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    Safety Pins over Clothes Pins?

    I don't understand the recommendation of safety pins over clothes pins that I see in books and on forums. Won't safety pins make holes in clothing especially if you are using them every day? I seem to remember them doing that to my baby sister's diapers, but that was a long time ago so my memory...
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    Temperature inside Albergues in October

    Hi all Buen Camino. I've been thinking about my sleeping bag options for my proposed Frances mostly in Oct. of this year. I saw a chart which said the average outside low temperature along the Frances is 45F (7.2C). I'm thinking it should be about 10F higher inside an Albergue even without the...
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    Voltage in Spain

    I am from the U.S. and I purchased a plug adapter, but do I need a voltage converter for Spain? I don't think so because the input voltage on my camera and phone battery charger is listed as 100 to 240 volts. Since the voltage in Spain is 220, they should work there. Am I right about that?
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    Medical Coverage on the Frances

    It looks like I will be doing the Frances sooner than expected. I finally convinced my friend who grew up in Spain to do the El Camino, but he wants to do it this September. There are certain advantages to doing the El Camino de Santiago Frances with him as he speaks Spanish and has relatives in...
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    How Hot On the Frances Now?

    Well right now at 1 pm in Sacramento California it is 40.5C. For the last 5 years we had a record setting drought, this year we had record setting rain, now we have a record setting heat wave. Please the powers that be no more record setting weather next April for my Frances if you don't mind.
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    Every Girl's Crazy Bout A Sharp dressed Man

    Hi all; I have a clothing question. A while back a hiking buddy of mine told me that my hiking shirts were old fashioned. I had to admit he was right. I tend to wear a ubiquitous checkered shirt from places like Eddie Bauer or REI, either synthetic or a cotton/ synthetic blend. I was looking at...
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    Music You Can Hum Along The Trail

    I like this arrangement of the song Take On Me by the eighties group A-Ha. Now skip happily down the trail with this song in your head.
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    Calling All Spaniards

    Hi my friend and I live in Sacramento California but my friend, I call him Hombre, grew up in Madrid Spain and I am trying to talk him into doing the Camino Frances, but he keeps on obsessing about bedbugs and people snoring and farting in the Alberges and saying that he can't do it because of...
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    Shoe Recommendation-Vasque Trailbender Trail Running Shoe

    First of all I want to say that in shoes it's fit, fit, fit. These shoes work for me, they may not work for you, so try them on first if you are thinking of buying them. That being said I really like these shoes. I have had them for a two months now hiking several times a week here in Northern...
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    Black Diamond Distance Carbon Z Poles Carry on Compatible?

    I have been a hiking pole user for the last 20 years and have no plans to stop now. The only poles I can find that fit inside my pack are the obscenely expensive Black Diamond Distance Carbon Z poles. The salesperson at REI where I tried them out assured me that they are carry on compatible...
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    Altus Poncho Observations

    I recently bought an Altus Atmospheric poncho and wanted to give my observations on this fine product. I ordered it on Amazon U.K. (England) and had it shipped to Sacramento CA which took four days with the more expensive fast shipping. I ordered the largest size available which is exlg/2exlg...

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