[philmont] Sleeping Bag: Synthetic or Down?

Tell your fellow advisor not to pee on your bag.... Also don't take food in
the tent that you can spill on your bag....

How are you going to get a down sleeping bag wet at Philmont unless you hold
it under water.

I have a down bag I took on my first trek. It works great to this day and I
still use it. My 12 year old synthetics are starting to break down.

My first Philmont trip by the way was 1967. Not as old as two down bags my
father gave me. He bought them the year before I was born and they are still
great bags.

Jim Moss

From: philmont@troop47.com [mailto:philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of
Michael Hartsough
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 3:51 PM
To: philmont List Member
Subject: [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 19:44:54 2007