[pct-l] Sleepin Bag

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good morning, Chris,

There are three primary desirable attributes of hiking gear:  Good, light,
and cheap.  You may select whichever two of those you want.  Only in rare
instances – like a plastic soda bottle for a canteen – is an object
simultaneously good, light, and cheap; and it really never happens with
sleeping bags.

Your sleeping system may be good and cheap, but it isn’t light; most
ultra-lite hikers have a base weight less than just your bag.  Welcome to
the real world.   http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=264203

Steel-Eye

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

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

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


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Chris Curtiss <kelsocurtiss at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm currenttly looking for a new sleeping bag for my 2013 pct thru hike.
> I've currently got my digital army 4 part sleep system that can adjust from
> 30 degrees to -50 degrees. The issue is that it weighs about 8.5 lbs packed
> and can take a lot of space. Has anyone used or seen any thru hikers using
> a military style sleep on the trail. I've relied on this bag in the most
> extreme of heat, cold, rain, and snow. I've actually woke up to find myself
> covered in a few inches of snow and had no idea it was that cold that night
> while sleeping. My original thought was to continue shopping REI used gear
> sales every weekend looking for an equally efficient but lighter bag. Then
> I started reading the the posts on here about sleeping bags and saw that
> most hikers are using $300-$500 sleeping bags. The Marmot Helium looks
> nice, but I'm a college student with limited funds and can't fork out
> $399. I'm now thinking that 8.5lbs is looking more tempting than a new
> costly bag. Any advice or usefull info here?
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