[pct-l] Sleeping Bag - For Hot Sleeper

[David Ellzey]

Kathi,

I am going to venture that you are experiencing a issue with glucose, not a problem with your sleeping system. Have you ever experienced (or seen) how some new marathon runners will get shivers after finishing the race, even on a relatively warm day? This is due to the body effectively being out of fuel and shutting down until it can metabolize more from digestion or fat reserves.

Once you have rested a while, your glucose levels rise and you warm back up.

The prevention is to keep a steady fuel supply going in you, also your body will learn to adapt to the stress over time. The wrong thing to do is skip a meal because you are too tired, always make time for fuel!

Oh, and eating a bar of dark chocolate right as you crawl into your bag will do wonders to warm you up too.

BigToe

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Kathi
Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:24 AM
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Sleeping Bag - For Hot Sleeper

Hello List,
Hope you are all able to enjoy some of this beautiful weather (at least 
it is in Sacramento, CA)...

For years I've been struggling with getting the right sleeping bag or 
combo of clothing/bag. On cold nights when I get in my bag I am 
generally freezing. Especially my feet, it doesn't seem to matter if I 
am wearing socks, long johns or what ever... I just can't get warm for 
about the first hour. If I wear clothing it makes that time longer 
because I think I'm heating my clothes and not letting my sleeping bag 
loft do it's job of trapping my heat. Once I get to sleep I wake up 
about an hour later just burning up. I sleep VERY hot once asleep... I 
am my man's own personal little electric blanket. :)

I generally sleep in a 30º bag because the others are way to hot for me 
even when the weather dips into the teens. So my thought for thru-hiking 
was maybe to take some hand warmers and throw them in my bag on cold 
nights before I get in to kinda warm things up. Those little things 
aren't necessarily light weight so I'm not sure about that. Are there 
any other hot sleepers out there? What do you do? Just suffer through 
the cold until you are asleep? I was thinking of just suffering and 
taking a back up hand warmer just in case I was really having a problem 
I could use it.

Suggestions greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Kathi
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