[philmont] Sleeping Bag: Synthetic or Down?

I'm getting started on my Philmont '08 equipment acquisitions, and I'm
wondering what the consensus is on the subject of Synthetic versus Down
for sleeping bags (I don't recall having seen this discussion here
recently).

In '05 I took a 25 degree synthetic, and it took up about 1/3 the space
of my Osprey Crescent 110 Internal Frame pack. I also roasted every
night.

So I'm thinking of getting a 40 degree down bag, but one of my fellow
advisors will spend the entire trek asking me, "what if it gets wet?"

What does the collected wisdom of this august body have to say about
down sleeping bags at Philmont?

YIS,

    Mike

ASM T297, Hoffman Estates, IL

Philmont '05

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Received on Thu Aug 23 16:53:22 2007