Originally Posted by
Roughstuff
I have always thought that a good comfy sleeping bag is worth the extra time, effort, and money it takes to find one. If ya don't sleep well...expecially if you are too cold in the high mountains and thin air at night...i think the rest of your tour is gonna be compromised.
I am used to sleeping on firm surfaces so I just use an old fashioned $5.00 walmart ensolite foam pad. Soft ground is pretty easy to find where I tour, anyway.
I agree about the sleeping bag... personally I want a hot bag, but there again I don't sleep in a tent unless it's raining and don't use a foam pad, as I like feeling the ground beneath me (however hard it is), but this means heat loss of course, thus the heavier bag... probably works out the same in weight but is an advantage in bulkiness (any of you chaps in white coats studied this?
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