I really enjoyed your video… the humor is right up my alley! I’m heading out to start the Camino Frances mid September, so maybe we’ll see each other there! And good on you for doing hard things - it’s where all the treasure in life lies.
I’m coming to SJPDP from Madrid tomorrow, so it looks like we’re starting within a few days of each other! I wish you such a fantastic Camino!! @@seakyle8320
Thanks for watching! Always be sure to pack for the temperature you will be hiking in. I should be finishing my camino in early November which is why I haven't included warmer gear in my bag. I've become used to the cold with living in the midwest off and on for the last decade. Always pack for what you need, especially if you are more warm-blooded or cold-natured. Comfort is key!
First of all, I really applaud your courage to go back to the Camino, and face your fears. Your positivity is infectious and inspiring! I also admire how you're using gear that you already have, and things that you know will work for you, instead of buying everything new just for the single purpose of the Camino. I'd love to hear if you ditched one or two sets of the tops & pants after the feedback you got - the Columbia rain jacket can double up as a windbreaker too. Also, as you pointed out, the 7 kg plus the things you haven't got yet is the from-skin-out weight, once you put the items you'll be wearing on yourself, the weight of your pack will go down and you will get some extra space as well. The buff could double up as an eye mask for sleeping, great choice - and it was smart to bring vitamin C that can double up as electrolytes. I hope you had a great time and came back feeling fulfilled!
Thank you so much for your sweet comment 😊 Honestly, I tried and tried to downsize after the feedback, and I did end up ditching the swimsuit and I think an extra pair of underwear. I don't recall what I had clothingwise in this video, but I took 3 tops and three bottoms (one set was a post shower/sleeping outfit). I'll be doing some post camino videos once I've finished uploading the hiking series and will go back over my gear and discuss what changed and what I wouldn't take again, etc.
@@FNDingMyWayNo.This is my first Camino. Having been planning my walk for a long time. I can't believe it is happening so soon. Travelling from Australia.
@user-pw4fw2yi2k thats so exciting! Congrats on it finally happening!! I know that feeling well! I only walked a few days last year so this will be my first full camino too 😄 hope you're able to get some rest before you start walking, I've done that same flight before (Sydney to Europe) and it's a beast!
I loved your video. Just one little tip. If you decide to send stuff ahead use your lightweight dqypack for all the stuff you don't need and use your rei pack for water sandwich jacket etc... It's better for your back. 😍 Someone else gave me that advice and I loved it. Good luck 🍀🤞😍
Great tip! I did end up doing this a couple of times during heat or heavy rain, however, I wish I had taken a different day pack because I could feel every single item in that dayback against my back 🙃
@@FNDingMyWay yes I did twice. Once about 4pm knowing I still had 1 big incline afead and on the last day and I used my pack liner to send things on and had my good pack for rain jacket water etc. It's just so comfortable..
I always thought it was heaviest at the bottom and along the spine, but after a few days, I've adjusted my pack to the way you said, and it's riding a good bit better! Thanks for the tip!
I think your gear looks pretty good, with one exception… too many pants/shirts. I think you have 4 each? Maybe think about only 3 each. I am packing to leave in about a week. I am doing 3 of each (tops/bottoms/undies) as I think I overpacked before. Buen Camino!! 🎉
Thank you for the tip! I'm definitely considering leaving a shirt behind and a pair of undies, they weight so little but I know each item adds up the weight still. So hard to pack! Best of luck on your journey and buen camino to you!
Looks good, I'm just going to list what I think: take the big towel, enough to wrap around your body, along the way have a plastic bag for your used wipes. Consider a trowel to dig a cat hole. I use wired ear buds instead of earplugs, I put on a podcast or something to listen to instead of snoring. One buff is enough, washcloth not necessary. Instead of that heavy lock, look into a cable lock. Too many clothes, just rain jacket, no windbreaker. 1 pair of shorts only, consider capris(I don't like to wear shorts in churches or cities) if you don't want long pants. I sleep in my clothes for the next day so I have 3 shirts, 2 pants. Skip the daybag, get a dry sack for your bag liner, you can use that to send stuff ahead. Remember that you can take everything now and evaluate on the way and send stuff ahead via Correos where they will hold it at the Santiago post office until you arrive. Buen Camino!
