Pack Pics

[Multipurpose]

About 80 per cent loaded. No problem carry on from Sacramento to Fort Lauderdale Southwest. Next leg to Barcelona is British Airways. Should fit carry on. Checked tube with 2 pairs poles and various sharps. Pack is REI Trail 40, El Camino load about 15.5 lb. For size reference shoes are men's 11.5A. This pack works for me but may not work for you. It is reasonably priced for a high end pack. Womens' models available.

 

[GreatDane]

OK I'll play along!
100% loaded. No problem carry on from my crummy airport to Madrid and back on Delta. Tube with poles plus my boots are in the pack. Pack is a 2014 Mammot Crea Light 40L but in my XS torso size I think I read it is about 37L, Camino load once boots and poles were removed, about 14.5 lb. For size reference shoes are women's US9. This pack works for me but may not work for you. It was reasonably priced, $159 or so for a light weight pack (on Amazon at the time of purchase). Men's' models available too.

 

[nycwalking]

Looks great. Buen camino.

 

[trecile]

View attachment 36498 View attachment 36499 About 80 per cent loaded. No problem carry on from Sacramento to Fort Lauderdale Southwest. Next leg to Barcelona is British Airways. Should fit carry on. Checked tube with 2 pairs poles and various sharps. Pack is REI Trail 40, El Camino load about 15.5 lb. For size reference shoes are men's 11.5A. This pack works for me but may not work for you. It is reasonably priced for a high end pack. Womens' models available.

I tried the women's model of this pack, and really liked it. The only thing that it lacked for me was the trampoline style back, which I really wanted for summer Caminoing.

 

[Multipurpose]

OK I'll play along!
100% loaded. No problem carry on from my crummy airport to Madrid and back on Delta. Tube with poles plus my boots are in the pack. Pack is a 2014 Mammot Crea Light 40L but in my XS torso size I think I read it is about 37L, Camino load once boots and poles were removed, about 14.5 lb. For size reference shoes are women's US9. This pack works for me but may not work for you. It was reasonably priced, $159 or so for a light weight View attachment 36504 pack (on Amazon at the time of purchase). Men's' models available too.

This forum is not the right place for mean spirited sarcasm.

 

[trecile]

This forum is not the right place for mean spirited sarcasm.

???

 

[Tincatinker]

Gently Pilgrims please. This forum is indeed ' not a place for mean-spirited....' any damn thing but I do not detect that little nibbler here. Please read and respond carefully.

Here is a pic of my Pack from 2012. Obviously the Donkey carried it so weight wasn't an issue.

 

[HedaP]

And here’s mine from this year. Doesn’t get much better than this!
Alas no Donkey but note the emergency stash of “incentive” in the back pocket.
Edit: Mountain Laurel Designs 38L frameless. Wouldn’t suit everyone but suits me.

 

[Ellann]

View attachment 36498 View attachment 36499 About 80 per cent loaded. No problem carry on from Sacramento to Fort Lauderdale Southwest. Next leg to Barcelona is British Airways. Should fit carry on. Checked tube with 2 pairs poles and various sharps. Pack is REI Trail 40, El Camino load about 15.5 lb. For size reference shoes are men's 11.5A. This pack works for me but may not work for you. It is reasonably priced for a high end pack. Womens' models available.

This is great information because when I walk the Portuguese Coastal Camino hopefully in October 2018, I was considering using my bigger backpack but at near 60 years of age was thinking that might be too much for a little lady like me . As they say less is more.

 

[MichelleElynHogan]

Less is definitely more. It seems to be human nature that if you have the room, it will be filled. And, of course, the weight of the pack goes to the max.

I admit it. I did it to myself. I started packing the night before leaving. Big Mistake Number ONE. Fully packed, I had 32 lb. Not Happening. I had created a MONSTER.

Twenty minutes later, changed out cameras and laptop for an iPad, and supporting gear and it was down to 20 lb. It was still not enough but that was what I had in my mind that I needed.

Long story short, even though I really should have pared it down by half, if possible, there was a much greater problem that got right past me. My pack is modern with an inner fram, carrying 20 lb., less than 10% of my body weight. However, the fram I was born with was carrying about 80 lb more than it should be carrying and there was no way that I was going to be able to lose more than a couple of ounces in a few hours.

So, after three days, barely making it to Zubiri and damaging my left leg, I finally realized I was a 243 lb 64 year old woman carrying a 20 lb pack. Sure, the pack could lose a few pounds. But I finally did the math this way.

243 - 80 = 163 lb. (me)

20 - 10 = 10 lb (pack)

163 (Nominal body weight) + 10 (Nominal pack weight) = 173 lb.

