Chuck Cunningham
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Home made suspenders!!! You can also use them to hang your wet clothes on to dry?
Great idea Chuck...........
Home made suspenders!!! You can also use them to hang your wet clothes on to dry?
Great idea Chuck...........
Ok, so I admit it I'm a flex cord junkie. I use them on myView attachment 32799
Excellent idea. You can also find some of these bread bag ties on ebay, about 50 for a dollar or so and they make great, lightweight clothespin substitutes. To use with your new Chuck Man Suspender Clothes Line. Works great while in transit. Used on the AT.
Believe me, the Camino shares little or nothing with the AT or any traditional backpacking.I got wayyyyy too much time on my hands...so one final shot of the Chuck Man Suspender, Clothesline Multifunctional Apparatus. Weight .9 oz. For any ultralight gram weenies out there thats about 25.5 gms. Don't hear too much talk about weight and gram shaving on this site... but you go to an AT site and the first thing they'll wanna know is "How much does it all weigh, dude." LOL Rambling on here, time to shut it down. Peace
Yeah on the AT people agonize over weight I mean it's an obsession. I saw that too a long time ago when I used to run with the cycle crowd in FL. One guy i knew drilled holes in his handbrakes to shave some grams...LOL ah well, such is lifeBelieve me, the Camino shares little or nothing with the AT or any traditional backpacking.
I never weighed any of my stuff, or my backpack as a whole. If I thought it felt too heavy, I left stuff on the donativo table at albergues (you are welcome, whomever you are...hope you are enjoying that Columbia fleece pullover and that 5.11 long-sleeve shirt).
When I get to Santiago I throw half my stuff away just before I fly home. Once I was tempted to just trash everything, buy some regular clothes and footwear and go home with just the stuff on my back.
That would really be awesome but I'll be leaving Ohare on the 15th... starting on the Le Puy probably the 18th..too bad.. had i realized earlier i would have scheduled around easter at Roncesvalles...that sounds like a great experience.Are you leaving SJPdP on the 15th? I'll be in Orisson or Valcarlos. Planning on Pilgrim's Mass at Roncesvalles on Easter.
Sounds like a good time to me.I do weigh my stuff.
It's interesting and sometimes surprising to find out what the weight is.
And it helps pass the time until departure.
I do not cut the end off my toothbrush however.
Are you talking about this exotic skirt vs. hiking pants? If so there are many pros and cons either way. Personally i love the big pockets and with the convertible panty you can make them into shorts in a heartbeat. There, I've done it. I'm sure this will start a heated debate. BTW there are a lot of mens kilts appearing on trails also. So move over... LOLFor the ladies -- Macabi skirt! Always comfortable, always fits. Just tighten the cord in the waist as you lose weight during the pilgrimage, or if all the stuff you have in those big pockets weigh you down. My favorite thing.
Hahahah... now how friggin cool is that!!! Gotta check that out..Chuck may find that a kilt would be more practical, either with the wide leather belt, or with suspenders. The Clan Cunningham website will provide him with several tartan options; my favourite is the purple-- http://www.clancunninghamintl.org/tartans.htm
I like the Cunningham Hunting.Hahahah... now how friggin cool is that!!! Gotta check that out..
Ummm... I save these (for free by the way), and now finally, I have a use for them. I'll have to test them out at home though, because they do break easily. I've used them for cinching the ultra-light mesh fruit bags which I've used instead of stuff sacks (socks, underwear, toiletries). But like I said - they do break very easily. I'll try them out for clothespins. Thanks!View attachment 32799
Excellent idea. You can also find some of these bread bag ties on ebay, about 50 for a dollar or so and they make great, lightweight clothespin substitutes. To use with your new Chuck Man Suspender Clothes Line. Works great while in transit. Used on the AT.
Cool, we are getting to be a bunch of McGyvers hereUmmm... I save these (for free by the way), and now finally, I have a use for them. I'll have to test them out at home though, because they do break easily. I've used them for cinching the ultra-light mesh fruit bags which I've used instead of stuff sacks (socks, underwear, toiletries). But like I said - they do break very easily. I'll try them out for clothespins. Thanks!
Oh - I also use them on electrical cord right at the plug to indicate what the appliance is. So when you look at the electrical outlet and want to unplug something, you know what the plug goes to.
Okay, thanks. I was just about to measure the amount of dental floss I'll need by weighing a yard of if, then calculating the gram loss in my dental floss dispenser over a period of two weeks, then averaging. You've saved me the agony (and the fun, I suppose). Thanks. I'll stop obsessing.Believe me, the Camino shares little or nothing with the AT or any traditional backpacking.
I never weighed any of my stuff, or my backpack as a whole. If I thought it felt too heavy, I left stuff on the donativo table at albergues (you are welcome, whomever you are...hope you are enjoying that Columbia fleece pullover and that 5.11 long-sleeve shirt).
When I get to Santiago I throw half my stuff away just before I fly home. Once I was tempted to just trash everything, buy some regular clothes and footwear and go home with just the stuff on my back.
