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Sea Kayak Trips Bulletin Board
Re: Sleeping bags for camping
Posted By: Nick Schade In Response To: Sleeping bags for camping (Wes Boyd)
Date: Monday, 25 January 1999, at 9:39 a.m.
I don't see packing a kayak as being that hard. There is much more room in the average kayak than a backpack. The only problem may be getting the bag through the hatch. This can often be resolved by packing the sleeping bag into the stuff sack while the sack is already in the boat. Maybe not ideal, but it does let you use a sleeping bag that may be bigger than a down one.
Since there is a way to get a large bag into a small, but no way to make a wet down bag warm, I recommend synthetic.
Having a warm sleeping bag may mean the difference between severe hypothermia and a merely uncomfortable situation. I'll take safety over convenience.
> OK, gearheads, here's something to jabber about:
> I recently decided that I needed to break down and get a new sleeping bag
> for kayaking; the old one I backpacked and car camped with for years has
> seen too many better days.> I'm undecided over whether to get a high-end synthetic bag, or a down bag.
> I know down goes away and hides when it gets wet, but it packs so much
> tighter than synthetic that it should be able to live in a drybag that
> will still go down the hatch of the boat.> On the other hand, a high-end bag out of something like Quallofill will
> stay warm to some degree if it gets wet, and will dry more easily than
> down, but a Quallofill bag will take a huge drybag, and that drybag will
> be a bear in a small hatch.> The issue is nicely balanced in my own mind, but does anyone else have any
> ideas?> -- Wes Boyd
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