Kathie Morton
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 5/2017
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I'm doing my Camino starting in May from St Jean. I've been fortunate living in the NW United States to practice all types of weather with my intended gear...I have pretty much all of it together except gloves.
The ones I have are either too thick or too thin, and not waterproof.
Is this something I should overly concern myself with or just muck it out with the thin gloves or none at all?
Thank you,
Kathie Katie
I walked in spring 2015 and had sunshine most days. My hands never got fried, just golden brown...maybe cuz I'm half Italian! Lol. I did however, appreciate my gloves on some of the colder mornings!If you walk with poles, I highly recommend a pair of light gloves on the sunny days or else your hands will be fried in no time.
I agree on taking thin ones. I brought microfleece cheapies I purchased at a local Dollar store for a mere $2 US and they worked fine to keep my hands warm on two spring Caminos on cold mornings. My opinion is that we often think expensive items are needed to do a good job, but often it's not true, especially with the smaller items packed.I would take the thin ones.
What month were you walking when you encountered such heavy rain? I was surprised to hear the merino mittens didn't keep your hands warm enough. The pictures of your handiwork are very attractive! CCI knit my own with merino wool and they are WONDERFUL! They have short fingers plus a mitten-type piece to pull over the ends of the hands. A little mini-mitten for each thumb too. The mittens can be flicked back when taking photos or when you warm up a bit. As fabulous as they were, I still did get cold after hours in the driving rain and being unable to dry out the mittens from one day to the next. But I was warmer than my kids with microfleece gloves.
You can find the pattern at http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/podster-gloves
Hey Trebert! Good to hear from you!Yes @kdespot just today I bought some very light sunproof gloves. I started my Camino last year at SJPDP in late March so needed light hiking gloves for warmth, especially in the mornings. Before too long, the backs of my hands were getting burned - they were often exposed to the sun many hours a day when it got too warm to wear the hiking gloves. I use walking poles. Next time I'm taking 3 pairs of gloves: light hiking, waterproof, and very light sunproof. But I intend to usually walk in cooler weather. I use a camera often so need my hands in full working order at all times. If you use poles, your hands will be out there in the rain and wind and sun.
We walked in May from Sevilla and had a week of nonstop rain. By the time we got up to the Sanabres it was raining again;-)What month were you walking when you encountered such heavy rain? I was surprised to hear the merino mittens didn't keep your hands warm enough. The pictures of your handiwork are very attractive! CC
Hi there despot, how you doin'? I'm not getting alert emails lately so just found your greeting.Hey Trebert! Good to hear from you!
I'm doing my Camino starting in May from St Jean. I've been fortunate living in the NW United States to practice all types of weather with my intended gear...I have pretty much all of it together except gloves.
The ones I have are either too thick or too thin, and not waterproof.
Is this something I should overly concern myself with or just muck it out with the thin gloves or none at all?
Thank you,
Kathie Katie
It does help, t2anrdeo - I just looked on Target website. My good ski gloves have thin liner gloves inside which are themselves good quality and lightweight (like the runners or bicyclist's gloves). A polyester material with gripping front surface, I guess if you take off your heavy ski-gloves in the snow, your hands still stay warm, but functional in these liner gloves. So based on all of the above, I've just decided to bring these liner gloves which should be okay in late May should the mornings be cold those first few days out of SJPP. Again, thanks all!I recommend thin microfiber gloves almost year round. They insulate when wet, are lightweight, and can be purchased nexpensively in a discount retailer.
I am partial to Champion C9 branded "runner's gloves." I buy mine in Target. But you can source similar gloves almost anywhere.
I hope this helps.
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