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Who'da thought it DP...!Six bars of Dove soap.
Six bars of Dove soap.
Annie you weigh your Altus & compare to my 1.5lb rain coat & pants combined. I am not willing to give up those either unles I walked in the summer, Triple digits not my idea of walking fun.Good Lord!
You go through 6 bars of soap on a Camino?
You must loooooove taking showers!
Just kidding - I, for one, appreciate you not smelling like a chemical perfume factory!
I think the one thing I agonize over the most is the ALTUS poncho and its weight.
But it has proven itself worthy so many times and for so many uses that I keep taking it.
It keeps me warm from the wind, dry from the rain, and on very cold nights serves as a blanket.
I've also used it for shade with my poles.
Until I find a lighter alternative, it will continue to go with me.
Do you share all of those bars if you do you may get a followingSince it is the off season (for most of us) and we are coming up with items for discussion, here is one to consider.
Do you have an item that you know weighs too much, and that you shouldn’t put in your backpack, but you bring it anyway?
I’ll go first. Six bars of Dove soap. Why? I only brought one on my first camino, knowing that I could buy a bar of soap in a market. Given that I use the bar soap for not only personal use, but also for washing my clothes, my clothes began to take on the scent from the soap I had purchased. For me it’s worth the weight to not pull on my shirt and have it smell heavily like scented soap.
I also bring unscented deodorant for the same reason.
One positive thing. My pack gets lighter the closer I get to Santiago.
So you are the person using up all the hot water!Six bars of Dove soap.
Do you share all of those bars if you do you may get a following
... The previous year I made it to Sahagun with a bar left over. I gave it and some camping toilet paper to a lady I had met at several albergues along the way. She was thrilled.
People do this?! Wow, I had no idea.drilling holes in your toothbrush
Hmmm. Dove soap is definitely NOT unscented!
My one luxury item:
Electric toothbrush - Bare with me a second: I would never haul this item up a mountain because it does weigh a bit more. But, I’m used to an electric toothbrush at home and planning to be on the Camino several weeks made me consider the luxury. The one I use is really light at just over an ounce (28 grams) and uses one AAA battery that lasts for weeks on end.
HolaSix bars of Dove soap. .
I completely and totally understand. I will do the same on my next Camino, and know exactly what I will leave out to make room for the extra item.My Mac Air Book, I can't write more than a few minutes by hand due to arthritis damage to joints and I do my best thinking things through when writing them down. I know, at 1+ kg including charger it is heavy, but still, I am a much happier pilgrim since I bought and took it, a tablet and external keyboard are just not the same. Buen Camino, SY
Good Lord!
You go through 6 bars of soap on a Camino?
You must loooooove taking showers!
Just kidding - I, for one, appreciate you not smelling like a chemical perfume factory!
I think the one thing I agonize over the most is the ALTUS poncho and its weight.
But it has proven itself worthy so many times and for so many uses that I keep taking it.
It keeps me warm from the wind, dry from the rain, and on very cold nights serves as a blanket.
I've also used it for shade with my poles.
Until I find a lighter alternative, it will continue to go with me.
I bring a small jet boil stove with a coffee press attachment. It makes a quart of wonderful coffee and with the dry weight of a full bag of coffee the total comes in with fuel at about 24 ounces. I enjoy the coffee in the morning and on the trail and I safe quite a bit of money along the route by not purchasing in the cafes at 1 euro and up per cup.Since it is the off season (for most of us) and we are coming up with items for discussion, here is one to consider.
Do you have an item that you know weighs too much, and that you shouldn’t put in your backpack, but you bring it anyway?
I’ll go first. Six bars of Dove soap. Why? I only brought one on my first camino, knowing that I could buy a bar of soap in a market. Given that I use the bar soap for not only personal use, but also for washing my clothes, my clothes began to take on the scent from the soap I had purchased. For me it’s worth the weight to not pull on my shirt and have it smell heavily like scented soap.
I also bring unscented deodorant for the same reason.
One positive thing. My pack gets lighter the closer I get to Santiago.
