{"id":41,"date":"2009-04-17T00:08:05","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T04:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonfernandez.com\/bike09\/?p=41"},"modified":"2013-12-16T16:29:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T20:29:19","slug":"packing-list-sleeping-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devonfernandez.com\/bike09\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"Packing List: Sleeping Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My camping gear consists primarily of items inherited from a previous generation.\u00a0 My usual sleeping bag is a time-honored Coleman design featuring a drab green exterior and a comfy flannel lining with a red and tan print of birds and wildlife that I think is intended to evoke memories of an autumn hunt.\u00a0 It must be filled with something close to raw cotton stock and it has provided good service in both warm and cool weather adventures.\u00a0 The problem is that, even after years of practice, the best packing job still results in an article with the volume of a bushel of apples and the weight of, well, a bushel of cotton.\u00a0 Let’s say greater than five pounds and leave it at that.\u00a0 It just isn’t designed for strapping to a dainty bike rack and transporting it any distance under human power.<\/div>\n

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As usual, it’s technology to the rescue, and I’m off browsing pages of frustratingly similar thumbnails of modern portable sleeping enclosures.\u00a0 Much to my surprise, the discount rack provides respectable options under $100.\u00a0 I’ve also learned that the state of the art has advanced to distinguish sleeping bag designs by gender.\u00a0 Apparently, the philosophy is that the best temperature control can be provided when the bag is fit to one’s shape and the insulation is arranged to complement one’s own distribution of bodily insulation.\u00a0 Okay, I get it, but unless they’re going to start custom tailoring bags I\u00a0doubt the gender distinction alone is sufficient to make these kinds of adjustments accurately.\u00a0 Anyone who leaves their house knows that the variation of real people on the street is unpredictable.\u00a0 After all, why do we have 50 stores full of clothing in every town?\u00a0 Thus, when I discovered that women’s bags are, on average, lighter (!), I was sold.<\/div>\n

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Now, I’m the pround owner of a Lafuma EXTREME 1000<\/a> !\u00a0 Awesome name, but I’m still trying to figure out what’s extreme about a 30\u00b0F sleeping bag for girls.\u00a0 Unless it’s the fact that this bundle of snuggles can be squeezed down to less than a third of a bushel and weighs less than 2.5lbs!\u00a0 It’s comparable in size to a common two liter bottle<\/a> and <\/a>sizes up to my bike rack<\/a> perfectly. Getting the bag and the soon-to-be-discussed hammock on top of the rack at the same time will be a bit challenging, but at least falls in the realm of possible!<\/div>\n

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