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Kanga and Phlipilgrim's ideas, taken together, are the optimum solution in my experienced opinion. This works ideally in an albergue. I use a variation of this myself.
As I stay in hostals whenever possible and usually have a room to myself, or sharing with another interested pilgrim, my preferred method is to use TWO very large (but featherweight) plastic "S" hooks, hooked over whatever passes for a curtain rod in the room. I buy the "S" hooks in a bath supply shop or China store.
To the bottom curve I attach one or two, long "can" band, rubber band or two. The bands can be used without the "S" hooks if necessary. These long (30 - 40 cm, 18 - 20 " +/-) rubber bands are sold in many grocery or DIY stores to attach plastic bin liners to trash cans.
I buy bands that are wider, about 1 cm (.25 in). The choice to use one or two bands to a side depends on the expected weight of the laundry I intend to hang over this rig. I usually use two to each side, just-in-case. Besides, the bands have a myriad of uses and are long enough and tough enough to use as a tourniquet in an extreme medical emergency, or simply to attach stuff to the outside of a rucksack.
From these long rubber bands, I hang one of my hiking poles extended to the longest length possible, about 130 cm long (51 in.). The result is a horizontal hanging rig for drying clothes. It works even on the end of a bunk bed with tubular railings. In essence, it replaces having a shower / tub curtain rod to throw your clothes over.
Finally, I carry FOUR lightweight, plastic travel hangers. The hooks swing down to double over the horizontal part. I found them deep in one of my storage closets. They were purchased to use with regular luggage years ago and forgotten. Each hanger weighs 42 gms. (1.5 oz). All in, they weigh as much as a bar of soap.
They fit, two to a side in my rucksack, where they serve as vertical stays. I use smaller rubber bands to hold them together in pairs.
The hangers enable me to maximize the efficiency of whatever drying rig I use, no matter where I am staying. They hold shirts or jackets easily. I use some of the few short wooden clothespins (10) I carry to fasten socks, underwear, towels or pants (tops and/or bottoms) to the hangers. The hangers hang perpendicular to the hiking staff "clothes rod" I described above and expedite drying.
I hope this technique helps...
BDW, the title of this thread sounds like a mystery novel!
Get those suction cups with hooks from the dollar store, aka Chino is Spain. You can hang you ziplocks from them. But why would you need to? Clothes and towel,over the bar. In 95%+ of cases,shower stalls will be larege enough for your clothese not to get wet, or there will be a partition, or a place to put them just outside. Pilgrims have been able to work it out with put this forum before, you'll be ok.I never had a problem finding a place to loop the string of my dry bag. If you have something without a drawstring, you may need to take a hook of some sort.
To those of us who have witnessed someone really hanging in the shower, the title of this thread caused a certain sharp intake of breath!Good Morning Pilgrims
I'm off next week and I'm in the process of finalising all those last minute things. I have a question regarding the shower cubicles, is there anything on the back of the doors that I can hang the likes of washing bag, clean cloths, valuables etc?
If not I still have time to go and source some sort of hook arrangement.
@sirjohnharington, the feeling is there deep inside me that I/we must acknowledge that your memory of a traumatic event was triggered here. I am sorry for the traumatic event, and sorry that you witnessed it.To those of us who have witnessed someone really hanging in the shower, the title of this thread caused a certain sharp intake of breath!
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Thank you for changing it. Sorry to have been a bit sensitive!To those of us who have witnessed someone really hanging in the shower, the title of this thread caused a certain sharp intake of breath!
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Hi. Every shower arrangement each day is different. This last walk, I did take a light plastic hook. Primarily for hanging my pack off the end of the bunkbed (so it did not have to go on the floor, or take up a chair). I often used the hook for the shower too, so it will stay in my Camino gear.
This is a girl question! Do all the shower facilities provide individual shower stalls for privacy? Or are some a throwback to the gang showers from high school where there is no privacy at all? Thanks!
Hi, dee, In my experience, the vast majority of showers in the albergues are individual stalls. There are a few here and there that are open rooms with a bunch of shower heads (I remember this most recently on the Sanabres in Castro Dozon), but that's infrequent. Even with some of the stalls that are individual, though you may not have total privacy because of the difficulties of squeezing several shower stalls in a small place -- for instance, there may be several in a row with walls between them but not walls closing them off on the fourth side. I don't think it's a real issue, though and I have never known of any problems. You just learn to make do -- hot water or cold water, individual shower or open, the shower at the end of the day is a real treat.
For me the far bigger issue is the cleanliness (or lack) on the floors of the stalls themselves. I always seem to pick up plantars warts on my feet no matter how careful I am about wearing sandals in the shower, etc. What happens, I think, is that when the drain is clogged up, the water may rise over the level of my sandals, and my feet pick up the virus that way. Buen camino, Laurie
I wonder if what we would call here, Aqua Socks would be better; they are tighter fitting, although they do tend to be a bit of the weighty side….Hi, dee, In my experience, the vast majority of showers in the albergues are individual stalls. There are a few here and there that are open rooms with a bunch of shower heads (I remember this most recently on the Sanabres in Castro Dozon), but that's infrequent. Even with some of the stalls that are individual, though you may not have total privacy because of the difficulties of squeezing several shower stalls in a small place -- for instance, there may be several in a row with walls between them but not walls closing them off on the fourth side. I don't think it's a real issue, though and I have never known of any problems. You just learn to make do -- hot water or cold water, individual shower or open, the shower at the end of the day is a real treat.
For me the far bigger issue is the cleanliness (or lack) on the floors of the stalls themselves. I always seem to pick up plantars warts on my feet no matter how careful I am about wearing sandals in the shower, etc. What happens, I think, is that when the drain is clogged up, the water may rise over the level of my sandals, and my feet pick up the virus that way. Buen camino, Laurie
You shouldn't worry -- for whatever reason I always get them but the people I walk with, who take the same showers I do, don't. It's just my little camino inconvenience.Thanks, Laurie!
Eeew. Not excited about the planters warts!
Dee
I wonder if what we would call here, Aqua Socks would be better; they are tighter fitting, although they do tend to be a bit of the weighty side….
Deviating from the original question, when using the out door clothes washing facilities wrap your flannel around a shower gel bottle or similar and that will act as a plug.
Thanks for the photo - that's great. I've been wondering about this 'shower' question myself, and how to hang my rucksack...problem solved
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