Except you had to buy the expensive stove, yes?I safe quite a bit of money along the route by not purchasing in the cafes at 1 euro and up per cup.
And no warm leche either ... And you then pass on thr opportunity to go to the loo. I am happy to support the local economy with my cafe con leche, and keep the trails free of TPExcept you had to buy the expensive stove, yes?
But a fine idea. For those of us on a budget, an immersion heater plus a plastic cone and filters would be a much cheaper (and probably lighter) way of doing the same thing.
389 grams. Santa is throwing one down the chiminee for me this year, with the silver reflector. Can't wait to try it.Euroschirm handsfree trekking umbrella. Supposedly lightweight but is not - they need to do something to reduce the weight. I used it all the time to provide shelter from rain on the Norte, and shade on the Francés.
Excuse me. I thought the thread was "You know it's too heavy, but you pack it anyway". I didn't understand that the thread was "Why the hell did you do it that way!"Except you had to buy the expensive stove, yes?
But a fine idea. For those of us on a budget, an immersion heater plus a plastic cone and filters would be a much cheaper (and probably lighter) way of doing the same thing.
I would never use that language, Jim. Especially not here."Why the hell did you do it that way!"
Etcetera...But a fine idea. For those of us on a budget...
Its a Colgate MaxWhite toothbrush. Should be able to get them most anywhere. If not, try Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NGX7Z2/?tag=casaivar02-20I know we are not meant to break the rules with brand names, but I would love to know the brand of that 28gm toothbrush & where you bought it. I take my 75 gm electric toothbrush and I would love a lighter one
Dove Soap? Ivory Soap? I am glad that I am not the only person who can type faster than my brain can process what I just wrote...
Personally, my "sin" is the cello-wrapped three-pack of the green, olive-based soap "Heno de Pravia" that I buy in the first shop I can find it on arriving in Spain. Carrying three bars, using one at a time, for a week (each), the weight penalty resolves itself over time. The soap is good for almost everything and I love the smell.
In fact, when I get to Santiago, I start hoarding packs of this soap to bring home. I am still using soap I bought this past August. The smell immediately brings me back to the Camino. Ah, deep nostalgia...a cheap day-trip bak to where I/we were happiest...
Smells are one of the the strongest memory links we have. To this day, I will bet that when you smell something from your childhood and it brings back nostalgic memories. No? If you live in the US (and maybe Canada), how about the seminal smell of "Crayola" crayons when you first open the new box? I go to the crayons in stores and open the box just for the "odor hit." How about "Play-Doh?" Perhaps "Oreo Cookies?" I think you understand. For my European friends, how about Nutella, after you have not opened a jar for some years?
So. I very much understand both the urge to brings important things for a variety of reasons, regardless of the weight penalty, as well as Scruffy's soap confusion. It is partially a guy thing. Hey! It's soap! It cleans dirty skin and removes odor, at least temporarily. What else does soap need to do?
I hope this was entertaining...it was intended to be...
Will keep a lookout for this, t2andreo. Any tienda or is it a pharmacia thing?Heno de Pravia
Since it is the off season (for most of us) and we are coming up with items for discussion, here is one to consider.
Do you have an item that you know weighs too much, and that you shouldn’t put in your backpack, but you bring it anyway?
I’ll go first. Six bars of Dove soap. Why? I only brought one on my first camino, knowing that I could buy a bar of soap in a market. Given that I use the bar soap for not only personal use, but also for washing my clothes, my clothes began to take on the scent from the soap I had purchased. For me it’s worth the weight to not pull on my shirt and have it smell heavily like scented soap.
I also bring unscented deodorant for the same reason.
One positive thing. My pack gets lighter the closer I get to Santiago.
Will keep a lookout for this, t2andreo. Any tienda or is it a pharmacia thing?
I am also a soap that floats fan!I know. I meant to say "Ivory Soap", but the thread was already 4 or 5 posts long before I saw my mistake.
apology acceptedI would never use that language, Jim. Especially not here.
What I actually said was:
Etcetera...
Sorry if it came off another way...not my intention.
