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Yeah, no problem getting liquid refreshments in the "Big Easy"........I do exactly as Mark Lee does. The CF has ample opportunities to top up water supply.
In New Orleans I have topped up with other stuff, Mark...
Thanks for all the quick responses. I too was thinking 3 liter was too much. I'll probably go with a 1.5 liter hydration pack, and carry an extra bottle on the long hauls.I'll be walking the Camino Frances in the spring and was wondering how much water I should carry each day. I know that water will be available in most towns and I want to keep the weight down. I currently have an Osprey pack with a 3 liter hydration pack, but I think that may be too much. Besides the weight, 3 liters takes up a lot of room.
Indeed. Me neither. My backpack has 2 outside pockets (1 each side, close to bottom) made for normal 1/2 litre bottles with a plastic lock over the bottleneck, so I can whip out the bottle, drink, and put it back again while walking.I use normal tap water from bars/café or fountains, and never had any problem.
That's exactly how I carried water on both my Caminos. Used two 500 ml water bottles I bought in SJPDP and used the same two all the way to Santiago. They fit perfectly in the mesh pockets on the lower sides of my pack.Good morning, I haven't walked yet, but I am planning on taking one or two small (500ml) store bought water bottles on my person. I am concerned about weight as well as convenience. I find that smaller and slimmer water bottles fit into my pack easier. I am all about ease, weight and price. Therefore cheap water bottles that I can refill as long as I can and simply buy more when and if I loose them suit my purpose fine.
I currently have an Osprey pack with a 3 liter hydration pack, but I think that may be too much. Besides the weight, 3 liters takes up a lot of room.
I agree with Mark and some other posters. I carry 0.5L in my pocket and refill it when ever there is a source of fresh water. I also carry an empty 1.5L bottle in my pack for those day there is a possibility of no water and fill it in the morning for security sake.
@MendiWalker, this might be your impression, but it is just so not true. I recently posted here on this in response to another comment along the same lines with some analysis based on real data from the Camino Planner on the Godesalco site. In summary, nearly 40% of towns are over 5 km from the previous town, and across the CF, there were 11 locations more than 15km from the nearest previous town.On the Camino Frances the longest distance between towns is 5 kms.
You might find this useful, and interpret as you have said. I don't have the Spanish reading skills, but the the numbers are pretty clear. It indicates that there are a large number of places that are over 5km from the closest previous town, which clearly disproves your original point that the longest distances between towns on the CF is 5km.@dougfitz
Sorry to say but it´s not impression but a fact.
Firstly I have not only walked the Camino Frances but travel along it quite frequently as I live in this country.
Secondly http://www.rutasasantiago.com/BDCam...ias-camino-de-santiago.php?cam=Camino-Frances see for yourself there is only one place where it does mention that water should be carried due to a long distance to the next town.
I'll be walking the Camino Frances in the spring and was wondering how much water I should carry each day. I know that water will be available in most towns and I want to keep the weight down. I currently have an Osprey pack with a 3 liter hydration pack, but I think that may be too much. Besides the weight, 3 liters takes up a lot of room.
Wow, a simple question and so many responses. Today I went to my local REI and purchased 1.5 liter bladder. If I think I will need more, I'll carry a separate bottle.I'll be walking the Camino Frances in the spring and was wondering how much water I should carry each day. I know that water will be available in most towns and I want to keep the weight down. I currently have an Osprey pack with a 3 liter hydration pack, but I think that may be too much. Besides the weight, 3 liters takes up a lot of room.
Same as Mark, two half litre bottles, one in each mesh pocket and I used this device on my last Camino and while walking at home.
Please note that having Veteran Member status on this forum does not trump a lifetime of hiking, mountaineering and life as an outdoors woman. Everyone's input is valuable ~ Caminos not the only "game in town" ~ this said, I strongly recommend drinking half your body weight in water (however you can) .
Really, I cannot see how this is even remotely possible. Other than the observation that most guidance on minimum volumes to drink don't appear to have any scientific basis, how do you see anyone drinking this amount?Please note that having Veteran Member status on this forum does not trump a lifetime of hiking, mountaineering and life as an outdoors woman. Everyone's input is valuable ~ Caminos not the only "game in town" ~ this said, I strongly recommend drinking half your body weight in water (however you can) to keep vitals healthy, prevent blisters, and skin from damage. More if it's hotter or if you are drinking alcohol as alcohol is a dehydrating. While beer is 95% water, it's alcohol contact extracts more water than consumed (as an example). Another thought re buying bottled water ~ instead of walking to the next trash can, consider dropping it or leaving it at a bar or cafe where it might be recycled.
