack is over two pounds empty! - I think we could use some tips from you!!
I am fairly hopeless at commenting on other pilgrim's packing list, unless they are crazy (some are) .. sure, all will go in a 28 litre - it is interesting to see some packs - big 65'ers packed solid! - honestly!! 25-35 is cool, unless you are a big person - though, you will need to leave space for daily food carrying ... you may want to shop in the morning and carry yoghurt and bread, cheese, sausage, fruit and so on - of which ... if you will be eating yoghurt out there you will want to take a spoon with you!!
You seem pretty cut down already, so you will know that you don't really need gloves as you can use spare socks as mitts, nor to carry two spare pairs of knickers - -one off, one on - what is the third one for?
You haven't listed a book, or notepad and pen, nor a tiny sewing/repair kit, nor a first aid kit - weather is rather capricious lately ... April it should be a wonderful bright late spring .. but on the other hand I have seen it snowing in April ... has been a really mild winter in western Europe so maybe we'll have a gorgeous spring! if not it doesn't matter as there are plenty of shops if you need more kit. I see you have the lightest "zip into own pocket" rain jacket .. do you think that will be enough? you don't mind wet thighs? An alternative is to buy an Altus poncho - which means you could discard the pack cover.
Hang on! no first aid kit? Can you really guarantee that you won't fall over and graze your knees and hands? or get a blister? or insect bite? or inflamed tendons? or, that you won't meet a pilgrim that needs help from your first aid kit as their's is all used up? Think on Linda
In the end Linda - this is YOUR Camino, you take what you want, and have a wonderful pilgrimage
Buen Camino!!
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