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I made a oversized silk sleep sack with zip down the side. I pair it with a tiny down blanket (cut down from a larger one) that I tuck inside the sleep sack on cool/cold nights. Total weight is about 450 grams.
Larger shoes. Then for protection, every morning before a long walk, and certainly every day on the Camino, put paper tape or stretchy Omnifix dressing retention tape on the vulnerable spots to protect them.
My backpack is ultralight (Gossamer Gear Murmur), and I use a pack liner inside (also from Gossamer Gear). Everything in the liner, which is actually just a durable plastic bag, stays dry. I use a rainskirt (3F UL) with a rain jacket (Montbell...
Well played. But that did remind, I loved that Garcia Marquez book, mind you I read it about a hundred years ago as well. I might need to revisit that. Off topic to this thread (but related to good books) I hate the post-Internet brain that I...
I think that this is a very good thread, as it has people evaluating and articulating their beliefs. People, in fact, can have different ideas, or takes, and not be the Devil. I will confess that I found the constant refrain of the "Camino...
So there may not be some magical, mystical force that provides the unprepared ( either purposefully or just unlucky) but the Camino does provide thousands of hospitaleros, hotel clerks, cooks, wait staff, refreshment truck owners, friendly shop...
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