RE: [Philmont]: sleeping bag rating for Philmont

The rating of the bag is important but, in my experience, using a bag with a
good foam pad to keep you off the cold of the ground is at least as
significant a factor.

I recall as a boy camping without a foam pad and getting cold in the night
from the cold of the ground, so much so that I rolled in my bag to get more
of it underneath of me to keep warm.

A foam groundpad weighs very little and the comfort it brings by keeping the
cold of the ground away from you is very noticeable. Must be all the
bubbles in the foam with the air insulation contained therein that makes it
such a good insulator.

Be sure also that there are no air leaks in your tent walls. A little cold
breeze working through a leak can be a cold annoyance.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com
Philmont 1965; 1978

>From: "Phil Brown" <Phil@eisnc.com>
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>Subject: RE: [Philmont]: sleeping bag rating for Philmont
>Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:33:45 -0500
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>I have always carried a 20 degree bag. I have been on treks from the
>last week of June to mid July. There was only one night on 3 treks that
>I zipped it all the way up and that was a cold night at Copper Park. If
>your bag is too warm, you can always open the zipper, but if it is not
>warm enough you can be miserable.
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>Phil Brown
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Received on Fri Mar 10 17:00:54 2006