[pct-l] sleeping bag question

[Bob Sartini]

20 mph wind is what I meant but you get the idea.

"EVERYTHING is in walking distance,"
    ......Bamboo Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Sartini" <r.sartini at rcn.com>
To: "Bradley Issler" <bradley.issler at gmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] sleeping bag question


> Does anyone understand the  degree ratings anyway. For instance in a 20
> degree bag cowboy camped on a 20 degree day in a 20 degree wind I think I
> would freeze my butt.
>
> I used a 20 degree bag from REI in February in central Florida and wished
> for my warm pajamas.
>
> Are the ratings done in a windless warehouse in Seattle?
>
> 40 bag does sound a bit lite though, liner or no.
>
>
> "EVERYTHING is in walking distance,"
>    ......Bamboo Bob
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bradley Issler" <bradley.issler at gmail.com>
> Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] sleeping bag question
>
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Short and sweet....can I get away with a 40 degree bag (go-lite
>> venture/adrenaline) for the whole PCT if I plan on using a thermolite bag
>> liner (supposed to add 15 degrees) when it gets really cold?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brad (silently devouring all the helpful posts from others).
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com <
>> diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 10, 2008, at 10:37 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>>>
>>> > From: Tamsin McMahon <tamsinrm at yahoo.com>
>>> > Subject: [pct-l] sleeping bag question
>>>
>>> It was colder most nights before arriving in the Sierras than after.
>>> I was glad to have a 20 degree quilt up until around end of June.
>>> Then I was too hot. I didn't go further than August so I don't know
>>> how cold it gets toward the end. Basically, the temperature seemed to
>>> follow the season and have less to do with proximity to this so-
>>> called "desert" everyone believes comprises the entire Southern
>>> California section. (Hint: it's largely rugged pine- and spruce-
>>> forested mountains at surprisingly high altitudes.)
>>>
>>> I bought a GoLite quilt rated to 20 degrees and used it after
>>> Wrightwood. It was less expensive than the Nunatek because it isn't
>>> individually made to order. I really like it.
>>>
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