[pct-l] Bag/Quilt Warmth

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Piper,



*“I haven't washed it yet. It doesn't smell, doesn't look compressed,
doesn't look dirty… I don't know if I'm just lucky or if it's simply a
non-issue.”*  Diane



That’s understandable:  Girls are made of sugar and spice, and everything
nice.

 Steel-Eye

-Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> I only remember one night in the High Sierra colder than anything in
> the Southern California section and that was when I camped at Tyndall
> Creek. I generally avoid camping near cold places like creeks and
> lakes where cold, damp air settles but it just turned out that way
> that day. I learned my lesson though. Much warmer to camp mid-slope.
>
> I used my quilt from Wrightwood to Canada and continue to use it. I
> haven't washed it yet. It doesn't smell, doesn't look compressed,
> doesn't look dirty or used and still keeps me warm. I never use a
> stuff sack. I sleep in my hiking clothes. I don't know if I'm just
> lucky or if it's simply a non-issue.
>
> Diane
> On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> >
> > 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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