Instead, I left SJPdP with;

163 + 80 (excess body weight) + 20 lb (actual pack weight) = 263 lb.

So, even if I dropped 10 lb from the pack, I was going to eventually still injure my leg, which, after 13 months, feels like it has not healed at all.

To sum up, if you are overweight and going on the Camino, check your body weight to fitness ability......and take the lightest pack weight you can absolutely get away with for 5 or 6 weeks.

Hope this provides a new perspective. To YOUR Success.

 

[MTtoCamino]

Less is definitely more. It seems to be human nature that if you have the room, it will be filled. And, of course, the weight of the pack goes to the max.

I admit it. I did it to myself. I started packing the night before leaving. Big Mistake Number ONE. Fully packed, I had 32 lb. Not Happening. I had created a MONSTER.

Twenty minutes later, changed out cameras and laptop for an iPad, and supporting gear and it was down to 20 lb. It was still not enough but that was what I had in my mind that I needed.

Long story short, even though I really should have pared it down by half, if possible, there was a much greater problem that got right past me. My pack is modern with an inner fram, carrying 20 lb., less than 10% of my body weight. However, the fram I was born with was carrying about 80 lb more than it should be carrying and there was no way that I was going to be able to lose more than a couple of ounces in a few hours.

So, after three days, barely making it to Zubiri and damaging my left leg, I finally realized I was a 243 lb 64 year old woman carrying a 20 lb pack. Sure, the pack could lose a few pounds. But I finally did the math this way.

243 - 80 = 163 lb. (me)

20 - 10 = 10 lb (pack)

163 (Nominal body weight) + 10 (Nominal pack weight) = 173 lb.

Instead, I left SJPdP with;

163 + 80 (excess body weight) + 20 lb (actual pack weight) = 263 lb.

So, even if I dropped 10 lb from the pack, I was going to eventually still injure my leg, which, after 13 months, feels like it has not healed at all.

To sum up, if you are overweight and going on the Camino, check your body weight to fitness ability......and take the lightest pack weight you can absolutely get away with for 5 or 6 weeks.

Hope this provides a new perspective. To YOUR Success.

Excellent explanation! If a person wants to walk from SJPDP to Santiago & beyond please slow down in the first 2 weeks. I think most injuries I witnessed from blisters to leg issues people pushed too hard.

 

[Ellann]

Less is definitely more. It seems to be human nature that if you have the room, it will be filled. And, of course, the weight of the pack goes to the max.

I admit it. I did it to myself. I started packing the night before leaving. Big Mistake Number ONE. Fully packed, I had 32 lb. Not Happening. I had created a MONSTER.

Twenty minutes later, changed out cameras and laptop for an iPad, and supporting gear and it was down to 20 lb. It was still not enough but that was what I had in my mind that I needed.

Long story short, even though I really should have pared it down by half, if possible, there was a much greater problem that got right past me. My pack is modern with an inner fram, carrying 20 lb., less than 10% of my body weight. However, the fram I was born with was carrying about 80 lb more than it should be carrying and there was no way that I was going to be able to lose more than a couple of ounces in a few hours.

So, after three days, barely making it to Zubiri and damaging my left leg, I finally realized I was a 243 lb 64 year old woman carrying a 20 lb pack. Sure, the pack could lose a few pounds. But I finally did the math this way.

243 - 80 = 163 lb. (me)

20 - 10 = 10 lb (pack)

163 (Nominal body weight) + 10 (Nominal pack weight) = 173 lb.

Instead, I left SJPdP with;

163 + 80 (excess body weight) + 20 lb (actual pack weight) = 263 lb.

So, even if I dropped 10 lb from the pack, I was going to eventually still injure my leg, which, after 13 months, feels like it has not healed at all.

To sum up, if you are overweight and going on the Camino, check your body weight to fitness ability......and take the lightest pack weight you can absolutely get away with for 5 or 6 weeks.

Hope this provides a new perspective. To YOUR Success.

This is great information, thank you. As have gotten older I have adhered to the 3, 3, 3 rule and then cut that down. Travelling is about travelling and the experience, not lugging along a fashion store, in my luggage, but that is in my humble opinion. If I was 20 years old I might disagree

 

[bobotron801]

My 2nd Camino I took A LOT less. This is my 10L pack I took on CF Oct-Nov 2017

 

[Vacajoe]

My pack same as OP! REI Trail 40litre - opens all the way upnso packing is easy. Weighed just over 15lbs (without water...or the wine bottles I am carrying in the photo! ). I used this to walk over 1000km and then traveling around Europe during an 82 day trip.

Pack light, it can be done!!! I’m 6’, 240lbs so my clothes are NOT small. Great pack at an affordable price.