[pct-l] sleeping bags & liners

[Randy Godfrey]

Hey Bill,

I bought a Cocoon silk liner this year to use with my Mountain Hardware 32 degree bag. After a few week-long trips using the liner I've decided that it's kind of a pain and far better to just sleep in your long underwear (merino wool or poly but I love the merino best). 

The liner tends to get tangled and twisted up around me during the night, but maybe that's because I'm kind of a restless sleeper. The liner weighs about 4 ounces, if I remember correctly and that would go a long way toward a nice lightweight pair of multi-use underwear.

As far as the 30 degree bag goes, when the temp is actually down into the lower 30's and upper 20's, I found that I needed to sleep with my fleece pants, puffy jacket and hat, but I do sleep colder in my old age. Maybe more carbs before sleeping would help.

A very nice thing about my Mountain Hardware Phantom 32 bag is that it stuffs down into its tiny stuff sack, the size of nalgene bottle (well, almost).

Randy




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 From: Bill Potter <billpotter at yahoo.com>
To: "Pct-L at backcountry.net" <Pct-L at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 4:08 PM
Subject: [pct-l] sleeping bags & liners
 
Hi All,

I've been lurking for a couple of weeks and wanted to thank everyone for the incredible amount of information shared via this list.  It's been invaluable for planning my thru hike. 

I've a question regarding sleeping bags.  I've read that most thru hikers use a 20 bag but I've also read that keeping them clean is a problem and if you don't then they lose their effectiveness.  What is the thinking on using a 30 bag with a liner.  That should bring the cold rating to 20-25 AND protect the bag from body oils.

What do you think?

Thanks and I'm looking forward to meeting the class of 2013 on the trail,

Bill Potter
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