[pct-l] mummy bags

[Timothy Nye]

Hi Sherry,

Check out the Western Mountaineering site, the Summerlite is a 30 degree bag
that weighs only 19 ounces; there's also an oversize option in a sleeping
bag as well.  The mummy bags takes lass body heat to warm given the
reduction on overall volume compared to a rectangular bag so that they are
more efficient.

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:28 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net> wrote:

> Good morning, Sherry,
>
>
>
> You don’t “need” a mummy bag, what you need is whatever will allow you to
> sleep comfortably -- possibly down to 30 degrees.  Within any temperature
> range a mummy bag is the most efficient insulation for the weight.  In the
> 30-degree range a sleeping bag should weigh about 1-2 lbs.
>
>
>
> I know the claustrophobic feeling when one can’t draw the knees up, but
> there are several options:  1) Leave the zipper down and cover yourself
> with
> the open mummy bag; one half of the open zipper down each side of your
> insulating pad.  In effect you will have what hikers refer to as a “quilt”
> or “robe”, and you will be covered but not confined.  A down-side is you
> will have to sleep directly on the sleeping pad.  Some people don’t like
> the
> feel of that, but it doesn’t usually bother me.  2) Think differently about
> drawing up your legs.  Instead of trying to do so entirely inside the bag,
> draw up your legs by bending the entire sleeping bag at your knees and
> waist.  For example, if you were wearing thick snowsuit paints you would
> just bend your legs without trying to double them inside the pant legs.
>  Think
> of the bag as a big, loose, one-legged snowsuit.
>
>
>
> In the process of trying one of these options, begin sleeping in the bag,
> on
> the floor, at home.  It’s good practice for sleeping on the ground while on
> a hike.
>
>
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
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>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Sherry Smith <sherry_s1954 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I tried using a regular sized mummy bag.  I tried pulling my leg up in
> the
> > middle of the night, got stuck and woke up in a panic.  (Claustrophobic).
> >  So I purchased an over sized mummy bag through costco.  It weighs 4 lbs
> and
> > is really too big (I have LOTS of room inside the bag), not to mention
> that
> > I can't get the thing to fit inside my backpack where sleeping bags go.
>  And
> > if I am going to hike the Oregon section of the PCT starting sometime mid
> > July do I really need a mummy bag?
> > Sherry
> >
> >
> >
> >
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