Oh, how I love packing lists!

[Dennis Cooney]

I am in Salamanca just now taking a rest day and I think your list
should be shortened up a bit.  Just the bare bare minimum.  Especially
on the Via de la Plata.  The stretches are really long and most days
just nothing in between.  Weather is getting warmer now (Mar 20th) and
more water needed.  This is a wonderful journey and I have only met two
other walkers in two and a walk weeks.  Some difficulty in a couple of
villages as no accomodation at all, and books were wrong.  More on that
later.  If you are going shortly and need specific information please
ask and I will try to answer.
Dennis Cooney
Vancouver Canada

> 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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