See my comment edited before your post. I stand by it.Saramango, I don't play trumps but I have hiked all my active life, indeed since I went backwoods camping as an 11 year old. Are you seriously suggesting I should drink some 66+ litres of water because I can assure you that I would be dead, stone-dead before I got past 7 litres. I'll assume that was a typo, because otherwise its a bloody dangerous recommendation. Hyponatremia kills.
The standard measure at high altitude used to be that I urinated 1l minimum / day. Saved in a bottle, tested by the medic and not recommended as a standard practice on the Camino. On your recommendation all I would have done all day is urinate.
That makes more sense. That said, drinking to satisfy one's thirst seems to be the best current advice on this matter. That is so much easier to achieve if one's water is accessible and one has enough to last between refills.See my comment edited before your post. I stand by it.
Apologies to the originator on another thread for not crediting them by name (can't remember who it was) but I liked this suggestion.
With your two 500/600ml bottles, fill one slightly below full ( so as allow for expansion) and freeze overnight and only half-fill the other and freeze that having laid it on its side. On the walk day top up, whenever possible, the half-iced bottle. Then repeat the process with the other bottle as it too de-freezes.
The standard measure at high altitude used to be that I urinated 1l minimum / day. Saved in a bottle, tested by the medic and not recommended as a standard practice on the Camino. On your recommendation all I would have done all day is urinate.
Not possible: I cannot possibly drink 38 litres of water/day. Your advice is dangerous. There are known cases of death due to excessive water drinking. Really. And water prevents blisters? I thought blisters were friction spots filled with water... And I do not use my vitals on the Camino, anyway: They're just hanging in there, so to speak.this said, I strongly recommend drinking half your body weight in water (however you can) to keep vitals healthy, prevent blisters, and skin from damage.
More if it's hotter or if you are drinking alcohol as alcohol is a dehydrating. While beer is 95% water, it's alcohol contact extracts more water than consumed (as an example).
What? I am walking a Camino; I am not pissing at it. And certainly not in bottles. This discusssion is really funny. Take with you the water you need: After a few days you'll know your needs. I'll stick to some water (2 x 0.5 litres) and a few cold beers in closely connected villages.The standard measure at high altitude used to be that I urinated 1l minimum / day. Saved in a bottle, tested by the medic and not recommended as a standard practice on the Camino. On your recommendation all I would have done all day is urinate.
No, my recommendation is 1.922 liters for a woman weighing 130 lbs, if you read the math. Minimum . I also drink lots of the delicious fresh squeezed orange juice as well as beer. My comment is in line with Doug's recommendation. He'd be the better one to go at it with - I'm not dancing either.;-)Not possible: I cannot possibly drink 38 litres of water/day. Your advice is dangerous. There are known cases of death due to excessive water drinking. Really. And water prevents blisters? I thought blisters were friction spots filled with water... And I do not use my vitals on the Camino, anyway: They're just hanging in there, so to speak.
More?!? Than 38 litres?!? Absolutely impossible! How could I carry that extra weight in the heat? And alcohol is not dehydrating, at least not when used like a pilgrim: I feel more hydrated the more beer I drink, and at the same time, I don't have to empty my water bottles. Beer, containing 95% water, sounds like pretty close to water to me
Sitting down with an ice cold beer after 10-15 kms in the Spanish sun is a blessing: Salvation del peregrino/peregrino gasolino.
Math has been my profession for 40+ years. I am a computer engineer by profession. Please do not be obsessed by this: Obviously there are individual differences. IMHO you drink a lot of water. But that is you. Each to his/her own.No, my recommendation is 1.922 liters for a woman weighing 130 lbs, if you read the math. Minimum .
Yup.interesting thread - Dougfitz is correct of course, I agree with him (not about camelbacks - nasty things) but about distances between villages - there are countless places where there are miles and miles in between villages, of course there are .. and I can think of one stretch of about 15 miles that has two springs pumps along it and both of them are broken. How much water to carry? Enough for that particular day .. .find out the night before by asking - easy.
