HBS60
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- August 2024 (planned)
Greetings!
I’m planning my first Camino Frances for August 2024 and looking forward to it. I‘ve been reading through lots of the threads and they have been very helpful and informative, but still have so many questions.
The most pressing one is what to do about my cPAP machine, because it’s bulky, and I can’t afford $900 or so for a travel unit, so I’m trying to figure out if I can actually carry it in my backpack. I’ve experimented with a non-hiking backpack I have, I believe it is 30 L (this is all new to me so I don’t know if I’m estimating the size correctly), and it does fit even with its case, with some room left over for things like socks, shirts, etc. The unit weighs about 3.5 lbs (not too heavy), so it might be feasible to carry it all the way. It has its own travel case, which is rectangular and usually appropriate for airplane travel, but fitting this into the backpack takes space I would use otherwise, unless I buy a bigger backpack. The one I have now is nice, but it doesnt’ have the hip straps, so I might need to buy a new one anyway, but the larger ones are also quite pricey.
I’m aware of the delivery service, but that would really make it difficult to have a flexible itinerary, and I fear being separated from the machine, or if it gets damaged. I’ve tried to find out if I can rent a travel sized machine, but nobody seems to know. Would this be possible in Spain? Or even buying a travel sized one in Spain might be more affordable? Worse case scenario, I can try backpacking it over the Pyrenees, but I want to make sure I’m not missing other alternatives.
Being that it will be in August through September, I expect to travel very light, so that might make the backpack situation a bit easier.
I do have other questions but I’ve been learning a lot in these boards.
About me: I’m 64, retired, generally in good health other than a few annoying ailments, and I’ve been working out at the gym since last April, and walking 1-3 miles (0.6-4.8 km) a day for the last 3-4 years, and I’m planning to step up my training this summer. I hope the infernal FL heat will prepare me for the broiling Meseta, but who knows! I’ve never tried anything like this.
I’m a native Spanish speaker (from PR), so I hope that will help a lot.
I’ll ask more questions as they come up. Thanks for any feedback you can give me!
I’m looking forward to this adventure!
Thanks, and Buen Camino!
I’m planning my first Camino Frances for August 2024 and looking forward to it. I‘ve been reading through lots of the threads and they have been very helpful and informative, but still have so many questions.
The most pressing one is what to do about my cPAP machine, because it’s bulky, and I can’t afford $900 or so for a travel unit, so I’m trying to figure out if I can actually carry it in my backpack. I’ve experimented with a non-hiking backpack I have, I believe it is 30 L (this is all new to me so I don’t know if I’m estimating the size correctly), and it does fit even with its case, with some room left over for things like socks, shirts, etc. The unit weighs about 3.5 lbs (not too heavy), so it might be feasible to carry it all the way. It has its own travel case, which is rectangular and usually appropriate for airplane travel, but fitting this into the backpack takes space I would use otherwise, unless I buy a bigger backpack. The one I have now is nice, but it doesnt’ have the hip straps, so I might need to buy a new one anyway, but the larger ones are also quite pricey.
I’m aware of the delivery service, but that would really make it difficult to have a flexible itinerary, and I fear being separated from the machine, or if it gets damaged. I’ve tried to find out if I can rent a travel sized machine, but nobody seems to know. Would this be possible in Spain? Or even buying a travel sized one in Spain might be more affordable? Worse case scenario, I can try backpacking it over the Pyrenees, but I want to make sure I’m not missing other alternatives.
Being that it will be in August through September, I expect to travel very light, so that might make the backpack situation a bit easier.
I do have other questions but I’ve been learning a lot in these boards.
About me: I’m 64, retired, generally in good health other than a few annoying ailments, and I’ve been working out at the gym since last April, and walking 1-3 miles (0.6-4.8 km) a day for the last 3-4 years, and I’m planning to step up my training this summer. I hope the infernal FL heat will prepare me for the broiling Meseta, but who knows! I’ve never tried anything like this.
I’m a native Spanish speaker (from PR), so I hope that will help a lot.
I’ll ask more questions as they come up. Thanks for any feedback you can give me!
I’m looking forward to this adventure!
Thanks, and Buen Camino!