[pct-l] Bag/Quilt Warmth

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

Here's a related question...

Has anybody thought about how a bag used from the start, about a month in at 
KM, since it has been compressed daily for all that time and gotten dirty 
and oily during nightly use, will have a worse temperature rating than when 
they started and this is at the very place where hikers need a bag rated for 
colder temps as they go up into the high sierra snow?

Might be a good place to bring in a new, colder rated bag?

Have any previous thrus noticed that they were sleeping colder once they 
left KM and before they hit the snow because the nighttime temps were colder 
there?



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Abela" <abela at johnabela.com>
To: "Edward Anderson" <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 5:27 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bag/Quilt Warmth


> To get back to the topic of bags...
>
> So it seems like the general consensus here is that going with a 20
> degree bag is pretty much the best option for the full duration of the
> PCT.
>
> I will say I am surprised to not see very many people out there with
> 32 degree bags.
>
> Out of curiosity, has anybody in this group done sleeping bag
> bouncing? Bouncing between 32 degree bags and 20 degree bags,
> depending on the locations and temps, in an effort to save an extra
> pound in the warmer sections.
>
> John
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