LOL... yeah, that might be just a little obsessive.. but I have seen things close to that done.. you'd be surprised..Okay, thanks. I was just about to measure the amount of dental floss I'll need by weighing a yard of if, then calculating the gram loss in my dental floss dispenser over a period of two weeks, then averaging. You've saved me the agony (and the fun, I suppose). Thanks. I'll stop obsessing.
I don't have the breakage problem but mine are all new from ebay..Cool, we are getting to be a bunch of McGyvers here
had i realized earlier i would have scheduled around easter at Roncesvalles...that sounds like a great experience.
Ha! I did exactly the same thing!!I cut John Brierley in three (the book, not the man).
so what is a john brierly exactly???Ha! I did exactly the same thing!!
Hi Chuck. John Brierley is the author of a guide book for the Camino Francis. It is a weighty book so we rip out the pages as we move down the Camino to save weight. Buen camino my friend. Edso what is a john brierly exactly???
Going back to the OP - if you're using cord of any kind isn't it going to pinch or form a hard point between shoulder and packstrap? And 'biners?
I recently found my belt from my 2003 Camino, punched with extra holes because I lost 3" around the waist.
Nowadays I have a "fuller figure" and go for braces (or what the American speaking world calls suspenders) with wide, elasticated straps and plastic buckles so you've no need to take them off going through airport security.
http://www.brimarc.com/products/Airport-Braces-877118.htm
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Too bad there isn't an Irish Ruaidh or O'Ruaidh tartan, because I'd be wearin' it.
My family's surname was originally Roe (from Ireland, not England) It is derived from Ruaidh, which basically means "red hair." The surname 'Rowan', including related spellings, is also derived from it.
I'm a rotund guy, about 5'8" and 240 lbs. Had a huge problem with my hiking pants/shorts constantly falling down while I hike. Belts just don't do it for meView attachment 32797 View attachment 32797 so I came up with this cheap solution. Maybe there are others but i havent seen any. Just not trying to steal anyone's glory. LOL To make these all one needs is a piece of 1/8th inch flexible shock cord and 3 light aluminum caribeaners . These work great for me. Once you tie the up it's pretty easy to adjust them for the right amount of tension. Only takes minutes to make these up. Picture sucks but then again i am no photographer.
Hi Glenn,@Jeff Crawley,
One could ask the same question of the clips on your airport braces; don't they form hard, increasingly-troublesome knots under your load-bearing hipbelt, particularly in the back?
I have recently developed the pants-falling-down syndrome. I found milsurp suspenders that clip to the left and right sides of my belt, rather than front-to-back on my trousers. So far they're working even under a heavily-laden backpack.
I don't notice any "hard spots" on my back or bony areas, they don't seem to line up on top of each other. BTW I wear them all the time esp when working around the place on various projects ofmine.Going back to the OP - if you're using cord of any kind isn't it going to pinch or form a hard point between shoulder and packstrap? And 'biners?
I recently found my belt from my 2003 Camino, punched with extra holes because I lost 3" around the waist.
Nowadays I have a "fuller figure" and go for braces (or what the American speaking world calls suspenders) with wide, elasticated straps and plastic buckles so you've no need to take them off going through airport security.
http://www.brimarc.com/products/Airport-Braces-877118.htm
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The only time I had any unplanned exposures was in my pre suspender days... you know trying to make it into the back door with two handfuls of groceries ...suddenly the pants slip some... you try to spread your legs apart some to help keep them up..but no.. you make it to about the garage door when they finally hit your ankles and you surrender. Look it onlycost a few bucks to make a pair... try them out ...if you don't like them I'm sure you've been taken for more money without any lasting scars..also I tried the clip ons and they did NOT work for me at all.. they can pull loose.. the closures snag on things... bust easily... no bueno amiga..Oh and emergency deployments are easy..you just leave them attached and pull them off to the side ... drop your pants... etc...@Chuck Cunningham we demand regular updates on the performance of this apparatus during your journey, and any malfunctions leading to unplanned 'exposures'. Also any deployments in emergency situations.
The only way they will pinch or form a hard point is if they line up with the back straps or whatever. Mine never seem bother me. The caribeaners hook thru the belt loops so it's almost impossible for them to come undone...Going back to the OP - if you're using cord of any kind isn't it going to pinch or form a hard point between shoulder and packstrap? And 'biners?
I recently found my belt from my 2003 Camino, punched with extra holes because I lost 3" around the waist.
Nowadays I have a "fuller figure" and go for braces (or what the American speaking world calls suspenders) with wide, elasticated straps and plastic buckles so you've no need to take them off going through airport security.
http://www.brimarc.com/products/Airport-Braces-877118.htm
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'Interested in your suspenders though - can you point to a picture somewhere?
Dontcha just love it when things just seem to turn out that way.
. . . and a bra!Suspenders???
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Your wish is my command. Presto! Two pairs of M-1950 Suspenders! They proved a bit short for me (my height is in my torso), so I had to do a little cut-and-stitch to take a bit from one and patch it into the other.
Note: The clips slide under your belt on both sides, then hook to the belt-bottom so that they pull the belt upward. The whole hook assembly is so thin you never feel 'em. I suppose you could also hook 'em to belt-loops, assuming they're appropriately sized and placed.
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