> How big them grapefruits where you guys live? I have a TNF 35 degree Polarguard bag and it might resemble a Large pinapple, sure, but not a grapefruit. Ofcourse I'll think of the name of the bag when I hit send. > > For my 2 cents on the thread I use a coated silver bivy bag that weighs little and is grapefruit sized and I carry a ration of fleece top and bottoms, hats and gloves. I would count on pfd's and spraydecks, wind shadows, etc, to insulate from the ground and block wind. Maybe even try to find some sun. > > When on a day trip away from base camp? Whole new can o' worms. I think I would pack the tent and bag back into boat in bear country, as bears treat them like toys. I would count on the trips eq list to supply the hypothermia protection to avoid redundancy. Polarguard Delta is (I suppose) more hollow than previous version of Polarguard - by 20% may be. With synthetic fibers this usually means - more fragile, faster breaking and losing its thermal properties than with less hollow fibers. May be Equinox can be compressed to a size of, say, not very large pinapple; but this is not what I would do with a bag that I want to use for years. Somebody here suggested such an idea a while ago - get some cheap synthetic bag and compress it to death - this make sense to me. Equinox costs about $100. On the cheaper side is Kelty Stratus (35F, $60), but it probably can't be compressed as much as Equinox (and will be damaged less if compressed often and regularly). Another thing that I'm curious about, is - what for? If I have my kayak with me - than I have tent, tarp, sleeping bag (if wet, than down bag won't help much - so I keep it always in a drybag)... If kayak sunk, and I somehow made it to the shore - then I have only those limited items that I keep in PFD and in other pockets (one of them is large yellow garbage bag). I can't imagine any sleeping bag in my pocket. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Feb 09 2005 - 20:59:17 PST
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