Oh, how I love packing lists!

[Ed]

athena wrote:
> All right, you must forgive me for this! But I have been working all
> year on my own personal, ultimate-comfort-and-convenience Camino
> packing list. Here it is! Consider it to be my report card. Weights
> include the plastic bags or containers for each item. Final total is
> 6324 grams = 210.8 oz. = 13.175 pounds. The pack alone is about 2
> pounds.
>
> 1st aid items and pills   510 grams  (will decrease)
>
> Camera charger, batteries, electronic stuff  340
>
> camp and shower shoes 282
>
> Neck pillow 52 (may be dropped off list)
>
> Personal hygiene and clothespins 556 (will decrease)
>
> A DRESS! (parachute fabric) and lady socks 164
>
> Jacket 344
>
> Extra pants, shirt, socks for one day 566
>
> Wool hat,silk gloves, goretex socks, extra socks 250
>
> Umbrella and poncho 616
>
> Sleep bag (microfleece) 602
>
> "Kitchen"  52
>
> Camera, dictionary, sunscreen, hand cleaner, kleenex,bandana (Fanny
> pack stuff)  736
>
> All books and maps and shell  598
>
> Chair which converts to sleeping pad  656
>
> The dress is because I got so tired of being scruffy last year. And I
> will have six free days in towns. So I will enjoy looking like a lady
> for a bit. It is dark blue, very appropriate for a Grannie in Spain.
> My jacket is also dark blue. What a fashionable Grannie I will be!
>
> The chair/mat is for the trail when I stop for lunch, as well as for
> a sleeping mat. It is such a comfey chair that I usually fall asleep
> in it! And it will be nice at the Albuergues. Sometimes I just wanted
> my little spot to sit and read, think, write.
>
> So the dress and the chair are my "secret" indulgences.
>
> Actually, the pillow probably will not make the final cut.
>
> It sounds good. But it does not include daily food (no problem) and
> water (which is the killer).
>
> So, friend walkers, is it a passing report card?
>
> Deanna

So, what kind of footwear are you bringing.  Surely you don't intend to walk
the Camino in shower shoes?  :-))

Ed


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