A bug net might be a useful add.
A bug net might be a useful add.
The military has something called the modular sleeping system. It consists of several different components which can be added or subtracted depending on the conditions. The outermost part is a Gore-Tex bivy sack. These sacks are very large and roomy and will add about 10 degrees of comfort to whatever sleeping bag you have. These Gore-Tex bags get damaged on the bottom by sharp objects and are then sold surplus as damaged on eBay. I think I got one on a bid for about 30 bucks. In the summer, the bivy and a blue pad is all I use. A blue closed cell pad, an inexpensive bag and the bivy will take me down to about 40 degrees. Adding a piece of reflectex under the pad should help you get down a little lower. A lot can be done with blue pads and reflectex (auto windshield sun blocks) in moderate temps. Although it is a little stuffy the bivy works well at keeping mosquitoes out.
"To turn from this increasingly artificial and strangely alien world is to escape from unreality. To return to the timeless world of the mountains, the sea, the forest and the stars is to return to sanity and truth." --Robert Burnham Jr.
Here's a thread about SOL's breathable bivy emergency blanket. I just found these last week. $50, 8.5 ounces, rated to 50 degrees, breathable, waterproof. Since it doesn't rely on puffiness to insulate, it strikes me as a natural for use inside a hammock.
"Pips"
Mountains have a dreamy way
Of folding up a noisy day
In quiet covers, cool and gray.
---Leigh Buckner Hanes
Surely, God could have made a better way to sleep.
Surely, God never did.
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