I reviewed all my items and by camino standards, my backpack is still too heavy! Today my pack weighs 9kgs. I seriously tried to cut out as much as I could and it's 1kg heavier than I intend to carry. How the heck am I going to cut another 1kg? Well Monique, I think I'll take you up on your advice and ditch the hair gel... My hair will be wilder than ever before. Move over young Einsten..lol.. It was one of the very few luxuries I intended to take with me. Now I understand why one cannot allow themselves too many luxuries on the road. It's up to you to carry your own load and the body feels every gram. Less weight = happy knees/joints...:)
My knee is coming along nicely. I've seen 2 specialists and they both gave me the go ahead. Yeah! Their advice is, take 2 hiking poles, orthotic inserts, good quality boots, knee brace, and carry as little weight as possible. Just yesterday my high tech knee brace arrived. I'm heading out this weekend to test it out. After forking out $150, it better do the job! Fingers crossed.
I'll upload my packing list next entry.
1 comment:
Good call on the gel! Of course I have straight, thin hair, so I don't know what a hardship it will be to go without!
What food do you have packed? You will find that for most days all you need to carry is water and maybe a piece of fruit.
xoxox
Nancy from San Francisco
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