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Rad--Re: Testing sleeping bag and tent
Dec 14
th
, 2005 at 1:23pm
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Reading your blog of 12.dec.2005 on your
homepage
brought back some memories long dormant:
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12.dec.2005 - Camped out last night, at a local campground. Wanted to test my new tent & sleeping bag. Slept like a baby. Something about sleeping outdoors knocks me out.
The bag is rated for 20-degrees F (-7 C). It was toasty inside, tho not very cold out - nowhere near the bag's 20-degree rating.
In Hawaii, the Dog always ran at the hottest hour. When I asked why, he responded,
"If you can run in the heat of the day, you can run any time." Likewise .. if you can camp in the middle of winter, you can camp anytime.
These pictures come from a three day hike and camp out in northern Wisconsin in January:
The reading says
-16 degrees F
, and that's after it had
warmed
up from
-20 degrees F
!
The campsite with two campers huddled next to the campfire.
Snowshoeing along a frozen creek.
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Re: Rad--Testing sleeping bag and tent
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Dec 14
th
, 2005 at 4:36pm
Great shots NightOwl. I can FEEL the cold. We don't get conditions like that anywhere near my home and I really enjoy visiting places that have a climate which contrasts with ours.
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Re: Rad--Testing sleeping bag and tent
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Dec 15
th
, 2005 at 1:46am
Oh yeah. Brian said it. You can *feel* the cold. Brrr. I'm turning up the heat. Excellent quality in that you feel like you're there. That's the ultimate from a photograph, IMHO.
The pic with the tent ON the snow. That got to me. Sleeping on snow. How do you stay warm?
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Dec 15
th
, 2005 at 2:04am
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Two backpacking foam pads underneath the sleeping bags--actually worked well--the snow being ice is really nearer 32 degree F rather than the temp of the air! That's why building a snow cave shelter can be a life saver in an emergency.
In the morning there was a layer of frost from the loss of our body moisture covering the inside ceiling of the tent.
I have to admit--my bag was probably rated only to zero degree F, and I had wool long underwear on, top and bottoms, and a sweater, and two pairs of wool socks, and my down jacket over the top--I distinctly remember that it was an uncomfortably *cold* night--the first night had only dropped to about zero as there was a cloud cover--but the second night was crystal clear and the temperature dropped more!
It was a *mummy* bag--the only thing exposed was my nose and mouth--and sometimes not my nose
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Dec 15
th
, 2005 at 10:36pm
you wore long wool underwear to sleep, with 2 pair wool socks, with a sweater, and a down jacket over the top of the sleeping bag (rated for zero) and were *still* cold?
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Dec 15
th
, 2005 at 11:01pm
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At
-20 degrees F
(that's 20
below
zero!)--yes sir--I was still *cold*!
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Dec 15
th
, 2005 at 11:50pm
That's minus 29° Celsius on our scale. The lowest temperature reached in my freezer is minus 22° Celsius so you know how the turkeys feel.
We drove to the Arctic Ocean in Alaska (October last year) and I was hoping for cold weather. Alas, the coldest was minus 10° Celsius and I felt warm.
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Dec 16
th
, 2005 at 12:41am
Brian
The coldest I've ever been in was -30 degrees F--also in northern Wisconsin--my relatives are from there. The wind was also a factor--so the the wind chill factor put the effective temperature at about -50 degrees below zero.
The car battery just had no usable juice at those temperatures. I had to bundle up and go out in an open parking lot and remove the battery and bring it in to allow it to warm up. That wind was *bitter* cold!
Probably took me ten minutes to disconnect the battery (wearing clunky sky cloves in a small work space) and pull it out--when I got back into the house--I had icicles hanging from my eyebrows, mustache, and nose, and all around my parka hood from the freezing of my moist breath!
Let the battery warm overnight and put it back the next morning. I wasn't too sure it would start even then--the engine turned over so slowly because of the cold, thickened oil--but, just as the juice was dieing--it started.
Driving home in that cold--the heater just barely could warm the inside to a comfortable level--I think the radiator's rheostat never had to open--the heater was sucking so much heat out of the radiator fluid that the regular radiator wasn't needed.
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, 2005 at 2:17am
I'd like to try that. Maybe once.
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Re: Rad--Testing sleeping bag and tent
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Dec 30
th
, 2005 at 9:52pm
Firstly I apologize for posting as a guest despite being a member. As earlier said in one of the posts I get logged in successfully but the moment I try to reply to a thread I become a GUEST………funny strange??
Night Owl great pics & must have been an adventure worth experiencing.
I wanted to share a decade old experience of mine, where I camped at 20,000 feet plus, at temperatures going down till -45 Celsius easily. It was the Himalayas, where I & my party stayed for 6 months before coming down gradually first to 16,000 & than 13,000 & lastly 6,000 feet above sea level.
A couple of us suffered Cerebral & Pulmonary edema, but we all survived.
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Dec 30
th
, 2005 at 10:41pm
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where I camped at 20,000 feet plus, at temperatures going down till -45 Celsius easily. It was the Himalayas, where I & my party stayed for 6 months before coming down gradually first to 16,000 & than 13,000 & lastly 6,000 feet above sea level.
Were you at 20,000 feet briefly with those low temperatures--or were you at that elevation for 6 months?!
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A couple of us suffered Cerebral & Pulmonary edema, but we all survived.
I've heard of *altitude sickness*--is it common--even when you come down slowly as you mentioned?
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For 6 straight months.
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Dec 31
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, 2005 at 10:15am
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What was the occassion for such an extended stay at those elevations?
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Jan 1
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, 2006 at 3:03am
Hello Night Owl,
Firstly a Happy New Year to you, Mr Christer & all the moderators & members.
It was no special occasion for such an extended experience, just a mountaineering expedition plus a med research project.
To see for the effects of high altitude, on human cardiovascular system.
We were living in artificial fibre glass igloos, wearing a Canadian manufactured high altitude kit, for protection against extremes of temperature, UV radiations etc.
Regards!
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What did you find / determine about the effects of high-altitude?
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