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Somewhere between 0.5 and 2.0 litres, depending on weather, the particular stage, your metabolism, and your views on hydration.Are you able to make a recommendation in litres?
Somewhere between 0.5 and 2.0 litres, depending on weather, the particular stage, your metabolism, and your views on hydration.
Which camino are you thinking of, and what time of year? Each morning, look at the weather and at the route ahead to see if there are towns, and decide what you'll need. Maybe keep an emergency bottle of 0.5 L in the bottom of your pack. The longest stretch with no facilities is 17 km, after Carrion de los Condes.
How much water would you carry on a training walk of, say 10 km? You will very rarely need to walk further than that without finding a source.
I happily carry just 0.5 litres most of the time for late fall and early spring on the Camino Frances, but many people would be aghast at this small quantity.
Kanga gives the information about the Napoleon route, where the steepest/hardest section is before Orisson, where you can get a refill, at least as long as the refuge is open. You haven't said when you are walking, which makes a huge difference, as does the weather of the day.At home I carry 1.5 litres for 10 km but I've never walked over anything like the Pyrenees!
Are you also planning on carrying the (heavy) stainless steel bottles?This part is NOT about the Camino, but about trekking in general. My wife and I trek on foot, and by bicycle, mostly in the Southern/Central California climate. Unless we know the trek will be very short, we both carry two 800-ml stainless water bottles.
That is 1.6 liters, or almost 1.7 quarts. So far (knock on wood) we've never come up short, though there have been times when I -- a free-sweating fellow -- had to "borrow" a sip or two from my wife.
This part IS about the Camino. We plan to carry the same amount on the CF in 2019, and we'll be walking in the late September - early November time frame. If we need more (unlikely), we can purchase disposable water bottles along the way.
That's exactly how I've done it every time I walked the Camino and it worked fine for me.Last April's trip I opted for just purchasing two .5L waters at the Super Mercado across the river from the Burgos cathedral. One of the cheap brands came in a plastic bottle that looked like beautiful cut crystal. Of course I had to buy those! 1L I found to be sufficient in the rain on the meseta.
According to my digital postal scale, our 800-ml stainless bottles weigh 5.63 ounces (159.6 grams) each. As a matter of long-standing principle I always carry at least one metal bottle on our treks. That will include the CF. My wife may decide likewise; that's up to her. The other two (or more) we carry will likely be disposables.Are you also planning on carrying the (heavy) stainless steel bottles?
I did switch from bladder to side bottles, because it is much easier to reload a bottle at the convenient water fountains, than unpack your bag and refill your bladder.
Somewhere between 0.5 and 2.0 litres, depending on weather, the particular stage, your metabolism, and your views on hydration.
Which camino are you thinking of, and what time of year? Each morning, look at the weather and at the route ahead to see if there are towns, and decide what you'll need. Maybe keep an emergency bottle of 0.5 L in the bottom of your pack. The longest stretch with no facilities is 17 km, after Carrion de los Condes.
How much water would you carry on a training walk of, say 10 km? You will very rarely need to walk further than that without finding a source.
I happily carry just 0.5 litres most of the time for late fall and early spring on the Camino Frances, but many people would be aghast at this small quantity.
My roommate is super hydrated, everytime she drinks something, she has to relieve the same amount almost immediately.
To help inform others' plans, what time of year was this?In 2015 I sucked my 2 litre hydration bladder dry between SJ and Orisson. Was very hot and the sweat was pouring off me!
28th JulyTo help inform others' plans, what time of year was this?
If I'm expecting to use a lot of water I'll use an Osprey pack which has an external bladder pocket. A lot less of a pain in the rump to refill... but still a bit of a pain! Otherwise I go for the Nalgene (my iPad just tried to autocorrect that to "anal gene") bottle in a side pocket.I did switch from bladder to side bottles, because it is much easier to reload a bottle at the convenient water fountains, than unpack your bag and refill your bladder.
Sponge?Perhaps you can provide another word for someone who drinks at the expense of another.
You can refill your water bottles three times going between SJPDP and Roncesvalles on the Route Napoleon - at Hunto (5km from SJPDP), Orisson (8km from SJPDP) and at the fountain near the border with Spain, which is about another 8km from Orisson. It has always been running when I've been there - maybe other members could perhaps confirm that.
On the Camino Francés I find is sufficient to carry two 600ml bottles and to keep refilling them - all except for one stage on the meseta after Carrion de los Condes when I keep an extra 600ml bottle in my pack. You may drink more than me so need more.
The issue is not really how much to carry, but how often you can refill. If you go to this Godesalco website and use the planner you will see that only a couple of villages are more than 10km apart.
I don't think so. I rather think it is expecting someone else to carry something you need so that you don't have to, and then expecting it to be graciously shared. There is a world of difference between being prepared to share, and expecting others to be prepared to share.Refusing water to a thirsty fellow Human must be the height of selfishness .
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