[pct-l] Sleeping bag help, please

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Kit,

Be worried – be very worried.  Once an innocent person begins associating
with known hiker-trash things can change quickly.  A few summer weeks in
gentle but beautiful N. California can be termed a “gateway experience”.

After that ends well, you’ll probably begin tapping the veins at the bend
of your elbow wondering where to inject the “hard stuff” like deserts, high
mountain snowpack, seemingly endless climbs, and serious rain.

You may need an intervention by some conscientious mall-walking types.

Steel-Eye

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

http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye

http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/


On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Kit Hepburn <nottheactress at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thank you so much, everyone, for the interesting responses to my question
> about sleeping bags.  (Your romantic advice was duly noted, Mr. Timothy
> Nye!)
>
> Of course I am still entirely undecided, but definitely feel better
> informed!  I'll order something by the end of the week so that I can test
> it out before heading to California.  Down quilts certainly sound
> intriguing; I do love hunkering down underneath my feather duvet on a cold
> winter night.  At the very least I have decided that investing in a
> high-quality lightweight down product will be worth it.
>
> And now for the next question...  When I last spoke to my boyfriend on the
> telephone, I told him that we're going to have to make sure to use all of
> our nice outdoor gear next summer.  I had been thinking of maybe a few
> weekend canoe trips on the Klondike, or hiking in the Tombstones, but he
> instantly responded by saying that I could do the Appalachian Trail with
> him next summer.  How worried should I be?  ;)
>
> Thanks again, and happy hiking!
>
> K.
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