[pct-l] sleeping bag

[Melanie Clarke]

Dear Bill,

*I've got to get that gal checked!  *Yes, have her doctor check her
thyroid.  The auto-immune, Hashimoto's disease, will give you low levels of
the hormone, Thyroxine.  Always cold is one of the symptoms.  People think
that low thyroid people are fat but I managed my weight and so I was still
trim even though Hashimoto's disease was destroying my thyroid.  I just take
a pill now and it is no problem.

It also just might be that your GF keeps her weight at a lower weight than
her body would normally like.  Now, everyone is a little hungry on the trail
but on a long term restricted calorie diet, the body will respond by
lowering metabolism which also makes you cold.

But still have her check the thyroid.  It is a simple blood test.

Melanie

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Bill Burge <bill at burge.com> wrote:

>
> The important phrase in Steve's post is "sleep cold".
>
> The SubKilo is a 20 degree bag if you "sleep warm" (with your clothes on,
> in a tent, etc...  ;-)
>
> My GF does NOT sleep warm and when she used her SubKilo on a cold night was
> not very impressed.  When I bought a Western Mountaineering 20 degree bag
> and put it next to hers - she was even less impressed.  ;-)
>
> The WM bags are conservatively rated.  She now has a 10 degree WM bag and
> is very impressed.  Still, before the temps get to 20, she's got a down
> jacket on inside the bag.  (I've got to get that gal checked!  ;-)
>
> BillB
>
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Steven dvsteven wrote:
>
> >
> > I used the sub kilo+ 20 on the ACT thru-hike in 2006, great bag, but for
> my 2011 PCT hike I'll be using Marmot Helium EQ/Membrane (15 degree bag),
> way more expensive, but the membrane is VERY water resistant, and I sleep
> cold.  At 2 lbs 5 oz, the weight trade off is justified... but then again
> I'm not an ultralight hiker.
> >
> > Steven
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> > From: esmith11 at my.whitworth.edu
> > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:52:33 +0000
> > Subject: [pct-l] sleeping bag
> >
> > Has anybody used the REI Sub Kilo +20 Sleeping Bag on a thru-hike? Was it
> warm enough?
> > The price is certainly attractive for a sub-2 pound bag.
> > http://www.rei.com/product/780903
> >
> > Ethan
> >
> >
> >
> > --Forwarded Message Attachment--
> > From: austinwilliams123 at gmail.com
> > To: esmith11 at my.whitworth.edu; pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:57:44 -0800
> > Subject: Re: [pct-l] sleeping bag
> >
> > That bag looks awesome for the price and weight.
> >
> > --
> > Austin Williams
> >
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