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I'll be taking my Osprey Stratos 36 that I normally used as a day pack. One thing that I still cannot figure out is what gear is absolutely necessary considering the weather from May 10 to June 15, which is roughly my time there. Specifically:
1. What kind of shoes/boots do I need? Will it be really wet and muddy this time of year? I am completely torn on this one: I hate to walk with wet feet and they will get blistered then, but on the other hand I would hate heavy, waterproof boots in hot weather. Any advice?
2. Sleeping bag? I am inclined to take the lightest 1 season bag that I can find.
3. How cold can it get in the evening and/or at higher elevations? Will a fleece jacket and a waterproof windbreaker be enough? I have a very light, non-waterproof down jacket. Will it be useful or will be too much?
Y'allI'm going to be about a week and a half ahead of you. This will be my third and longest Camino. I've been researching the French way for a long time. Going over the Pyrenees in May is a crap shoot like the Sierras where I live. You can have extremely cold weather a higher elevations at any time.
For this Camino, I'm going to leave my long sleeved shirts at home. I have purchased some summer and winter bike rider sleeves. I'll wear quick dry short sleeve shirts. If is cool I'll add the light weight sleeves, if it's cold I'll add the heavy sleeves. To this I can add or subtract a lite weight down vest and a lite weight fleece and a water proof wind breaker. If it gets real cold I can put on my lite base layer and zip up poncho. I take 2 pair of zip off pants.
If it rains, and it will, your feet are going to get wet or wet and muddy. I wear good wool socks, nary a blister. As to what shoes to wear, it's a personnel preference. I like low cut. I don't like clunky and heavy high tops. You might consider rain gaiters. I'm not sure what part of the south you're from but Y'all have a Buen Camino
Happy Trails
What about light and flexible high tops?. . . As to what shoes to wear, it's a personnel preference. I like low cut. I don't like clunky and heavy high tops . . .
Thanks for the reminder. Forgot that tip. Used it on the Portuguese route.Don't forget, if your boots do get wet, you can always put newspapers in them overnight to speed up their drying out. That worked a charm with my Goretex boots, which got a bit wet during that slippery slide down to Zubiri in the spring.
I live near the "Biggest Little City in the World" aka Reno, NV.Where y'at....
I'm a fellow denizen of da Big Easy. Done the Camino twice. First time flew to Paris and trained down to SJPdP. Second time flew to Madrid and caught bus to Pamplona and on to SJPdP.
On my second Camino half of it was during the month of June. Honestly, neither all that hot or all that cold in Spain. What little chill there was in the morning quickly dissipated, and got warm and in the evening only really got chilly after dark. A fleece pullover and a lightweight Columbia rain jacket worked great for me. I also had a long sleeve tech tee shirt and a couple of short sleeved ones. You don't need gloves. Had a long pair of pants, but never hiked with them on. Only time I wore them was on the flights to and from and sometimes at night while on the Camino. Otherwise I wore lightweight hiking shorts everyday. I thought the weather was great. Not hot and humid like here in southern Louisiana and certainly not cold.
I wore non-waterproof Merrell hiking shoes for both Caminos. You don't need heavy, waterproof hiking boots. The Camino Frances is way more of a walk through rural Spain than it is a hike in the traditional sense. A lot of your walking is on blacktop and concrete. Trail running shoes are a good choice. I wore thin, synthetic running socks and had no blister issues. Those socks are thin and I brought 4-5 pair with me always changing them out if I needed to, and they dried quick on the laundry line. If your shoes do get wet and muddy, so what. Your never in them for too long and when you get to the albergue, wash them off and put them in the sun to dry. That's the advantage of the trail runners and hiking shoes. They dry quick. Heck, they'll dry on your feet. Bring some flip flops to shower with at the albergue.
If you do bring a sleeping bag, get the lightest, smallest warm weather one you can find. The albergues are heated and all those pilgrims inside adds to the warmth. Also many of them provide blankets. I never saw or had any bedbug problems on either Camino.
The key to an enjoyable Camino is travelling light, and also the less stuff you bring the easier it is to get your bag on the plane as a carry-on.
I used to live just up the road from you in Victoria. Miss the barbecue brisket down there.Greetings to my Northern cousins up in NOLA..
From South Texas
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It's not too often that someone calls me a NorthernerGreetings to my Northern cousins up in NOLA..
From South Texas
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I'm planning my first Camino from around May 12, 2016. I'll be doing Camino Frances form St. Jean. I've read a lot of comments about the gear in this forum and it has all been very enlightening. I have a lot of experience hiking, backpacking, and camping and a lot of gear but the Camino will be unique. First, this will be the longest trip by far. Secondly, it's the first time I'm going ultralight. Normally I would carry a lot of stuff just in case, and it seems unavoidable in the wilderness. On Camino, as I realized from y'all posts, I'll never be away from civilization so if I need something I can just buy it. I need to change my mindset about that.
I'll be taking my Osprey Stratos 36 that I normally used as a day pack. One thing that I still cannot figure out is what gear is absolutely necessary considering the weather from May 10 to June 15, which is roughly my time there. Specifically:
1. What kind of shoes/boots do I need? Will it be really wet and muddy this time of year? I am completely torn on this one: I hate to walk with wet feet and they will get blistered then, but on the other hand I would hate heavy, waterproof boots in hot weather. Any advice?
2. Sleeping bag? I am inclined to take the lightest 1 season bag that I can find.
3. How cold can it get in the evening and/or at higher elevations? Will a fleece jacket and a waterproof windbreaker be enough? I have a very light, non-waterproof down jacket. Will it be useful or will be too much?
Any advice will be appreciated.
For this Camino, I'm going to leave my long sleeved shirts at home. I have purchased some summer and winter bike rider sleeves. I'll wear quick dry short sleeve shirts. If is cool I'll add the light weight sleeves, if it's cold I'll add the heavy sleeves. To this I can add or subtract a lite weight down vest and a lite weight fleece and a water proof wind breaker. If it gets real cold I can put on my lite base layer and zip up poncho. I take 2 pair of zip off pants.
Happy Trails
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