At 22:59 24-01-99 -0800, Andrew Jones wrote: > >If you enjoy paddling year round like I do, you may consider purchasing 2 bags. A medium weight bag as well as a lighter "overbag". I find the mid weight bag is suitable for most of the year, the "overbag" used by itself is perfect for summer and the two together make a good winter combination. > >Having two smaller bags is also easier to pack into your kayak than one large one. I find my light thinsulate overbag fits easily into a 5 litre dry bag and my mid-weight synthetic bag into a long 15 litre bag. > this is how colorado outward bound did their winter mountaineering course, used two bags. one of down, one of qualofill [in 1980 anyhow ;-]!! this gets you the best of both worlds. personally, all my bags are either hollowfill or qualofill, and the 30oF qualofill packs really small. i get it into a dry bag, and it fits between my footpegs and forward bulkhead. mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Feb 19 1999 - 12:32:27 PST
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