- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances & Finisterre 05-07/22 Fran 26? d Nort 27?
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Oh, good. For the Camino most suggest leather sandals.Not doing Camino going on TMB.
Oh I know. I figured you already had some since you are asking about bringing them. I already own trekking poles but I'm not bothering to bring them because it is worth $30 to me to just get them at Decathlon and not checking them. I also get to have fun perusing the Decathlon since we don't have that store where I live. I hear their puffy jacket is amazing.Not doing Camino going on TMB.
Don't want to buy at destination - for that matter never said that I don't already have them...
Don't want to claw pilots eyes out he still needs to fly the plane ad I foolishly let my license expire
Reckon I'll check them in
Thanks all
And when you sink into the mud you can hold the poles up over your head and wave them so you can be found.Your poles will offer more protection on the downhill bits than any amount of sharp pointy things attached to your feet
Slip sliding away...
All the way from Montjuic to Playa de Barcelonetta....
Correction: …would NOT help in the mud…”Unless you’re going in the dead of winter, maybe only on the Primitivo but still I doubt it, crampons will only be an unnecessary burden. The caminos sre not a wilderness hike. People do the Camino in wheelchairs and on crutches. There may be some muddy spots but crampons would help navigate in the type of mud there is. If the weather is bad heading out of SJPP, you wil be advised to take the Valcsrlos route, not the Napoleon.
The terrain is never such that it would justify the extra weight.
Er, the OP isn't going to be walking the Camino but the (possibly) snow covered Alps.Unless you’re going in the dead of winter, maybe only on the Primitivo but still I doubt it, crampons will only be an unnecessary burden. The caminos sre not a wilderness hike. People do the Camino in wheelchairs and on crutches. There may be some muddy spots but crampons would help navigate in the type of mud there is. If the weather is bad heading out of SJPP, you wil be advised to take the Valcsrlos route, not the Napoleon.
The terrain is never such that it would justify the extra weight.
Not doing Camino going on TMB.
Don't want to buy at destination - for that matter never said that I don't already have them...
Don't want to claw pilots eyes out he still needs to fly the plane ad I foolishly let my license expire
Reckon I'll check them in
Thanks all
Thanks @Evan White
I'm still debating if I want to take them PERIOD! But.... I'm leaning towards the "check-in" anyways.
If (God Forbid) my pack is not in GVA when I land (thankfully its a N\S flight so some possibility of a mishap due to transfer is alleviated) then I need a backpack, 2 sets of poles, maybe some clothes that i put there; so at that point crampons will be small part of the headache (and I will have a chance of actually seeing what the conditions-du-jour are "on the spot")
There is a Decathlon in Chamounix and I am hanging out there for 2.5 days before moving on to Les Houches and starting the treck so will utilize if necessary
Thanks again everyone!
Usually I check a Sea to Summit ultra-sil duffel with my poles, knife and in this case, the crampon. But I really think you will hardly use it (trekking pole is enough on TMB during summer).
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