walking Camino Real in winter
Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 4:26AM A pal who has just walked the whole Camino in winter (finished a few days ago) had this to say about his kit choices:
"The kit was amazing. The Paramo Cascada jacket with ‘one’ long-sleeve icebreaker merino sleeve was good in ‘feels like’ -9C whilst walking. With another merino and / or gilet, good when stationary too. And kept me dry when it pissed it down torrentially for 4 hours. Loved the gaiters - kept the trousers clean and made me look, and feel, like a ‘pro’. Biggest surprise hit was the icebreaker merino wool beanie. When it arrived in the post one day before leaving I was, “ah fuck! I’ve ordered the wrong item”, but for the first time I had a breathable, tiny, lightweight head-covering that kept me comfortably warm but not too hot - love it. Total Osprey convert. Items I should have taken but didn’t... a change of shoes (man, should have got those crocs!); and, a small dry bag for phone / wallet."
Get out there!