A Guide to my 4kg Camino Pack
My Camino Approach
I walked the Camino Frances from St Jean Pied de Port (SJPDP) to Santiago de Compostella (taking 31 days), and then continued to Finisterre and then onto Muxia (an additional 5 days). I walked from September 6th to October 11th.
My primary goal while preparing for this journey was to minimize my Camino pack weight. It is easy to think about all the comforts you’d like to have along, but it is also easy to overlook the weight those comforts will put on your body every day.
Pack light, and enjoy the luxury of walking with a feather-light pack instead of the luxury afforded by the extra comforts you could have brought along.
What can you find here?
As a solo, female traveler aged 28; this is my Camino experience, insights, thoughts, and opinions.
Camino Pack List
A detailed breakdown of what I packed, commentary on why, and thoughts on what I would have done differently.
Camino Blog
I kept a journal throughout my Camino and have crafted a blog series of my day to day experience on the Camino Frances.
Camino Spending
What does it cost to walk the Camino? I discuss what my habits were on the Camino, and how much I spent per day as a result.
Camino Guidebook
Village to Village Guide - Camino Frances: St. Jean - Santiago - Finisterre
… of interesting anecdotes or historical information. The key though is that it has elevation profiles of each section with the towns or amenities noted directly on them. You can look at these little profiles and plan your distance/elevation efforts, and know if you need to carry food or water. If there were towns/amenities spaced every 2-4km through a 20km stretch, then you don’t need to bring much for supplies as you know you’ll have access regularly. If you know you want to sleep in a specific small town, but it doesn’t have a grocery store, you can easily look at the closest preceding town that has one and therefore stock up as late as possible (reducing the amount of time you carry those supplies).
I thought it was a perfect balance of usefulness/usability with ‘something fun to read before bed about the towns I’d go through the next day.’’ I highly recommend getting it as an ebook, but they sell a paperback as well and it’s quite small/light.
I actually just downloaded the Kindle App for this trip (it’s free) so I could have this ebook guidebook along.
