[pct-l] Legs of the PCT (Lint and Anish)- adding Gear

Dan Jacobs youroldpaldan at gmail.com
Sat Oct 26 12:11:34 CDT 2013


On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Matt Signore <mpsignore at gmail.com> wrote:

> In my experience a liner has a sliding scale in R value.  If the
> manufacturer claims that you get an added 10° of warmth.  It might make a
> bag go from 50°F to 40°F but not from 0°F to -10°F.  The difference between
> a 0°F bag and a -10°F is almost a pound of feathers.  Not a thin layer of
> silk.
>

Now *that* is an very honest and believable  assessment of How These Things
Work.

Dan Jacobs
Washougal
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