was [at-l] 5% hiking.....now sleeping bags

[shellydhale at earthlink.net (Shelly Hale)]

Hmmm...  I hadn't thought of a quilt.  Doesn't TinMan make some sort of
quilt?

TinMan...ya out there?  We'ze needin' sum advice from ya!

Shelly Hale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "amy" <askowronek@mindspring.com>
To: <ATtrailhiker@wmconnect.com>
Cc: "AT-List" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: was [at-l] 5% hiking.....now sleeping bags


>
> On Thursday, October 21, 2004, at 09:57  PM, ATtrailhiker@wmconnect.com
> wrote:
> >
> > Have you looked in the Big Agnes sleeping bags? They are supposed to
> > have a
> > wider area to move around in. I'm wondering about trying one out. I
> > have pretty
> > much the same problem, always moving around :-)  I know I would be way
> > to
> > claustrophobic in a regular mummy bag. So I'm not sure what I want to
> > invest in
> > neither. Right now I have a cheap rectangular bag.  But....what to do?
> >
>
> For 3 season use, consider a quilt.  Nunatak makes a couple.  They have
> straps you can put under you to snug it up in cold weather.  If it's
> not that
> cold out, flop around under it like it's your bedspread.  :)  I never
> liked
> being confined in a mummy bag - I like to sleep with one leg  bent.
> With
> the quilt I can move around a lot more.
>
> -amy
>
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