[pct-l] Sleeping bag advice

[Tortoise]

Hmmmm? I wonder if you being very lean runner is affecting your non-exercising metabolism? Are you cold just standing /sitting in camp or similar? Are you so lean that you lack body fat insulation? Insulation? This is my non-expert opinion. 

I wear silk weight Patagonia underwear for sleeping. Helps keep me warm also when I get up during the night to relieve myself and in the morning sometimes for the first mile or two hiking.

Have you discussed this with other runners to learn how they adjust to trail life?

Tortoise

Typed on my iPad.

On Aug 19, 2012, at 17:44, Ben Ulsh <ulshbdbd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am in dire need of sleeping bag advice.  I recently purchased a Feathered
> Friends Swallow that is rated to 20 degrees and slept cold in it on a
> summer night that was probably around 40 - 45 degrees.  I am 5'9" 120 lbs.
> with 0% body fat (X-country runner).  Now I am considering a Western
> Mountaineering Apache which is rated to 15 degrees, has 19 oz. of down in
> it, a draft collar, and weighs exactly 2 lbs. OR......A Feathered Friends
> Humming Bird overstuffed from 14 oz. to 19 oz. of down that would come in
> at under 2 lbs.    The FF doesn't have a draft collar but is slimmer cut
> and is just $30 more.  Both the Apache and the Hummingbird are slimmer cut
> than the swallow.  Any advice is greatly appreciated.  I am a little
> embarrassed to be swimming in these details but need some expert advice.
> Much thanks!
> -Ben
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