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I see the FSO concept referred to quite regularly.
As I understand it, this concept is to designed to measure the all up weight being born by ankles and feet. And that FSO weight is the total of both pack (and contents) and of the clothes worn.
In my trade an important measure is the difference between the current the proposed state.
My assumption is that we normally wear clothes when we do normal things (shopping, theatre, whatever). My trade would first measure the all up weight doing those things. For me, on the last day of winter with wind and rain outside, I am wearing socks, casual shoes, underpants, long trousers, long sleeved shirt, wind jacket and carry a shoulder bag with my tablet/phone. All up weight = 75.5 kg (? 166 lb).
For today my Te ara hato Hemi (way of Saint James) clothes worn and pack (with tent, sleeping bag, rolled oats, water, tablet/phone, more clothes, charger, wet weather gear, meds, etc, etc) the all up weight is 81.2 kg (? 179 lb).
According to my lights the extra weight I carry when on the way is 5.7 kg.
This is both well under 10% of my body weight and the 7 kg (15.4 lb) suggested weight for pack etc.
Kia kaha (take care, be strong)
I come from a perspective that we can give prospective pilgrims much better advice on this and why today, and sharing that is a good thing to do. If it gets them a better understanding of their options, and they then test that using the approach suggested here, that is good too, and I think most of us would suggest doing that testing beforehand in any case. Lets help others get to a reasonable place in the first instance rather than using some form of trial and error.Better still, stop weighing things and fussing with calculators and do what I did before my first camino - pack your bag how you are planning to, and get your dad to drop you 15 miles from home.
Perfect if you can get prescriptions the pharmacys in Spain are the cheapest in the world I was gobsmacked how cheap the drugs wereI see the FSO concept referred to quite regularly.
As I understand it, this concept is to designed to measure the all up weight being born by ankles and feet. And that FSO weight is the total of both pack (and contents) and of the clothes worn.
In my trade an important measure is the difference between the current the proposed state.
My assumption is that we normally wear clothes when we do normal things (shopping, theatre, whatever). My trade would first measure the all up weight doing those things. For me, on the last day of winter with wind and rain outside, I am wearing socks, casual shoes, underpants, long trousers, long sleeved shirt, wind jacket and carry a shoulder bag with my tablet/phone. All up weight = 75.5 kg (? 166 lb).
For today my Te ara hato Hemi (way of Saint James) clothes worn and pack (with tent, sleeping bag, rolled oats, water, tablet/phone, more clothes, charger, wet weather gear, meds, etc, etc) the all up weight is 81.2 kg (? 179 lb).
According to my lights the extra weight I carry when on the way is 5.7 kg.
This is both well under 10% of my body weight and the 7 kg (15.4 lb) suggested weight for pack etc.
Kia kaha (take care, be strong)
If I think something is essential then I must carry it - no matter what it weighs. If I think something is unnecessary then I will leave it at home. I cannot understand how bathroom or kitchen scales can be expected to make that judgment for me. Therefore I cannot see how weighing my pack serves any useful purpose.
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