[at-l] question for winter campers

[Phil Romans <promans@justice.loyola.edu>]

For all those winter campers out there...
	I have been talking with others about this and it is time for the 
group to hear my question.  With reguards to the sleeping bags and 
keeping warm in them.  

Some people believe that you shouldn't wear anything more than necissary 
for the bag to do it's job of keeping you warm.

While others believe that a good base layer is needed to help you stay 
warm when it gets to the point of really really cold.  

So the question is, who is right?  The reason I bring this up is due to 
in part this weekend.  My bag is rated at 20 degree (or 15) and it got to 
right around freezing this weekend.  Even in the tent with a pad under 
me, I was still kinda cold.  I even had on my lightweight capline undies 
on.  What is the correct approach to handing this colder question?

-=phil

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