[pct-l] Re: sleeping bags

[aandg at telusplanet.net (Alistair & Gail Des Moulins)]

Gail and I both carried the Marmot Helium (the Marmot 15) the whole way from
Campo to
Manning Park in 2003. We left Campo on April 11th and reached Manning Park
September 30th. We used them with Ridgerest sleeping pads.
We did endure some snow storms but our coolest night was 23F (-5C).

Maybe if I did the PCT again I'd go with a light 25F-32F bag with an
ultralight
thermarest - which would probably work out about the same for weight, be
just as warm and more comfortable.

Alistair

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> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 09:38:58 -0700 (MST)
> From: Steve Setzer <Steven.Setzer@Colorado.EDU>
> Subject: [pct-l] sleeping bags
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> I know this is kind of arbitrary and has probably been talked to death
> before, but I'm wondering about sleeping bag ratings.  I've been looking
> at the lightweight Marmots and Feathered Friends.  The Marmot bags seem to
> be a bit lighter so I'm leaning towards those.  Anyway, there's a 30
> degree bag and then a 15 degree and I can't decide which to get.  I can't
> afford to have different sleeping bags for different sections of the
> trail and all the one's I own currently are not so lightweight.
>
> So is 15 degrees overkill?  Or is 30 degree pushing it?  I tend to sleep
> on the cold side so I would lean towards a warmer bag.  But I'm not sure
> if 15 would be way too warm for much of the PCT.  Feathered friends has a
> 20 degree bag but its the same weight as the Marmot 15 so I'm considering
> them to be comaparable.
>
> What do y'all think?  I know this varies from person to person but I'd
> like a general idea of what people have done in the past.
>
> Steve
>
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