[pct-l] Keeping a VERY skinny guy warm in SoCAL

[Slow Comfort]

2 wks on the trail? cold sleeper.  Spunsilk longjohns from wintersilk.com &
a silk bag liner from REI do a righton toasty job for me.

On 1/9/07, Paul Mitchell <paul at bluebrain.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Well, I couldn't be more excited ... my two buddies have both confirmed
> they're coming down for two weeks to start the trail with me!  I'm SUPER
> happy that they're going to get to experience a couple weeks of this
> amazing
> trail, and I'm pretty sure it'll be a life-changing experience that
> couldn't
> come at a better time for both of them.
>
> So, even though I know fairly well what works for me as I've done a good
> sized chunk of California, these guys are built pretty different than I am
> and I need to help them make some gear choices.  I've got a couple
> questions
> for the list.
>
> The first thing I'm worried about is that one of these guys is very
> skinny.
> I mean, roughly zero percent body fat.  He hates the cold, and because he
> has no insulation, he gets cold easy.  I know how cold it can get in
> SoCal,
> so I need to make sure we get him enough layers to be warm at night.
>
> I already have three sleeping bags, all of them are ultra-light bags so
> not
> super warm on their own.
>
> So, let's say we get him the typical layers - underlayer, his hiking
> clothes, a down flight jacket - and then what else would be best to add so
> that he can stay warm both in camp and in his bag?  I was thinking perhaps
> we'd get him the warmest jacket we can find, even if it's on the heavy
> side,
> get him an extra fleece layer, and a bag liner.
>
> So, in camp he'd have his silk (or whatever) underlayer, then fleece, then
> possibly his hiking clothes, then the jacket, toque, mittens, etc, and in
> his bag a liner should really warm things up, no?
>
> On the topic of down jackets, I found a couple at a local store.  One was
> 900 fill goose down but didn't have a lot of loft, another was 750 fill
> goose down but had more than double the loft.  I would think the 750 would
> be warmer?  Better quality fill isn't going to be warmer if there's half
> as
> much of it, no?
>
> Any other suggestions from hikers who tend to get cold?  Since these guys
> are only on the trail for two weeks, there's no time to make gear changes
> so
> we need to get it right from the start.
>
> Ah, what a great feeling ... brainwashing friends into hitting the trail!
> :-)
>
> Paul
>
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