[at-l] Sleeping bags

[askowronek at mindspring.com (amy)]

On Monday, October 25, 2004, at 09:40  PM, ellen wrote:

> With reasonable care, one can keep down dry. In 25 years, mine has 
> never been seriously wet. I keep it in a stuff sack and the stuff sack 
> in a plastic garbage bag. JUst sleeping in a down bag drives out most 
> of the moisture from a damp bag. Occasionally, I would run it through 
> a dryer in town.
>

I was only on the trail for three weeks last year, but they were three 
very wet weeks.
And I'm not a really careful person.  I managed to keep my bag dry.  So 
I second
the "with reasonable care" recommendation.

-amy