Hi, I'm not sure this is the right place for the question but I haven't seen it upon looking around...
I wear gas permeable "hard" contact lenses (not disposable). These limit my wearing time to about 18 hours a day and require cleaning and soaking overnight, and a place to put them in in the morning. The soaking fluid and cleaning fluid would probably need to be packed - it might or might not be available on the trail in one of the larger cities. I would have to take a sink stopper of some kind with me - in the event of sinks with no way to plug it so I don't lose a contact down the sink accidentally.
I'd just switch to glasses, but over the period I am out of contacts, my eyes will change shape to a certain extent and my contacts may not fit or may no longer be the correct prescription. This would not happen if I walk for a week at a time, but if I do the full camino, it's a reality. I do need my glasses at night if I take my lenses out and then want to read or something...but I can do without them if I absolutely have to. But for the walk, my uncorrected vision is 20/400 so I am legally blind without some visual aid. :shock:
I could perhaps switch to disposable contacts but carrying enough of them would add to my pack weight...that's assuming they are even made in my correction (I also have astigmatism) .
Has anyone dealt with contacts on the Camino and if so, how?
I wear gas permeable "hard" contact lenses (not disposable). These limit my wearing time to about 18 hours a day and require cleaning and soaking overnight, and a place to put them in in the morning. The soaking fluid and cleaning fluid would probably need to be packed - it might or might not be available on the trail in one of the larger cities. I would have to take a sink stopper of some kind with me - in the event of sinks with no way to plug it so I don't lose a contact down the sink accidentally.
I'd just switch to glasses, but over the period I am out of contacts, my eyes will change shape to a certain extent and my contacts may not fit or may no longer be the correct prescription. This would not happen if I walk for a week at a time, but if I do the full camino, it's a reality. I do need my glasses at night if I take my lenses out and then want to read or something...but I can do without them if I absolutely have to. But for the walk, my uncorrected vision is 20/400 so I am legally blind without some visual aid. :shock:
I could perhaps switch to disposable contacts but carrying enough of them would add to my pack weight...that's assuming they are even made in my correction (I also have astigmatism) .
Has anyone dealt with contacts on the Camino and if so, how?