Kate Allenger
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- Walking the Camino Frances August 29 2018!!
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I used the fleece liner as you described. It was more than adequate for me, and very light. As far as I am concerned, when the sleeping bag exceeds 2.5 lbs, it is a burden.Hi all, I'm super excited to be walking the Camino Frances in September this year (2018 - starting August 29th and ending around the first week in October). Should I bring a sleeping bag? Or perhaps a sleeping bag liner?(I've seen a couple of microfiber fleece liners that provide a little warmth and are very light). I will be staying in the albergues. Thank you!
OK, thanksThere were about two or three nights I could have used a sleeping bag...mostly slept in basically a jogging suit and a silk bed sack that I bought on eBay...in my experience sleeping bags were in the top three most tossed items right after sleeping pads and large cloth towels.
Thank you!In September I'd take a sleeping bag, but I tend to get cold.
Thanks for the adviceWhen I walked in September I took a 5 ounce silk liner, and a small down blanket that weighs 7 ounces that's just big enough to tuck inside the silk liner. On the hot nights I pit the down blanket between the silk liner and the plastic covered mattress, which can be sticky when it's hot.
What a Moniker!I retired 41 months ago and hit the road. I have used my sleeping bag only four nights, and none of those were in Spain. I have used my sleep sack (basically a cotton sheet made into a bag) hundreds of times.
Yup, I think the fleece liner is the way to go. ThanksI used the fleece liner as you described. It was more than adequate for me, and very light. As far as I am concerned, when the sleeping bag exceeds 2.5 lbs, it is a burden.
Most bed sheets weigh as much, if not more than a sleeping bag liner, and I suppose that is due to the cotton content of the average bed sheet.A follow up question if that is permissible? Has anyone ever just used a sheet or is that too little cover. Maybe a sheet weighs more also. I will be traveling for the first time this late august / September.
Second that. We had them on the beds when we expected it to be cold; otherwise, we brought them out when pilgrims asked.Pro tip: ask for blankets; sometimes the alburgues have them, but not right on the beds).
I saw blankets in lots of albergues, but rarely saw sheets.I walked the Camino Frances Sept.- Oct of 17 and stayed in alburgues. They had blankets and sheets. Worried about should I or should I not begin a sleeping bag. I didn't bring one and glad I didn't. Did not need and rather bring an extra shirt and pants in stead of the weight of the Sleeping bag.
This is almost exactly the same timing for when I did my camino last year. I was often cold at night, even though I had a sleeping bag. Yes, many places had blankets -- but many places didn't (although I see in the thread above that perhaps I should have asked for them.) I often slept with my sleeping bag *and* the provided blanket.Perfect timing on this topic.
I leave SJPdP on 12 April and have a very light sleeping bag because that’s what I was told to bring. However, I’m starting to doubt myself.
For April/May would you guys still advise just a silk liner bag?
Thanks, Jim
Perfect timing on this topic.
I leave SJPdP on 12 April and have a very light sleeping bag because that’s what I was told to bring. However, I’m starting to doubt myself.
For April/May would you guys still advise just a silk liner bag?
Thanks, Jim
Thanks very much Jo JoKate,
We've walked the CF (Sept 15-Oct 15) with just a liner bag. But we also carry very light down jackets (for the evenings), which we slept in a couple of times when it got chilly and the pilgrims were not packed in close enough to generate enough heat (and there was no blankets. Pro tip: ask for blankets; sometimes the alburgues have them, but not right on the beds). Look at Montbell for good, ultralight jackets.
We need to talk about those microfiber liner bags. That stuff is heavy. Most I see are over a pound (20 oz or so). Ridiculously heavy. That is the weight of 20-degree backpacking quilt I use for fall in the American mountains.
For less than the weight of a microfleece lince, I can carry a silk liner bag (4oz, Cocoon expedition) AND a down backpacking quilt (50 degree (more than enough) 12 oz, Enlightened Equipment), that is a far more flexible system (covering a greater range of possible temperatures--it was hot in Sept. 2016). Personally, I think the backpacking quilt would be overkill for Sept (it was necessary in the end of October on the CP) and would just go with the down jacket, but the point is you could do that and still save a quarter pound off the microfiber fleece.
Buen Camino,
Jo Jo
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