Funny thing is that carrying water is heavy (kilo per litre of course) but when we carry it by drinking it we don't notice the weight. Best way to act (personal opinion) is to hydrate well before walking .. fill up the night before, fill up in the morning, fill up just before you leave and start your day, and every day, truly hydrated .... don't you think?
Dear Moderators - I think this horse has had good race. How about putting it to bed? Please!!
Dear Moderators - I think this horse has had good race. How about putting it to bed? Please!!
Please note that having Veteran Member status on this forum does not trump a lifetime of hiking, mountaineering and life as an outdoors woman........ I strongly recommend drinking half your body weight in water.........In ounces - so if you weigh 130 lbs, aim for 65 ounces. Minimum. 65 ounces = 1.92 liters. Note the word minimum, more if it's hotter or drinking alcohol.
Well done!!Today I went to my local REI and purchased 1.5 liter bladder.
You do realize that the source of the water in those bottles is a municipal water supply. It doesn't really come from springs and glaciers.I might be the only person in this forum and perhaps also on the caminos that buy all my drinkingwater in bottles. That is my security against stomach trouble on the camino. After doing the Via de la Plata and the Le Puy route, when I always carried 2,5 - 3,5l, I seem to continue carrying a lot of water, always saving 0,5 l for crises and having enough water to give some away if needed.
Not so. See pic. Translate: Spring WaterYou do realize that the source of the water in those bottles is a municipal water supply. It doesn't really come from springs and glaciers.
Our bottled water supply at work touted spring, fresh, and natural. The fine print said "Municipal water supply of Fairfax."Not so. See pic. Translate: Spring Water
Oh, OK. I stand corrected. All bottled water comes from clear mountain streams, glacier runoffs and flowing artesian springs......Not so. See pic. Translate: Spring Water
Our bottled water supply at work touted spring, fresh, and natural. The fine print said "Municipal water supply of Fairfax."
No one said "All". Sheesh! Relax.Oh, OK. I stand corrected. All bottled water comes from clear mountain streams, glacier runoffs and flowing artesian springs......
Either way, I'll stick to trying not to add to the zillions of empty plastic water bottles that will one day cover the earth (along with the plastic grocery bags).
I have been thirsty only once - before that day I thought that I had been thirsty before .. but when real thirst hits you it is on a completely different scale...
I never want to be truly thirsty ever again - I always try to ensure that I have enough water because if you are out there and you run dry and it is hot and there is no shade .. and you don't know how far it is until you can drink .. well .. you really don't want that to happen - just a thought - buen Camino!
Hey again
Just to add in one random tip.
I found limited cafes, bars etc open on Sundays.
Although....it is as amazing where vending machines would pop up. So keep some loose change close by for those.
I enjoyed some lovely ice cold Aquarius from those machines.
That is what we Dutch often do . The Dutch have one of the highest number of insurances per person and allways go for the safe side of life.You could follow the Spanish custom of carrying equal amounts of water and wine. Or the example of the elderly Dutch couple I met. They took swigs out of two x 1 litre flasks - I could not understand why they were handing them backwards and forwards and drinking mainly from one but occasionally the other - until that night they revealed one was water, the other Dutch gin. Said it relieved pain.
I'm boring. Just two 600 ml flasks of water, my husband the same. Refill often. Sometimes he'll buy a sports drink as well.
Oh, OK. I stand corrected. All bottled water comes from clear mountain streams, glacier runoffs and flowing artesian springs......
Either way, I'll stick to trying not to add to the zillions of empty plastic water bottles that will one day cover the earth (along with the plastic grocery bags).
http://plasticparadisemovie.com/The idea is to buy a minimum number of REUSABLE water bottles as they are very easy to pack, handle, and weigh the least of all other alternatives. Others have addressed the number of bottles and water volume issue aptly above.
When you no longer want or need them, you RECYCLE them. Simple, read on...
Every one of us who wears and micro fleece or micro fiber garment of any design is wearing recycled WATER BOTTLES. The plastic that is used to make plastic water and soft drink bottles, worldwide, is obtained from recycling processes and reused to create the fibers that become both micro-fiber AND micro fleece. See this for a start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_fleece
The only disposable/recyclable material that is more frequently reused is the aluminium used in beer and soft drink cans. properly recycled, one aluminium can is reused several times. See here for more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_recycling
I hope this helps.
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