[pct-l] 20 degree vs 30 degree bag for Oregon

[Eric]

I lived in Oregon for most of my life, and while camping in the mountains
during the summer the weather shouldn't drop below 30 degrees at night.  I
myself am planning on carrying a 30ish degree quilt and wearing lightweight
merinos (go figure!) and I don't see why this wouldn't be sufficient.  That
being said, I have not hiked the PCT before, so the temperatures could vary
from the places I've camped before.

Regards,
Eric

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Tow, Doug <DTow at americanriverbank.com>wrote:

> If anyone can take a short break from their Can't Wait To Walk jitters,
> could you weigh in on the likelihood of a 30 degree bag being sufficient
> for the Oregon sections hiked in August?  I have a 20, and see
> opportunity to go a bit lighter and a lot smaller.
>
> I won't be carrying a lot of extra layers that I could wear in the bag -
> just lightweight merinos, maybe.
>
> Thank you for your kind patience with us, the woefully uninformed.
>
> Doug
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