It's probably sold enven on the tiniest of villages. It's the brand Iberia used back in the day when airlines had little soaps in the washrooms. I can still see the soggy packaging being left around the sink by passengers. There was a layer of thin cardboard and the the paper. The other classical Spanish scent is the baby cologne by Puig. Bought by the liter and splahed on evey child's head. Lemony and fresh.Will keep a lookout for this, t2andreo. Any tienda or is it a pharmacia thing?
Except you had to buy the expensive stove, yes?
But a fine idea. For those of us on a budget, an immersion heater plus a plastic cone and filters would be a much cheaper (and probably lighter) way of doing the same thing.
And no warm leche either ... And you then pass on thr opportunity to go to the loo. I am happy to support the local economy with my cafe con leche, and keep the trails free of TP
Do you have an item that you know weighs too much, and that you shouldn’t put in your backpack, but you bring it anyway?
I have packed a kite.
I, too, love the kite! What a wonderful way to lift the spirits of everyone around. I can just see it dancing along the path, high overhead.
Eccentric? Perhaps a bit.
Why waste all that glorious wind on the meseta.
Why waste all that glorious wind on the meseta......and you can fly it while you walk!
Umbrella I don't leave home with one but end up with oneSince it is the off season (for most of us) and we are coming up with items for discussion, here is one to consider.
Do you have an item that you know weighs too much, and that you shouldn’t put in your backpack, but you bring it anyway?
I’ll go first. Six bars of Dove soap. Why? I only brought one on my first camino, knowing that I could buy a bar of soap in a market. Given that I use the bar soap for not only personal use, but also for washing my clothes, my clothes began to take on the scent from the soap I had purchased. For me it’s worth the weight to not pull on my shirt and have it smell heavily like scented soap.
I also bring unscented deodorant for the same reason.
One positive thing. My pack gets lighter the closer I get to Santiago.
You could get that electric toothbrush down to a couple grams if you cut the handle short . . .My one luxury item:
Electric toothbrush - Bare with me a second: I would never haul this item up a mountain because it does weigh a bit more. But, I’m used to an electric toothbrush at home and planning to be on the Camino several weeks made me consider the luxury. The one I use is really light at just over an ounce (28 grams) and uses one AAA battery that lasts for weeks on end.
Santa decided I needed the Euroschrim Telescoping Trekking umbrella nefor Christmas and it was given to me today for my bday. It's the one with the silver outside, black inside, so for use against the sun and heat as well as rain. Super solid, great quality (German after all!) and verysimple mechanisms to keep it open or collapse ot so it will not break easily. And it is huge! It comes with a little nylon bag to hold the clips that go on the backpack.389 grams. Santa is throwing one down the chiminee for me this year, with the silver reflector. Can't wait to try it.
... And a tent: with sleeping pad and stakes this is about 800 grams. ...
Can you put up a link to this tent, pretty please? Thanks y Buen Camino, SY
Wonderful, Alwyn! Who'd have thought of it--but what a joyful idea! And it's not that heavy.I have packed a kite.
Can you ... ? Thanks y Buen Camino, SY
People do this?!
Still on the topic of "you know it's too heavy ..." I have read a well known published author write, in relation to towels/sarongs/pareo etc: "a piece of cotton 2m x 1m will weigh about 100 grams". I calculate this as 50 gsm (grams per square metre). Look as I might, both locally and in our largest city, the lightest cotton I can find is 100 gsm and is described as "poplin". Can you please advise the name/description I should use to get down to half that weight. Assuming I have correctly recalled my reading.
You did, but the bad message is that I bought this Sarong around 20 years ago, still working fine btw and I have no idea of the brand and even no memory (getting old here) where I bought it exactly. I picked it up on one of my travels. I would have a look at Asian/Ethnic flea markets/stores, they tend to have similar ones. Sorry, SY
And yes, it is just under 100g, I checked it on the balance.
Yes. And they cut the tags out of their shirts.
It's the same thing that causes back accounts to bounce when they're 'just' used to buy a daily paper and cappuchino at S*******s.Yikes! I remain perplexed by this new law of physics...How does this happen?