@@FNDingMyWaythey will hold it for 45 days. You can also send stuff ahead to Casa Ivar. You can also start where you left off and keep using your credential. It never expires. Many people do a part of the Camino every year. I only last about 2-3 weeks before I skeddadle home. I live in Spain now so the travel isn't a big deal.
I truly like your sense of humor. It's one of the first things to pack on any longer trip, and you'd be the sunshine of a cloudy day for nearby hikers. Coming from watchings a steady diet of ultra-light hiking video, it's a bit refreshing and oh so different to see your approach to gear. The only things I would change out in the name of the great ultra-light deity is that I'd replace all the gear bags with dyneema bags and save what i would guess is a pound and a half or so. I'm also a big fan of 100 percent wool shirts and about a 70 or 80 percent wool socks. It stinks far less and is surprisingly warm without being hot and sticky in humid weather at the same time. I have two questions. Firstly, is your backpack frameless or with a frame, and how large is it? Secondly, does everyone stay in hostels or is there any wild camping to be had along the way? I've long thought about "somedays" doing the same route, but am not a fan of hostels and the crowds now, how large do the hiker groups get?
Thank you! I love wool but all of my wool socks and clothes are heavier duty because of where we live (upper midwest). I just couldn't bring myself to spend the money on more woolen items, maybe some day though! Fortunately, nothing I'm taking is cotton (except the socks are a blend I believe) so the hiking odors stay pretty low. But yes, I'd love to upgrade to wool one day, maybe as things wear out! My bag isn't framless, it has a rigid back structure. If I were to buy another bag down the line, I'd be interested in trying frameless just because it seems like it would be easier to convince airlines that it's a carryon since it would be squishable. When I walked last year, the crowds weren't bad. I read that only a small number actually start from st jean pied de port and walk the entire way, so starting at the beginning should give you a smaller crowd. It's that last 100km that apparently gets extremely crowded because that's the required distance to recieve a certificate. But also the time you go makes a difference. I assume summer would just be madness. I always travel after summer for the crowd reason. There's not wild camping because you're walking through private property a lot, but some hostels will let you set up a tent in their yard for a small fee, and there is the options of private rooms too. And as for hiker groups, they can be as big or as small as you want. 😉 hope I answered all your questions!
It was around 20 lbs with water, less than 10% of my body weight at the time. I'll have a video eventually reviewing what I took and what I think are necessary items to include.
Hi. A very nice video. I leave in 3 weeks for my thirt camino. Maybe you can get the weight of the pack down? You have not everything in your pack yet and also have to carry water and food. A too heavy pack will give you so much trouble and pain. Good luck and buen camino!
The weight should go down once I take out the clothes I'll be wearing.. I would ideally like it to be a little lighter, however it's the same weight I carried last year and is under 10% of my weight. I've gone through it so many times trying to reduce what I'm carrying and just getting stumped on what could stay behind 😫 Do you mind sharing what your pack weighs? Packing is such a struggle! Thanks!
@@FNDingMyWay i have reduces and reduced and am now at a packweight of 5.9 kg and a bunnbag of 500 gram without water and food. It is realy difficult. Make a pile of what you realy need. And one with what you want. You realy need only two outfits and soap;-). Then play with the piles until you are happy. The 10% rule is only a guide not a rule. If your pack was good last year than it is good. In the end you must do you. You can always send home or ahead. Dont worry enjoy. Buen camino
Buen Camino!!! So dxcited for you! Im starting on the 18th, so i have to pack a fleece and some smart wool base layers! Hope I make it! 7 kilos! Not bad. Im hoping for 15 pounds. Have you read The Camino-A Journey of the Spirit by Shirley MacLaine? She did it in 30 days waaaay back in ‘95 I think.😅
You can do it! Hope you're having a lovely camino and no, I haven't read her book but someone mentioned it to me while on my Camino! I'll have to check it out.
The one I showed here is from JanSport, this specific one is not in production anymore. I ended up taking one I believe from Target because it was a little bit bigger and a lot of people carry Fjällraven or Cotopaxi brand ones.
you have tooo ooooomuch... . you dont need. one on one in bag... sorry for you .i just finished im 81 and i carried my bag every day... i used my liner. one day my rain poncho.. less is best ... did rei talk you into things youdo not need?
