My current low is -2F so hoping to get a bit lower tonight. Should be fun, none of my gear is rated for these temps.
UQ 0F & SB 5F
Plan to sleep in heavy wool socks, sweatpants with syn overpants, 100 microfleece with heavy wool
anorak, smartwool gloves and Lamby hat.
Backyard setup
Hope to report a new low in the morning...
Whoooooo Buddy!
Hope you have a warm snooze....
Shug
Whooooo Buddy)))) All Secure in Sector Seven
Yeah go for it! and shout the results back to us...
Also, tell me about the shovel in the pic.
Originally Posted by MedicineMan
So close to the -20F club.
I think I came up with a line for my signature.
"One has no trouble knowing where the edge of your UQ is when it's 19 below" -O&B
My body was warm all night even with my usual 3 check-the-stars trips, re-warmups took about 5 minutes.
Had a little frost on the BBO, used a shug-bib around the neck just laying on the sleeping bag so no frost on the bag. Very cool!
About 2:30am I did suddenly wakeup with a little panic. Was having trouble breathing the cold air. Had to sit up
in the hammock for 2-3 minutes. Then it just passed all was OK. Very strange I think it's an age thing. Sure sucks getting old.
MedicineMan, The snow shovel- In Colorado most back country skier/snowshoer's carry a backpackable snow shovel, body probe, and beacon for avalanche's
This is Black Diamond from REI, very light, very strong, Folds and packs well. I love it. http://www.rei.com/product/745471
Last edited by OutandBack; 02-09-2011 at 08:01.
BRRR!
so, were you comfy? or just getting by?
and what is a lamby hat?
I was warm and could have gone lower with this kit but I seem to have an issue with breathing this cold air. Not sure what's up with that.
Lamby (lam-E) =
Oh man, missed minus 20 by 0.3*!But rounding off? You be there Bro!
Where is the 64* temp reading from?
What thermometer is that?
Hi BillyBob,Oh man, missed minus 20 by 0.3*!
Where is the 64* temp reading from?
What thermometer is that?
This Lacrosse is a home indoor/ outdoor with remote transmitter / indoor humidity realtime temps, no hi/low temp storage.
So it could have hit -20F when I was a sleep, I'll never know.
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The 64 F is the inside temp.
When I would first bring the unit out of my SB it would read between 70F and 80F by the time I got the camera out it could be anything.
If I was thinking better at 2AM I should have left the readout on top of the S-bag to see how much warmer it was under the BBO vs outside.
The outside temp transmitter was in a stuffsack hanging on the foot end of the hammock outside the tarp.
Last edited by OutandBack; 02-09-2011 at 17:26.
My nurse sense started tingling. You might think about getting a sleep test done. Seems like quite few of the "elders" are getting diagnosed with sleep apnea and such. Or it could just be the cold.
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