Can you put up a link to this tent, pretty please? Thanks y Buen Camino, SY
I haven't walked yet but I will be walking Jan-Feb 2016 and I need to bring my small laptop computer. Why? Because while the Camino is meant to be about getting out and leaving life behind, I get paid to work 16 hours a week from wherever I am and those 2 days a week pay for me to keep traveling. So I better bring it and sneak out a couple of hours work every day. Besides, I heard the albergues can be lonely and quiet in winter (if they are open at all) so I might have a little time to spare at night.
Flying a kite while actually walking might be a bit eccentric. Flying a kite during one's downtime, whether on the Camino or not, is.....yes, I think...........rather endearing.Not so eccentric that my level headed wife, when we first met, found flying a kite in the air outside as an attractive point in my favour.
Oh, no!Do I see the genesis of an opportunity to design and provide portable, lightweight, turbine generators to put on top of your pack to recharge gadgets whilst trudging the meseta for seven or so days?
Your could hire them at Burgos and give them back at Leon.
Now, is that eccentric, or is it just Heath Robinson?
No, I don't know the prevailing direction of the meseta wind; I thought with the wide open space it wouldn't matter. I didn't consider, if the wind is from the west, the 'drag' factor. My mistake........do you know the prevailing direction of the wind on the meseta?
If from the east, then not a problem, as the kite will be before me as I trudge westwards. It might even pull me along!!! (dreams are free)
Why would your gaze be 'skywards'? You're eccentric, aren't you?Although if my gaze is skywards I may not see any "lumps and bumps" on the pathway ahead.
I'm on the fence about bringing my sarong. My lightest one is 209g, but I have a 46" scarf that comes in at 160g. Couldn't find anything lighter that would actually conceal anything.....Still on the topic of "you know it's too heavy ..."
I have read a well known published author write, in relation to towels/sarongs/pareo etc: "a piece of cotton 2m x 1m will weigh about 100 grams". I calculate this as 50 gsm (grams per square metre).
Look as I might, both locally and in our largest city, the lightest cotton I can find is 100 gsm and is described as "poplin". Can you please advise the name/description I should use to get down to half that weight. Assuming I have correctly recalled my reading.
Amazing!I love to cook and to entertain, but often find albergue kitchens to lack basics (or they're already in use). Therefore, I'm taking a portable kitchen (right at 16 oz) to supplement the most common shortfalls that I experienced at albergue kitchens. It includes a 6" ceramic chef's knife with edge guard, a flexible cutting board, an 18 oz titanium mug with measurement marks, a spork, a G.I. can opener, a corkscrew/church key, a turner, a cooking spoon, various freshly dried herbs and spices, a water coil, and a small bottle of chili sauce (habanera/ghost).
I'm also taking about an 8 oz set of pipe tobacco, pipes, and paraphernalia.
I'm also bringing a third set of clothes (pack two, wear one). This allows me to wash only every second to third day with a full load, which really opens up time in the afternoons for relaxation, exploration, pipe smoking, cooking, entertaining, listen to ukulele players, etc.
Even with all of this, I'm still under 15 lbs total pack weight (without drilling holes in my toothbrush or cutting tags out of my clothes).
Mostly I know exactly what I need compared to what I want because I practice a lot with my gear (I backpack regularly in the Colorado Rockies). I'm ruthlessly minimalist and multi-use, and I've invested in specific gear with an eye to reducing weight. In full disclosure, I'm at 14 lbs 15.7 oz, without food and water, so a butterfly landing on my pack puts me over the 15 lb mark.Amazing!
Hi, Viranani,
I always walk with an immersion coil, as I frequently blather on about, but on my Levante in 2014 I walked with two French guys who had a jet boil. That meant that promptly at 10 am, no matter where we were, we took off our packs and sat down to a proper little cup of coffee. Since I had the coil, we could boil water at the albergue/hostal without using gas, and that kept them from having to find more replacement gas so often. That's the one challenge of something like a jet boil -- on the Levante, the only place they found it was in Toledo, out of town in the Decathlon.