I actually used every single item in my bag multiple times and was very happy with the weight I was carrying. I met people carrying smaller packs, so if you can do it with less, that's amazing, and congrats on doing it at 81, that's honestly so inspiring! I hope you had a wonderful camino!
The one I bought was horrible to try to get water from, but I also met people along the camino whose bladders leaked inside their bags or they couldn't fill all the way because it takes up so much room inside their bags, like they had packed their bags not accounting for the space a full bladder would take up, and also just the pain of removing the bladder to fill it every day. Just not worth it to me, but I also know a lot of people love them, so it just depends on the person and preferences.
I am so proud of you for not giving up! I believe you can do it this time! You did a wonderful job getting everything you need in that bag.😊
Thank you so much!
I really enjoyed your video… the humor is right up my alley! I’m heading out to start the Camino Frances mid September, so maybe we’ll see each other there! And good on you for doing hard things - it’s where all the treasure in life lies.
That's a beautiful last sentence! Love it! And yes, maybe we will! Are you starting from SJPDP? If you see me, be sure to say hi! Buen camino!!
@@FNDingMyWay yes, in SJPDP… I’ll definitely say hi if I see you in town or on the Way!
i start tomorror :)
I’m coming to SJPDP from Madrid tomorrow, so it looks like we’re starting within a few days of each other! I wish you such a fantastic Camino!! @@seakyle8320
Oh my gosh, you just said sweaty FUPA, 😂😂😂. Hilarious!!
Yes, compression socks are great for recovery, good to wear after the day's walk
Your personality makes me happy!!! Have a fabulous safe travel!
Thank you so much!!
Thanks for watching! Always be sure to pack for the temperature you will be hiking in. I should be finishing my camino in early November which is why I haven't included warmer gear in my bag. I've become used to the cold with living in the midwest off and on for the last decade. Always pack for what you need, especially if you are more warm-blooded or cold-natured. Comfort is key!
maybe we meet each other. I start tomorrow
@@seakyle8320 perhaps! Buen camino!!
You go girl!
First of all, I really applaud your courage to go back to the Camino, and face your fears. Your positivity is infectious and inspiring! I also admire how you're using gear that you already have, and things that you know will work for you, instead of buying everything new just for the single purpose of the Camino.
I'd love to hear if you ditched one or two sets of the tops & pants after the feedback you got - the Columbia rain jacket can double up as a windbreaker too. Also, as you pointed out, the 7 kg plus the things you haven't got yet is the from-skin-out weight, once you put the items you'll be wearing on yourself, the weight of your pack will go down and you will get some extra space as well.
The buff could double up as an eye mask for sleeping, great choice - and it was smart to bring vitamin C that can double up as electrolytes. I hope you had a great time and came back feeling fulfilled!
Thank you so much for your sweet comment 😊 Honestly, I tried and tried to downsize after the feedback, and I did end up ditching the swimsuit and I think an extra pair of underwear. I don't recall what I had clothingwise in this video, but I took 3 tops and three bottoms (one set was a post shower/sleeping outfit). I'll be doing some post camino videos once I've finished uploading the hiking series and will go back over my gear and discuss what changed and what I wouldn't take again, etc.
Loved your video. I may see you on the track. I begin from SJPDP on September 22!
I start around then too so maybe we will cross paths 😃 have you walked it before? buen camino!
@@FNDingMyWayNo.This is my first Camino. Having been planning my walk for a long time. I can't believe it is happening so soon. Travelling from Australia.
@user-pw4fw2yi2k thats so exciting! Congrats on it finally happening!! I know that feeling well! I only walked a few days last year so this will be my first full camino too 😄 hope you're able to get some rest before you start walking, I've done that same flight before (Sydney to Europe) and it's a beast!
Good luck looking forward to following you on this journey, you got this. 👍
Thank you so much!
Instead of toilet paper - look at a kula wipe?
Good luck & safe travels xx
You got the right spirit for the Camino! Hope things went well:)
Better than I could have imagined 😊 thank you!
