Re[2]: [at-l] sleeping bag

[tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us (Thomas McGinnis)]

     (Slightly playing "troll")
     Naahhhhhhh. One bag's plenty, IF'N you leave Springer at a reasonable 
     date. One of the things I just don't get is the current fascination 
     with March -- February -- even, for Goodness sakes, JANUARY leaving 
     dates. Take a 20* bag, start in April, and plan on a couple of nights 
     of "full dress sleeping." In the summer, you can sleep with your bag 
     open, or even on top of it, or even spend the $16 for a fleecy liner 
     jobie. (Technically, though, that's STILL two bags. Hmmmmm.)
     
     Are we being a little too anal here, or are we just trying to keep 
     warm?
     
     Sloetoe'79
     (Devotee of the Synthetic Bag Church
     of Warm Feelings After Dark.
     SBCWFAD)

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Subject: RE: [at-l] sleeping bag
Author:  "L. Clayton Parker" <lparker@cacaphony.net> at ima
Date:    7/8/99 6:53 PM

<snippage>
If this is for an AT attempt or a PCT attempt, Bill is right, buy two bags. 
You need a zero degree for the beginning, the end, and ALL above tree line 
portions. Lower altitudes and summer months require a much lighter/cooler 
bag.
     <lots more snippage>
All of this ignores a very basic question...what kind of sleeper are you?
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