[pct-l] Synthetic Bag

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Ethan,



That Kelty bag looks pretty good for the price.  That’s about $200 less than
a good down bag of comparable warmth for 14 ounces more weight.  It would
nice if you could get an independent weight-check on it though.  Sometimes
those things can be upwards of a half-pound heavier than advertised.  I
hiked for several years – and about 1,000 miles of PCT -- with a bag of that
class and it did fine.  I still have it as a spare.



Enjoy your summer of hiking,



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09


On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Ethan Smith <esmith11 at my.whitworth.edu>wrote:

> Has anybody had experience using the Kelty Light Year Climashield XP 20
> Degree Sleeping Bag. The price is right and it doesn't seem too heavy for a
> synthetic bag. Viable option for a thru-hike?
> http://www.campmor.com/outdoor/gear/Product___43130
>
> Ethan
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