I got my Turtle stand up in the backyard Sunday. I started putting up the Superrfly hanging over the top rail on Sunday but was interrupted by 35F windy rain and ducked inside.
I finally got it pitched Monday in gusts up to 18mph - quite a trick, as it wasn't rigged for quick deploy yet! Four 25lb kettle bells for anchors and spreaders tied off to porch and a flipped wheelbarrow. An elegant solution wasn't happening in that wind.
WBBB inside of the WB Travel Sock. Two RidgeRest CCF on floor. I have Dual Lock Velcro on 4 corners of each pad to snap together for winter ground camping, so just fastened the pads edge-to-edge to make a wide single layer. Over that, a ThermaRest Neoair Dream 72"x30" pad R=6 pad.
Wiggy's -20F Ultima Thule synthetic bag inside a 20F EMS Mountainlight down overbag. EMS TechWick Powder Dry T2 long underwear with thin liner socks, balaclava and gloves as base layer. Patagonia Puff pants and two heavier poly shirts with fleece socks and loose wool socks over, and a heavy fleece balaclava.
My Davis weather station is only 20yd from my setup, so that served as my recorder for conditions. http://www.wunderground.com/weathers...?ID=KNHBEDFO13
The pads shifted footwards but stayed under my shoulders, and I had a Wilderness Logic synthetic pillow to keep my head propped up. Lots of condensation on WBBB net and frost on the sock. Outer bag was wet and frosty on surface, but Wiggy's gag perfectly dry. No doubt a dew point effect, but the Wiggy's bag wicks moisture well with siliconized fibers.
It was 13F when I ensconced myself in shelter at 10pm. I had to shuffle the inner bag under my butt to block the slight cold sensation. Up at 11pm as the hot water bottle was making it too warm inside, so it went into the side pocket. Up to pee at 4am - toasty warm inside but 8F outside. Harder to get re-situated once everything had slumped footwards but slept until 7am at the day's low of 4.6F.
I got notice that my Underground Quilts 0F TQ/UQ set with UQP will ship Thursday, so expect a trial run Saturday night, if the USPS delivers.
Once I get that set up and tested, it's off into the woods! Which are conveniently just 300yd away. Mountains just 8mi off - just little 1300 footers here in SoNH.
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