[at-l] Sleeping Bag - Stuff it.

[stephensadams at hotmail.com (Steve Adams)]

Amy,

Reference your post, dated 10-28-04.

I line my pack with one trashbag (T-1).  A general waterproof layer.

I put a second, folded, trashbag (T-2) inside, on the bottom of the first 
trashbag (T-1), as a spare.  It, incidentally, helps safeguard the bags 
above it (see below) from puncture.

I put an opened trash compactor bag (TC-1) on top of that.  I stuff the 
sleeping bag into the trash compactor bag.  I flop the top of this trash 
compactor bag over the enclosed sleeping bag.

I place another trash compactor bag (TC-2) on top of the first trash 
compactor bag (TC-1), containing the sleeping bag.

I put the rest of the gear I would like to keep dry into the top trash 
compactor bag (TC-2).  The weight of the gear in this trash compactor bag 
?seals? the lower waterproof bag, containing the sleeping bag.

(A tangent to help make a point.)  I could buy a compression sack, pull all 
the straps tight and force a four pound sleeping bag into a four pound mass 
of smaller dimensions.  A smaller pack could carry everything.  A smaller 
packs weighs less; weight is reduced.  The weight of a heavier compression 
sack may offset the weight advantage it gains.  What has happened to the 
sleeping bag?  The loft is reduced.  It is not as warm.

The method, before the tangent, hopes to reduce compression of the sleeping 
bag.  The sleeping bag expands more fully, retains greater loft, and remains 
warmer.

The two trash bags and two trash compactor bags which are used probably 
weigh less than one good waterproof stuffsack.

Steve

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