Keep It Warm

     I last blogged about our sleeping bags and pads.  I typically get hot in a sleeping bag which leads to a not-so-good night's sleep.  However, I was looking at the weather we will encounter in the TRT and PCT and although it seems that most of the time there will be nice, warm weather (they have no clue what they are saying most of the time, weather folks as it were) it seems there will be some cold freezing nights, especially if we sleep at altitude.  I can only get weather and temps from lake level areas such as from Tahoe City so temps may very a bit.  Since my bag is only rated at 40* I thought I would look into alternate ways to stay warm.  I was thinking about how I feel when I am hungry and tired and how that effects my body temp, maybe I am over thinking this but what the hell, why not, I've over thought every thing else.  Guess if we get cold enough we could employ these tactics if need be but I really doubt it.  Only one time have I really been very cold at night and I did not have a sleeping bag, dumb.

So here it is and most of it is simple:

• They say to have a snack before bed or in the middle of the night, something like a Snickers
• Cover your dome
• Wear Layers
• Insulating sleeping bag
• Dry socks
• Filling up a water bottle with hot water or using hot rocks and tucking them in your bag
• Of course, have a sleeping bag that you fit into well
• Consider a line: silk, cotton, or fleece- I thought about this but I think it will just add unnecessary weight that I could achieve by sleeping in a few layers if need be.
• Bivy