{"id":6445,"date":"2012-06-30T09:04:16","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T17:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=6445"},"modified":"2013-01-17T13:45:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T21:45:55","slug":"equipment-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/equipment-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Equipment Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the course of my initial equipment acquisition and experimentation, the Camino Boards<\/a> have been invaluable.<\/p>\n

My Keens are just fantastic – they were broken in by the end of my first hike.<\/p>\n

My pack – an Osprey Kestrel 48 – is comfortable and roomy. Even with 15 pounds packed in, it weighs almost nothing on my back.<\/p>\n

And of course, there’s my adventury hat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All of these things were recommended by folks on the forum.<\/p>\n

I’m starting to get to the nitty-gritty, though. Technical clothing. Socks. Titanium spork.<\/p>\n

At some point, I’ll have to get some rain gear. My pack comes with a built-in rain cover, which I’ve not yet had the opportunity to test. Then there’s the jacket. The Eddie Bauer rain jacket I obtained at the local thrift shop doesn’t really do a good job with pelting rain, a fact I discovered on one of my many equipment trials.<\/p>\n

I’ve been putting this stuff through the paces during our weekend hikes and, in some cases, during the week. Failures so far? <\/p>\n

My original shoes<\/a> never got comfortable. <\/p>\n

The rain jacket, obviously.<\/p>\n

The Columbia fleece I got is awfully warm. Perhaps too warm. It’s bulky and weighs a ton. And yet… I’m really going to want it if the April weather on the Camino next year is anything like what it was this <\/em>April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the course of my initial equipment acquisition and experimentation, the Camino Boards have been invaluable. My Keens are just fantastic – they were broken in by the end of my first hike. My pack – an Osprey Kestrel 48 – is comfortable and roomy. Even with 15 pounds packed in, it weighs almost nothing on my back. And of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-1FX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24805,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-rain-in-spain\/","url_meta":{"origin":6445,"position":0},"title":"The Rain in Spain","author":"Thom","date":"10 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As you can see, I\u2019ve added a countdown calendar to the blog on the left-hand side. 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