[pct-l] sleeping bag question

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Dec 11, 2008, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
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> Does anyone understand the  degree ratings anyway.

I understand them like so: A big huge pile of down on top of me is  
warm. The bigger the better. Sometimes a windy cowboy camp was  
actually super warm because of how the wind fluffed up the down.

Don't forget you can add a lot of degrees by selecting good  
campsites. It never ceased to amaze me that people would choose to  
sleep in freezing cold meadows or near the cold, descending air of  
creeks and lakes.
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> 40 bag does sound a bit lite though, liner or no.

I agree. Maybe a 30 degree if you have a high metabolism (i.e. you  
are a young man.) I think 30 degree was quite common for men.