[pct-l] Feather Friends Snow Owl Bag

[Hiker97 at aol.com]

_jplynch at crosslink.net_ (mailto:jplynch at crosslink.net)   writes:

And  where are you going with this baby!  Tell  all!



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For some reason I have always thought it would be very funny to pull into a  
3-season campsite with other backpackers around and throw out a monster Mt.  
Everest type sleeping bag onto my sleeping pad.    
 
I would act like everything was  normal and just go about doing my normal 
campsite chores.  I would  carefully notice other backpackers taking quick 
glances at my bag as it grows  larger and larger and larger.  Finally, some hikers 
wander over to act  like they just want to say hello and talk, but soon 
attention turns to my  bag.  
 
"Huh, I guess you think it is going  to be a little chilly tonight."
"You certainly don't need a bag  liner with that one."
"How many geese did it take to make  that bag.  I bet a whole flock."
"I guess you like to sleep in your  birthday suit."
"Can I just lay down in it just  once, so I can tell my grandchildren 
someday?"
"You say it is rated to minus 60  degrees.  How often do you zip it up?"
"Is it okay to take a picture of it  to post on my on-line journal?"
"You say it cost over $900.   Wow, that is a SoCal thru hike expenses."
"The 80 ounce bag weight is  more than my base pack weight."
"I guess you laugh at cold  snaps."
"Well with 12 inches of down all  around you, drafts will not be a problem."
"A mosquito is in for a big  surprise trying to bite you in your bag."
"That is the biggest stuff sack I  have ever seen."
"If you just lay on it, you will  disappear."
"What do you take on your 4-season  hikes?"
"Can you zip two of these  together?"
"Now that it has lofted, I can't  see my tent anymore."
"When you say you are going to take  a meritorious combat nap, you mean it."
 
I don't know why I think this  situation is funny, but I do.  
 
Switchback the Goose



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