{"id":701,"date":"2020-10-02T05:36:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T10:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santiagoinlove.com\/en\/?p=701"},"modified":"2020-10-02T05:36:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T10:36:45","slug":"myth-backpack-ideal-weight-10-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santiagoinlove.com\/en\/myth-backpack-ideal-weight-10-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth: backpack ideal weight and the 10% rule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who has never heard of the famous “10% rule”<\/strong>? It’s everywhere, pretty hard to escape it\u2026 Yet as it is, this rule is wrong<\/em>!<\/strong> Yep yep, you read it right. Wrong! What? Have people been lying to you? Is there a secret conspiracy targeting pilgrims’ backs? Well, not exactly\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me explain why<\/strong> the “10% rule” is a myth\u2026 and what to do to use it properly!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\nWhat is the 10% rule?<\/a>
\nThe 10% rule is wrong… and it’s logical it is!<\/a>
\nThe detail that makes all the difference<\/a>
\nWhat now?<\/a>
\nA personal suggestion<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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What is the 10% rule?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to know how much a backpack should weigh<\/strong>, BINGO! The 10% rule appears. I don’t know where this “rule” comes from, but what’s certain is, we hear about it everywhere. Between pilgrims on the Camino, in books, on social medias\u2026 impossible to cut it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The formula is simple: a backpack must weigh a maximum of 10% of the weight of the person who carries it<\/strong>. Take the weight of a person, multiply it by 10, take the result and divide by 100: the result is the maximum weight that person’s backpack should be. Said in math language: (Kgx10):100= max weight of the bag<\/strong>. Works with pounds all the same! Since a picture weighs 1000 words (haha!), I’ll spare you more blah blah and math to show you directly what it looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chart on the Camino “helping” pilgrims to find their pack’s maximum weight<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Your sharp eye will have noticed that the photo shows calculations made for 15 and 20% of someone’s weight. The formula and its principle are the same, even though pilgrims usually do calculations with 10%<\/strong> (well… it is <\/em>easier!). In any case, we find ourselves with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n