[pct-l] break strategies, now sleeping bags

[P Isabella]

Mostly im trying to drop weight off my marmot helium (2.2) and still keep warm.

Mademoiselle

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> On Nov 24, 2013, at 6:02 PM, Carol <museumgirl at me.com> wrote:
> 
> The Z Packs bag is really light, and one great thing about this company is that they will fill your bag with 850 water resistant down for no extra charge. Sweet.  One thing you should be aware of with these bags is that one of the reasons they're light is that they are narrow. If you have broad shoulders (or anything else, I suppose,) or if you like a bag that's roomy or one that leaves space for wearing extra clothing, you may want to go with something else. 
> 
> I prefer quilts to bags because I sleep warm and on my side. I move around a lot and like to vent without having to mess with fasteners. 
> 
> Carol
> 
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>> On Nov 24, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Mary Kwart <mkwart at gci.net> wrote:
>> 
>> "WIred" used a zpacks bag.  I have used a 28 oz dri down SIerra
>> Designs bag for one month on the PCT in Oregon this year and was happy
>> with it especially when it rained for 8 hours straight overnight. I
>> usually use a Mountain Hardware Women's Phantom 15  (34 oz.) and it
>> has not lost any loft or looked the worse or wear in 3 years of
>> use--CT, AZT, GET and 1000 miles of the PCT. It is true to its
>> temperature rating. I am not a sweaty sleeper and always wear sleeping
>> clothes of lightweight long underwear tops and bottoms, a hat and
>> socks set aside for sleeping. So I haven't noticed the inside of the
>> bag getting appreciably dirty.
>> Don't know how I'd do without a hood option--seems that I often am
>> hiking in spring in freezing temps and like the option of closing the
>> drawstring when I need to. I don't carry a down jacket with a hood.  
>> --Fireweed
>> 
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