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Snacks will be very important.Actually, water weighs about l kg per liter or 2.2 pounds.
Stay with 1 liter most days and you can carry 2 pounds of snacks to go with the water...and stay at your 15 pounds.
Thank you!!!!Twelve pounds without water is very admirable. Congratulations.
Eleven pounds!! Even more so!!
I utilize my pockets for water. I buy 3 1/2 liter bottles, carry one in each thigh pocket and have one in the pack for emergencies. I refill the bottles in my pockets along the way and discard/replace when I feel they are in danger of becoming sour. They are not expensive and each bottle weighs one pound. I realize that I am still packing the weight, but when distributed around my body, it doesn't seem like it.Thank you!!!!
As I weight 108 and am 5 ft tall (62 yrs old with a bad back) the less I carry the better. I will need all the training I can manage. As you can see, I'm pretty determined to carry my own pack.
Did you, or could you, post your final list of items?And this does not count water. 1.5 liters gets the weight to 15 lbs.
If I toss anymore items I will be walking without clothing.
So that's my goal, to carry 15 lbs for 15 miles. Very glad I have a year to get in shape and I found some good exercises for my back and sciatic nerve issues. Will also go to REI with my loaded pack, get poles and have them show me how to use them.
Thank you all for helping me with ideas to cut the weight.
pack & 2 wash cloths for padding 40 ozDid you, or could you, post your final list of items?
My wife is just about your weight and maybe a couple of inches taller. She was 68 when we walked the CF, and had recently been diagnosed with partial blockage of one of her coronary arteries; the blockage was in a location that could not be corrected with a stent. Her cardiologist gave her the go-ahead anyway (and continues to be amazed at her physical condition three years later). We trained for about a year, slowly building up the distance per week and trying various types of footwear and models of backpacks (REI is the greatest thing since sliced bread). By two or three weeks before departure we were walking about 50 miles per week with full backpacks. Her final pack weight was somewhere between 14 and 15 pounds, including water and snacks -- mine was a couple of pounds heavier. She did fine -- no coronary issues at all, and just a little knee pain in the latter stages. We only had our packs transported one day, and that was because my plantar fasciitis was at its worst, not because of her. Train well, and I expect you'll be fine. The first week or so on the Camino is the worst as your body gets used to the daily grind and adapts to carrying your backpack all day as you walk.Thank you!!!!
As I weight 108 and am 5 ft tall (62 yrs old with a bad back) the less I carry the better. I will need all the training I can manage. As you can see, I'm pretty determined to carry my own pack.
Spent my fair share of time in the deserts of CA and AZ when I was in the military, but never busted out the cold weather gear at 70F, ha ha.The plan is to walk next year in Sept and Oct. We live in the desert with summer temps of 112F+ and a normal winter day of 70F. We wear a jacket or sweater at 70F.
My wife is just about your weight and maybe a couple of inches taller. She was 68 when we walked the CF, and had recently been diagnosed with partial blockage of one of her coronary arteries; the blockage was in a location that could not be corrected with a stent. Her cardiologist gave her the go-ahead anyway (and continues to be amazed at her physical condition three years later). We trained for about a year, slowly building up the distance per week and trying various types of footwear and models of backpacks (REI is the greatest thing since sliced bread). By two or three weeks before departure we were walking about 50 miles per week with full backpacks. Her final pack weight was somewhere between 14 and 15 pounds, including water and snacks -- mine was a couple of pounds heavier. She did fine -- no coronary issues at all, and just a little knee pain in the latter stages. We only had our packs transported one day, and that was because my plantar fasciitis was at its worst, not because of her. Train well, and I expect you'll be fine. The first week or so on the Camino is the worst as your body gets used to the daily grind and adapts to carrying your backpack all day as you walk.
Good for you. My ditty bag is 2lbs even - just weighed it, most necessary - glasses, lenses. But is has soap,shampoo which will all be used and wt will diminish.Twelve pounds without water is very admirable. Congratulations.
Eleven pounds!! Even more so!!
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