[pct-l] Bubbles pop RE: Sleep System....UL vs recklessly light

[Stephen]

Yeah, you lived my saying, "Some lessons learned best the hard way."
I draw the line at getting a good night's rest, and being able to do so 
under most conditions.
Besides, once you start popping those bubbles it's kinda addicting and my 
pad wouldn't last one session, hee hee...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Bubbles pop RE: Sleep System....UL vs recklessly light


>
> On Feb 7, 2009, at 8:48 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> Years ago, in the days before
>> Thermarest, I hiked once with someone who had bought a sleeping pad
>> made
>> of large (2-inch) bubble wrap. It had looked very comfortable.
>> However,
>> all the bubbles popped by themselves before we reached 11,000 feet.
>> The
>> altitude resulted in the air inside the bubbles being at much higher
>> pressure than the air around us, so they exploded.
>
> So that's what that noise was! And all this tine I thought it was
> rangers shooting bears who'd eaten people's food!
>
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