If you are passing through France you can by a thermoplongeur at any Darty shop. See more here http://m.darty.com/m/nav?cat=24552&s=topaTo avoid voltage/adapter problems in Europe, why not just buy one on arrival? SY
Very good did you give up underclothes & soap, shaving, & sleeping bag? Or just the sleeping bag?I love to cook and to entertain, but often find albergue kitchens to lack basics (or they're already in use). Therefore, I'm taking a portable kitchen (right at 16 oz) to supplement the most common shortfalls that I experienced at albergue kitchens. It includes a 6" ceramic chef's knife with edge guard, a flexible cutting board, an 18 oz titanium mug with measurement marks, a spork, a G.I. can opener, a corkscrew/church key, a turner, a cooking spoon, various freshly dried herbs and spices, a water coil, and a small bottle of chili sauce (habanera/ghost).
I'm also taking about an 8 oz set of pipe tobacco, pipes, and paraphernalia.
I'm also bringing a third set of clothes (pack two, wear one). This allows me to wash only every second to third day with a full load, which really opens up time in the afternoons for relaxation, exploration, pipe smoking, cooking, entertaining, listen to ukulele players, etc.
Even with all of this, I'm still under 15 lbs total pack weight (without drilling holes in my toothbrush or cutting tags out of my clothes).
If you are passing through France you can by a thermoplongeur at any Darty shop. See more here http://m.darty.com/m/nav?cat=24552&s=topa
Nope.Very good did you give up underclothes & soap, shaving, & sleeping bag? Or just the sleeping bag?
This is the [/B] I bought a couple of years ago on Amazon. It's worked well on my international travels, although I know there are a number of bad reviews. You have to make sure you don't plug it in until it's in the water and then unplug before you remove. Or else it will fry itself.I looked on amazon to find a new immersion coil and there are so many of them. The only one with good reviews appears to be too large to put into a regular sized coffee cup.
My planned indulgence is a small ukulele to entertain myself and annoy others. It weighs 396g. I figure if it's a mistake, I can gift it to someone along the way. Nothing ventured ~ something lost.
Thanks. I know I'll enjoy it, hope others do too. I'm loading as much well-known sing-along music as I can onto a light tablet (265g). The tablet weighs less than the guidebooks (e.g. Brierley guide is 282g), so I figure it's a good way to go.That uke sounds well worth the grammage. Now if you were talking about an accordion . . . . . . .
There are very light weight solar panels that already exist and are being carrid by many. Saw my first in 2012. Many brands and models on Amazon.Do I see the genesis of an opportunity to design and provide portable, lightweight, turbine generators to put on top of your pack to recharge gadgets whilst trudging the meseta for seven or so days?
Your could hire them at Burgos and give them back at Leon.
Now, is that eccentric, or is it just Heath Robinson?
Kepa! Such a cheerful and inquisitive baby. Just loved his big blue eyes. Great photo!Not so much something we packed, but traveling with a 13 month old, shopkeepers and perigrinos kept giving us stuffed animals, and then knicknacks for the baby pack. The first few times we were touched, and put the knicknacks on the pack. But that only inspired more gifts. It didn't feel right to discard of them, but good gosh it was a lot of stuff. In 500 miles we were gifted a whole lotta stuff. You can see a good bit of the bling in this picture taken as we walked back in to town from Fisterre. But that doesn't include his miniature walking stick (gifted in O'Cebreiro) or any of the stuffed animals (a dog in Estella, a santa bear in Fromista, and some kind of pilgrim doll in Galicia)
Wouldn't have subjected him to the Camino (or perigrinos to him) if he hadn't been!Such a cheerful and inquisitive baby.
Wondering where to walk next! Have been thinking of the portugese, but then I could do the Salvador and do the Primitivo again, or discover the Invierno, add Fisterra and Muxia. You know, just typical Camino addict daily challengesWouldn't have subjected him to the Camino (or perigrinos to him) if he hadn't been!
How have you been doing? Think of you often!
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