[pct-l] Sleeping bag advice

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Ben,

I don’t find that adding clothing is anywhere as weight-efficient as
increasing the loft of the bag with a few more ounces of down.  An
exception to that is a stocking cap.  It’s easy to add ½ - 1 pound of
sleeping clothes or bag liner to avoid a few ounces of down.

On a cold night, if I don’t sleep wearing everything I brought, then I
brought too much; but that applies only to the fleece top and windshirt
that I carry anyway.  It does not justify sleeping clothes.

Enjoy your hike,

Steel-Eye

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

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On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Ben Ulsh <ulshbdbd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am in dire need of sleeping bag advice.  I recently purchased a Feathered
> Friends Swallow that is rated to 20 degrees and slept cold in it on a
> summer night that was probably around 40 - 45 degrees.  I am 5'9" 120 lbs.
> with 0% body fat (X-country runner).  Now I am considering a Western
> Mountaineering Apache which is rated to 15 degrees, has 19 oz. of down in
> it, a draft collar, and weighs exactly 2 lbs. OR......A Feathered Friends
> Humming Bird overstuffed from 14 oz. to 19 oz. of down that would come in
> at under 2 lbs.    The FF doesn't have a draft collar but is slimmer cut
> and is just $30 more.  Both the Apache and the Hummingbird are slimmer cut
> than the swallow.  Any advice is greatly appreciated.  I am a little
> embarrassed to be swimming in these details but need some expert advice.
>  Much thanks!
> -Ben
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