[pct-l] Sleeping gear recommendations

[Scott Williams]

Just a plug for the neo.  I carried one all last year, and just took it into
a very chaparral covered area for a 3 day backpack trip this past week.  I
cowboy camped on a chunk of tyvek for most of last year's thru hike, so no
double layer, and still have not had it get punctured or loose any air.  I
think they're reasonably tough.  Cactus thorns will puncture them, so I was
careful in the deserts, but slept many nights on prickly pine needles, rocks
and twigs, and didn't have it get a puncture, and have never slept on a more
comfortable mat.  I met many folks using them on trail last year, and
punctures were not what they talked about, the great sleep they got was.
 For some of the younger folks I traveled with, who were on little foam
mats, I used to tease them by offering them 10 minutes on my neo for a bite
of their snickers.  No one ever killed me for it, but after they took a lay
down on it, pretty much everyone of them swore they'd have one next hike.

For young folks, you can all pretty much sleep on rocks and be just fine,
but for the elders on trail, those of us not as absolutely trail tough as
Steel-Eye or Switchback and a few others, I highly recommend the neo.  It
works well on a crowded motel floor too.

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