Sleeping bags?

Hotrod said:
Hadnt ever heard of a bedroll till now...

Heard of taking a wool blanket and rollin it up as beddin material, but not canvas!

Pretty cool... :cool: :D
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Rod, you are sentenced to watching twenty "western" moves forthwith. It's the cylindrical thingee tied behind the saddle. Yahoo!!! Get 'em Duke!!!
 
Remember no matter how cold you get, make sure your breathing is done outside of the bag. If you breathe into the bag the moisture goes in the bag and accumulates over multiple nights. I've read a person expels several oz. of water a night.
 
Good point, Braddy. As it is, you perspire as your body attempts to retain 100% relative humidity right next to your skin. That's why better polyester bags beat down and wool. The polyester, especially is silicone-treated, won't absorb the moisture created when the warm. moist air migrates outwards and reaches dew point temps., turning to liquid water. Even so, I have had ice inside my bag after several nights in severe cold (-23 to -27f). The dew point was inside the cover of the bag as were temps below freezing. (Good thing it was a really thick bag!) If I'd been breathing inside, it would have been a real ice palace.
 
Thomas Linton said:
Rod, you are sentenced to watching twenty "western" moves forthwith. It's the cylindrical thingee tied behind the saddle. Yahoo!!! Get 'em Duke!!!
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Now ya see here... I may be a redneck... but I aint from out west. :p

Dont think they ever adressed em in blazing saddles... or any of the john wayne movies I've seen... :D

:cool:
 
I own three different backpacking sleeping bags and a backpacking sleeping bag liner as well. I use each bag/liner at different times of the year and for different purposes. For example, when it's really cold and I'm not hiking far, I'll trade the extra weight for a warm nights sleep. When it's hot, I'll go ultra-light with a fleece liner and skip the bag all together. Then again, I live in the South and you might not want to try that in Maine in July when a cold front could make that liner pretty uncomfortable.

The right sleeping bag for you will be a function of where you live, how/when you hike, your individual body metrics (ie. do you get cold easily), how much you want to spend, how much you want to carry, and how durable the bag needs to be relative to your planned use for it. My sleeping bags include a North Face 0 synthetic degree bag, a LL Bean 20 degree synthetic bag, a Sierra Design 20 degree down bag, and an REI fleece liner. There's a good article on how to find the right backpacking sleeping bag for you at http://www.backpackingsleepingbagsblog.com if you are interested. Hope this helps. BirdShooter
 
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