buying a suitable backpack

[Lydia Banales]

As long as you're putting all your stuff in that garbage bag anyway ---
you might consider using that garbage bag to line your pack once you buy
it. I did not have a water proof pack cover. While we didn't experience
a lot of rain, when we did, stuff got wet. I learned that if I lined my
pack with a garbage bag, filled it, then tied it, everything stayed dry.
Buen Camino. Lydia

Jeffrey Crawley wrote:

>Is it Parkinsons Law that says "work expands to fill the time available"?
>
>I've got three packs - a 20 litre day pack, a 40 litre weekender and a 60
>litre one for longer trips.
>
>But the bigger the pack the more you'll want to fill all that lovely space
>available not forgetting those side pockets that are so convenient for the
>bits and pieces that all add to the weight!
>
>First time out I took my 60 litre pack which I always found to be a good
>size, comfortable to wear and easy to pack (twin compartments) with a built
>in rain cover in the bottom.  Thing was I'd never lived with it/out of it
>for a whole month!  I filled it up with what I though I needed and it looked
>a bit empty so I added a bit more, and a bit more . . .
>
>Second time there I took my 40 litre 'weekender' - pared everythng down to
>the bone (fleece liner and silk liner instead of sleeping bag) and still had
>room to spare!
>
>Why not sort out all of your gear and put it into a stout garbage bag, pack
>it down well, roll down the open end, tape up the bag and go along to the
>store and see what sized pack it will squeeze into?
>
>best wishes
>
>Jeffrey
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jane Shoemaker [mailto:elizjsaSHAW.CA]
>Sent: 08 April 2003 08:43
>To: GOCAMINO
>Subject: buying a suitable backpack
>
>
>Hello - I have to buy a backpack now, and all the packs I see for sale are
>"20 litres" or "30 liters" or "40 litres" or "50 litres" or "60
>itres"  ----etc.!!!!!!!!
>What is the right size for a 59-year-old female to carry on the Camino?
>Thank you for your response!
>Jane
>Zapatera
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