SLEEPING BAGS

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Permalink Reply by Mark McLauchlin on March 30, 2010 at 9:16am

Well im working at home for the next few weeks so will be here, Im in Henley Brook.

drop me a note if you want to come up,

Cheers

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Permalink Reply by Karen Dowling on March 30, 2010 at 9:36am

Okay that would be great my direct email is crakar@iinet.net.au so you can send me address and phone number I live in Mandurah so I will head your way first so it would be morning, I will try for this Thurs. thanks a lot Mark I appreciate all you help

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Permalink Reply by Alex Williams on April 5, 2010 at 3:41pm

Karen,

one reference Mark makes is we all sleep at different temperatures.
I have been in well below sub zero temperatures (-20/30) in the open ( inside a bivy bag in an ice trench) and have been perspiring in a a "3 season bag" , now 17 years on and 60 this month, I imagine I would freeze in the same conditions.

I use an older MD travelite 500 as a summer bag, their specs may have changed, I notice the shape has a little, but I wouldn't want to be using it in minus 10.

Pity we can't have "try before you buy" with a lot of the stuff that gives you your own camping store, Mark his, or in my case camping, bushwalking and fishing store.

On another subject, feel free to contact me if you need any assistance with your trip ex Walpole for Albany, such as drops, local transport or the like. We are about 3km NNE of the Frankland Campsite. I will be home on the 17th May (your departure) after a month on the Bibbulmun and the C2C. The icon is the view from our veranda.

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Permalink Reply by Mark McLauchlin on April 5, 2010 at 3:45pm

Hi,

Talking about try before you buy, well I will be offering quilts and lightweight stoves in the very near future. I plan is to put a side a quilt and a few stoves for this very reason.

Will keep you all updated

Cheers
Mark

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Permalink Reply by Karen Dowling on April 6, 2010 at 9:06am

Hi Alex, thanks for your comments on bag, I still havent done anything I had a busy easter and now I am off again this Saturday for a week on the Bib, so no time to shop. ha ha. Oh my your view is to die for. Walpole to Albany will be the end of my sectional e 2 e so I am excited about that. I have prepared for it so food drops will be getting sent soon. I just completed C2C hard in the fact you are in the open so much, but the actual walking was great.
Okay keep in touch
karen

Alex Williams said:

Karen,

one reference Mark makes is we all sleep at different temperatures.
I have been in well below sub zero temperatures (-20/30) in the open ( inside a bivy bag in an ice trench) and have been perspiring in a a "3 season bag" , now 17 years on and 60 this month, I imagine I would freeze in the same conditions.

I use an older MD travelite 500 as a summer bag, their specs may have changed, I notice the shape has a little, but I wouldn't want to be using it in minus 10.

Pity we can't have "try before you buy" with a lot of the stuff that gives you your own camping store, Mark his, or in my case camping, bushwalking and fishing store.

On another subject, feel free to contact me if you need any assistance with your trip ex Walpole for Albany, such as drops, local transport or the like. We are about 3km NNE of the Frankland Campsite. I will be home on the 17th May (your departure) after a month on the Bibbulmun and the C2C. The icon is the view from our veranda.

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Permalink Reply by Deb on September 2, 2010 at 8:26pm

Hi karen
I can recommend adding a thermal liner - to sleeping bag and gain +5to +10 degrees. Compact, useful in different seasons so cost reasonable verus new bag.
The thermal reactor liners are very different to silk ones - very cosy . I can recommend as gives you flexibility and options verus an array of sleeping bags...


deb

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