[pct-l] Heavier Sleeping Bag versus Lighter Sleeping Bag & Extra Clothing

[Jim & Jane Moody]

Another option is the lighter bag with a silk liner, which weighs less than 5 oz.  Ad ds warmth, helps keep the  bag clean, minimizes the hiker funk aroma, and makes a roomy laundry bag when you have to carry your toxic waste several blocks to the laundromat.  This year on the PCT I'll be carry ing a 1#, 1 oz WM down bag with the silk l iner.  But I'm starting at Chester - I would carry the he avier bag through the Sierra. 

Mango  



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From: "John Abela" <abela at johnabela.com> 
To: "PCT" <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 6:12:58 PM 
Subject: [pct-l] Heavier Sleeping Bag versus Lighter Sleeping Bag & Extra        Clothing 

Hello All, 

I figured it has been a rather long time since I posted a 'which do 
you prefer' type of question here on the pct-l and with many a hiker 
prep'ing for the 2012 hiking season, I figured it was time to start 
them up again! 

So the first one I am going to start with is a rather age-old 
question. It does not have a right or wrong answer - HYOH after all, 
right! 

Do you prefer having a heavier sleeping bag (say, a 15 or 20 degree 
bag) and only the lightest of clothing for when you are breaking 
camp.... or, do you prefer having a lighter sleeping bag (say, a 30 
degree bag) and than also having extra clothing (say for example, down 
legs and a heavier jacket) thereby giving you the ability to 
dual-purpose your clothing. 

Personally I have gone back and forth on this. I have tried them both 
over the last few years and can honestly say I do not really know 
which I prefer more. In many ways I like having the lighter bag and 
than extra clothing, as it gives me the ability to sit around camp 
when the rare situation arises that I do not just setup the tarp and 
go right to sleep. 

Either way the weight is pretty much dead-weight the vast majority of 
the time. Just a matter of not having to fiddle with extra clothing 
versus having more options. In the end both options work out to 
identical weights for me (within 2 ounces). 

John B. Abela 
HikeLighter.Com 
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