Re: [Philmont]: Packing your sleeping bag in an int frame pack - how ?

From: James C. McMaster (Jim) (mcmasjc@tatanka.stortek.com)
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 13:08:51 CDT


I don't use the stuff sack inside my internal frame. I just stuff the pack,
pillow, thermarest and sleep clothes into the bottom compartment.

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Jim McMaster
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In message <OFB01C1D4E.620A882A-ON85256C04.005A0C54@pok.ibm.com>, "Lawrence R 
B
lumberg" said:
> 
> Have recently migrated to an internal frame pack, and have a question about
> packing your sleeping bag...do most people first put their bag into its
> stuff sack before putting it into the sleeping bag compartment of the pack,
> or do you simply stuff the bag directly into the pack ???
> 
> I ask, because I have been putting my sleeping bag into its stuff sack
> first, only to have difficulty getting it to then fit inside the pack
> compartment...it would seem like an 'advantage' to have the extra layer of
> waterproofing (the stuff sack) for your bag, but maybe it's not really
> necessary ???
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> Thanks, Larry
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