walksoftly
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Portuguese coastal way to Finisterre 2016
Le Puy (2017)
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It's a contentious point, really. I took my silk liner on the Sanabres in late May, and was cold on several nights. Liners are great when it is warm/hot, but at altitude (even in Summer) they can be aggravatingly insufficient. Each to their own though.One thing I'd change about my camino, was to swap my bag for a silk type liner.
It's a contentious point, really. I took my silk liner on the Sanabres in late May, and was cold on several nights. Liners are great when it is warm/hot, but at altitude (even in Summer) they can be aggravatingly insufficient. Each to their own though.
I bought an ultra light one. Most of them are mummy bags, and if you're ok with that then do it. Personally I felt like I had been poured into the thing. I couldn't move much and certainly couldn't turn on my side.Thank you both! That's very helpful. I guess I will go with a sleeping bag, and I'll look into an ultra light one. Much appreciated!
Same here, but I actually use mine like a quilt. My feet are usually cold, even in summer, so I put them in the bottom part of the bag, which is sewn closed, with the zippered part of the bag remaining open and covering me like those more expensive items.I bought an ultra light one. Most of them are mummy bags, and if you're ok with that then do it. Personally I felt like I had been poured into the thing. I couldn't move much and certainly couldn't turn on my side.
I have a month to walk starting Sep (flight home on Oct 20th) , will I need to take my sleeping bag?
I could not agree more. I made the point recently in a different thread that opinions about shoes/sleeping bags/whatever should be phrased in a non-didactic manner, with a humility that recognises different conditions and individual requirements. Opinions are both welcome and valuable, not least due to their wide differences in outlook. Nothing wrong with disagreeing with them, but uncompromising repudiation is seldom persuasive.Sorry to get on my soap box, but all the categorical advice like “yes, you need a sleeping bag” or “no, a liner is all you need” is good only for the person giving that advice and not for anyone else. Everyone here is trying to give good advice, of course, but whether any person needs a sleeping bag or not depends on the temperature range in which that person can sleep comfortably with or without bags or liners. That is an extremely individual physical characteristic. I “run cold”, so I always take a bag. I also take lambswool gloves — I left them home this year, and though I started in June, there were mornings when my hands were frozen. My walking buddy’s hands were fine.
I always tell people who ask — if you are the one who brings a sweater into restaurants and theaters during the summer because the AC is too cold, you likely need a sleeping bag at any time of year. If you love the icy AC, and go in wearing sleeveless shirts and shorts, you likely don’t.
Anyway, my point is that just because 45 people say that you need a bag and 35 people say that you don’t, that really doesn’t help you answer the question. And just to make it more interesting, it appears that there is a gender correlation.
https://www.glamour.com/story/theres-a-scientific-reason-women-are-always-colder-than-men
I'm two weeks into my Camino and just have a sleeping liner. It's been incredibly hot and the albergues are warm and stuffy without air conditioning.
Last year I was following the #worldtowning family while preparing for my Camino. They walked in June, and at the end of their Camino they discussed what they would have left behind and what they would have brought instead. The mom and the two kids said they would have brought a sleeping bag. I made note of that and brought my own. Glad I did.I carried my down sleeping bag, that could squash down small. I was happy to have a nest I could be warm in each night. I have always walked in early Spring or Fall-- I have looked at liners, but I like to be able to poke my feet out if I get over warm at night. -- I will say that I have been in albergues that do not have blankets and have not turned on the heat. Grañon did not have any in the Spring of 2016, and a woman next to me was shivering under a blanket someone else had brought. She had booked with a tour that had told her that she would not need a sleeping bag.-- But that was years ago now, and perhaps things have changed.
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I always tell people who ask — if you are the one who brings a sweater into restaurants and theaters during the summer because the AC is too cold, you likely need a sleeping bag at any time of year. If you love the icy AC, and go in wearing sleeveless shirts and shorts, you likely don’t.
Which Camino are you talking about, walksoftly? Are you saying 2 yrs ago you walked Le Puy+Frances and this is what you are walking again? Or will you be on a different Camino route?I have a month to walk starting Sep (flight home on Oct 20th) , will I need to take my sleeping bag? I'm would really like to be reassured that I don't need to carry the extra weight. I didn't take it on the Le Puy+Frances which I finished in September two years ago and that was the right decision except I'm worried now as the weather will be colder and I'm a bit wimpy about being cold.
Would love to anyone's input. TIA.
I'm commencing from SJPP on the 21st September and plan to be 'on the road' right through until around November 3. I'm definitely taking a sleeping bag - it's a Highland Trekker 'Superlight' which weighs about 540g and is over 2m in length. It's the only sleeping bag that I've ever had into which I can fully immerse my 6 feet and 2 inches frame.I have a month to walk starting Sep (flight home on Oct 20th) , will I need to take my sleeping bag? I'm would really like to be reassured that I don't need to carry the extra weight. I didn't take it on the Le Puy+Frances which I finished in September two years ago and that was the right decision except I'm worried now as the weather will be colder and I'm a bit wimpy about being cold.
Would love to anyone's input. TIA.
I did the Norte in aug there is plenty of accommodation with more opening all the time. Use the newer albergues better cleaner about the same price. I carry only a 5 Oz 150 gym silk sheet sleeping sack for cleanliness. You absolutely do not need and should not carry a sleeping bagI have a month to walk starting Sep (flight home on Oct 20th) , will I need to take my sleeping bag? I'm would really like to be reassured that I don't need to carry the extra weight. I didn't take it on the Le Puy+Frances which I finished in September two years ago and that was the right decision except I'm worried now as the weather will be colder and I'm a bit wimpy about being cold.
Would love to anyone's input. TIA.
Add: all the albergues I stayed in had blankets or mantas for warmthI did the Norte in aug there is plenty of accommodation with more opening all the time. Use the newer albergues better cleaner about the same price. I carry only a 5 Oz 150 gym silk sheet sleeping sack for cleanliness. You absolutely do not need and should not carry a sleeping bag
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