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Most of the time on my camino I was only using about 80% of my Mammut pack and it always seemed to overstuffed. I used a few stuff sacks; sleeping bag, clothes bag, electronic stuff bag, first aid bag. And everything else I tried to fill in the voids with. I only used my front pack pocket for my sunhat and didn't use my side pockets. I'd like to go to an under 32L bag next time.
But I kept watching as people with smaller capacity packs kept pulling more and more items out of their packs like it was Mary Poppins magic satchel!!! One thing I think I noticed was no use of stuff sacks. Maybe that fills those voids better?
So how do you pack? Carefully? Shove it all un-stuff sacked? Things hanging off the exterior??? Do you find your method allows for more in your pack?
Yes, don't forget the a ibuprofen, but buy it in Spain. It comes in 600mg there. Buy it before you need it, and you will! It got me from Leon to Santiago!Down sleeping bag at bottom of pack compressed with compression sack and in a ziplock bag to ensure waterproofness. Clothing in second ziplock bag next to sleeping bag at bottom of pack, each clothing item rolled up tightly to minimize wrinkles and for compactness. Third ziplock bag for dirty laundry as next layer up with fourth ziplock containing grooming supplies next to it. top of pack has lightweight Patagonia Torrent hardshell rain jacket and Patagonia NanoPuff jacket ready for easy access if cold or raining. Waist belt pockets used for sunscreen, sunglasses, reading glasses, Ibuprofen. Pack net shovel pocket for snacks, water bottle, drying wet clothes, first aid supplies in ziplock. Total weight last time: 15 pounds. Total weight next time: 12 pounds.
I first walked with a 36l Ospray with a zipper all around. 6 years later they make much lighter ones, and this time, walking del Norte if September and not the Frances, I thought I would bring a sleeping, so now I have a 40l Osprey that fills from the top. I didn't think I would like filling from the top but I used nylon mesh bags (they don't wake people up) and unpack my back very quickly.Most of the time on my camino I was only using about 80% of my Mammut pack and it always seemed to overstuffed. I used a few stuff sacks; sleeping bag, clothes bag, electronic stuff bag, first aid bag. And everything else I tried to fill in the voids with. I only used my front pack pocket for my sunhat and didn't use my side pockets. I'd like to go to an under 32L bag next time.
But I kept watching as people with smaller capacity packs kept pulling more and more items out of their packs like it was Mary Poppins magic satchel!!! One thing I think I noticed was no use of stuff sacks. Maybe that fills those voids better?
So how do you pack? Carefully? Shove it all un-stuff sacked? Things hanging off the exterior??? Do you find your method allows for more in your pack?
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