I loved your video. Just one little tip. If you decide to send stuff ahead use your lightweight dqypack for all the stuff you don't need and use your rei pack for water sandwich jacket etc... It's better for your back. 😍 Someone else gave me that advice and I loved it. Good luck 🍀🤞😍
Great tip! I did end up doing this a couple of times during heat or heavy rain, however, I wish I had taken a different day pack because I could feel every single item in that dayback against my back 🙃
@@FNDingMyWay yes I did twice. Once about 4pm knowing I still had 1 big incline afead and on the last day and I used my pack liner to send things on and had my good pack for rain jacket water etc. It's just so comfortable..
Nice video! We always make sure we’ve got a few packs of Emergen-C before a trip.
Emergen-C is just so useful! 😊😊
I think your heaviest stuff goes in the middle and then top of the pack. At least that's what REi teaches.
I always thought it was heaviest at the bottom and along the spine, but after a few days, I've adjusted my pack to the way you said, and it's riding a good bit better! Thanks for the tip!
@@FNDingMyWay Sweet! Buen Camino!
Just got my annual dividends and whooo it’s time to shop!
Get it!! So exciting!
Helpful video, thank you!
I think your gear looks pretty good, with one exception… too many pants/shirts. I think you have 4 each? Maybe think about only 3 each. I am packing to leave in about a week. I am doing 3 of each (tops/bottoms/undies) as I think I overpacked before. Buen Camino!! 🎉
Thank you for the tip! I'm definitely considering leaving a shirt behind and a pair of undies, they weight so little but I know each item adds up the weight still. So hard to pack! Best of luck on your journey and buen camino to you!
Looks good, I'm just going to list what I think: take the big towel, enough to wrap around your body, along the way have a plastic bag for your used wipes. Consider a trowel to dig a cat hole. I use wired ear buds instead of earplugs, I put on a podcast or something to listen to instead of snoring. One buff is enough, washcloth not necessary. Instead of that heavy lock, look into a cable lock. Too many clothes, just rain jacket, no windbreaker. 1 pair of shorts only, consider capris(I don't like to wear shorts in churches or cities) if you don't want long pants. I sleep in my clothes for the next day so I have 3 shirts, 2 pants. Skip the daybag, get a dry sack for your bag liner, you can use that to send stuff ahead. Remember that you can take everything now and evaluate on the way and send stuff ahead via Correos where they will hold it at the Santiago post office until you arrive. Buen Camino!
@spannymakronkeep8673 thank you! I didn't know about sending stuff ahead to Santiago! Appreciate the advice 😃
@@FNDingMyWaythey will hold it for 45 days. You can also send stuff ahead to Casa Ivar. You can also start where you left off and keep using your credential. It never expires. Many people do a part of the Camino every year. I only last about 2-3 weeks before I skeddadle home. I live in Spain now so the travel isn't a big deal.
I truly like your sense of humor. It's one of the first things to pack on any longer trip, and you'd be the sunshine of a cloudy day for nearby hikers.
Coming from watchings a steady diet of ultra-light hiking video, it's a bit refreshing and oh so different to see your approach to gear. The only things I would change out in the name of the great ultra-light deity is that I'd replace all the gear bags with dyneema bags and save what i would guess is a pound and a half or so. I'm also a big fan of 100 percent wool shirts and about a 70 or 80 percent wool socks. It stinks far less and is surprisingly warm without being hot and sticky in humid weather at the same time.
I have two questions. Firstly, is your backpack frameless or with a frame, and how large is it? Secondly, does everyone stay in hostels or is there any wild camping to be had along the way?
I've long thought about "somedays" doing the same route, but am not a fan of hostels and the crowds now, how large do the hiker groups get?
Thank you! I love wool but all of my wool socks and clothes are heavier duty because of where we live (upper midwest). I just couldn't bring myself to spend the money on more woolen items, maybe some day though! Fortunately, nothing I'm taking is cotton (except the socks are a blend I believe) so the hiking odors stay pretty low. But yes, I'd love to upgrade to wool one day, maybe as things wear out!
My bag isn't framless, it has a rigid back structure. If I were to buy another bag down the line, I'd be interested in trying frameless just because it seems like it would be easier to convince airlines that it's a carryon since it would be squishable.
