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Re: Pads Stephen, thanks for sharing your experiences. I like your setup, and in other contexts have done more or less the same thing for winter camping on my own. I would look at bringing a torso pad and R... |
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Question for Downmat users Bump to not lose this thread. Maybe I should reframe this as a question for Downmat users, since that is my real issue here - whether anyone has had success with this approach. |
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Best pad combination for 15F In May, I will going with my wife and kids on a backpacking trip in Peru, during which nighttime temps may go down to -10C/14F. We are from Canada so these temps are not cold for us, but this will ... |
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Family sleep system in Peru - thanks for the advice Thought I'd post an update. I went to MEC today and had the kids try out various sleeping bags. There were no adequately rated kids-size bags, but the WM bags they had there seemed fine, and I ... |
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Re: Re: Re: Sounds like a great trip!! These are both really helpful responses - a lot to think about here. I am going to MEC tomorrow with my family and we'll try out a range of different bags, see what works and what doesn't a... |
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Re: Kids & adult bags I was thinking about that. My other thought was to turn the bottom of the bag inside out - sort of push the foot of the bag into itself. Would effectively do the same thing, but have the added adva... |
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Re: Sounds like a great trip!! Rod, that is an interesting idea about having a family quilt over 30-degree bags. I've seen this for couples (e.g. Roger Caffin's homemade quilts), but hadn't thought of the idea applie... |
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Need advice on sleep system for a family in the Peruvian Andes Apologies in advance for the longish post. After spending a month in Italy last spring, my wife and I made the decision to take a month off each year in May to travel with our kids. This year we... |
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One more duomid question - any recommended add-ons? As mentioned, this duomid will be my first custom UL shelter, and I know some people get add-ons done at the shop (e.g. extra guyline tie-outs, etc.). Any special modifications/extras to recommend ... |
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Re: Re: pole options for duo innernet Definitely silnylon - can't afford cuben :( As for color, was thinking gray. Is visibility in winter important enough to talk me into going yellow? |
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