When I walked last year, the crowds weren't bad. I read that only a small number actually start from st jean pied de port and walk the entire way, so starting at the beginning should give you a smaller crowd. It's that last 100km that apparently gets extremely crowded because that's the required distance to recieve a certificate. But also the time you go makes a difference. I assume summer would just be madness. I always travel after summer for the crowd reason.
There's not wild camping because you're walking through private property a lot, but some hostels will let you set up a tent in their yard for a small fee, and there is the options of private rooms too.
And as for hiker groups, they can be as big or as small as you want. 😉 hope I answered all your questions!
I feel like we need to walk together, I’d be huffing (and puffing) up those hills too, lol.
great and helpful video!
Glad to hear that! 😃
1.200 años de Camino!!
Your dog is so cute!
Thank you so much 🥰
So much stuff. How heavy is your pack?
It was around 20 lbs with water, less than 10% of my body weight at the time. I'll have a video eventually reviewing what I took and what I think are necessary items to include.
Hi. A very nice video. I leave in 3 weeks for my thirt camino. Maybe you can get the weight of the pack down? You have not everything in your pack yet and also have to carry water and food. A too heavy pack will give you so much trouble and pain. Good luck and buen camino!
The weight should go down once I take out the clothes I'll be wearing.. I would ideally like it to be a little lighter, however it's the same weight I carried last year and is under 10% of my weight. I've gone through it so many times trying to reduce what I'm carrying and just getting stumped on what could stay behind 😫 Do you mind sharing what your pack weighs? Packing is such a struggle! Thanks!
@@FNDingMyWay i have reduces and reduced and am now at a packweight of 5.9 kg and a bunnbag of 500 gram without water and food. It is realy difficult. Make a pile of what you realy need. And one with what you want. You realy need only two outfits and soap;-). Then play with the piles until you are happy. The 10% rule is only a guide not a rule. If your pack was good last year than it is good. In the end you must do you. You can always send home or ahead. Dont worry enjoy. Buen camino
@@nicolevroon3071 thank you! And buen camino!!
Buenas realmente as hecho un comentario bien cierto en cuanto al tamaño de la mochila buen camino
Buen Camino!!! So dxcited for you! Im starting on the 18th, so i have to pack a fleece and some smart wool base layers! Hope I make it! 7 kilos! Not bad. Im hoping for 15 pounds.
Have you read The Camino-A Journey of the Spirit by Shirley MacLaine? She did it in 30 days waaaay back in ‘95 I think.😅
You can do it! Hope you're having a lovely camino and no, I haven't read her book but someone mentioned it to me while on my Camino! I'll have to check it out.
Thank you for sharing, loved this video ❤ For my second camino I’m thinking of using a water bladder, what made you hate it?
I’m a pug lady too!!!
Funny girl, yes bountiful is beautiful, Camiga.
What is the bum bag? Where is it from
The one I showed here is from JanSport, this specific one is not in production anymore. I ended up taking one I believe from Target because it was a little bit bigger and a lot of people carry Fjällraven or Cotopaxi brand ones.
@@FNDingMyWay thank you.. im always looking for advice from those more knowledgeable
you have tooo ooooomuch... . you dont need. one on one in bag... sorry for you .i just finished im 81 and i carried my bag every day... i used my liner. one day my rain poncho.. less is best ... did rei talk you into things youdo not need?
I actually used every single item in my bag multiple times and was very happy with the weight I was carrying. I met people carrying smaller packs, so if you can do it with less, that's amazing, and congrats on doing it at 81, that's honestly so inspiring! I hope you had a wonderful camino!
looks ..heavy less is best
Thank you for sharing, love this video ❤ For my second camino, I’m thinking of using a water bladder. What made you hate it?
The one I bought was horrible to try to get water from, but I also met people along the camino whose bladders leaked inside their bags or they couldn't fill all the way because it takes up so much room inside their bags, like they had packed their bags not accounting for the space a full bladder would take up, and also just the pain of removing the bladder to fill it every day. Just not worth it to me, but I also know a lot of people love them, so it just depends on the person and preferences.