Sleeping bags and Tents

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As sleeping bags become more and more high tech, the choices can be overwhelming. After you've learned about bag technology (for instance, a synthetic bag dries more quickly than a down bag, but a down bag is more malleable), you'll feel a bit more confident in making your sleeping bag purchase.

A word to the wise: some items, like sleeping bags and backpacks, really should be felt, handled, tried on and crawled around in before a purchase is made.

Shelter is the most important survival tool. If lost in a cold climate without shelter, you'll die from exposure in short order. If you've got shelter - a tent and a sleeping bag, you can survive several days without water; if you've got water, you can survive several weeks without food.

By simple definition a double wall tent uses a rainfly over the tent, whereas a single wall tent does not. A tent needs to satisfy two functions: it needs to repel water from rain and dew on the outside, and it needs to breathe in order to eliminate condensation from the inside. A double wall tent repels outside moisture with a waterproof rainfly, and it eliminates inside moisture with breathable tent walls.

A single wall tent performs both of these tasks with just the tent wall, which is usually a laminate of waterproof and breathable materials. Both type tents have their place. Double wall tents have more parts, are heavier, and cost less than single wall tents. For these reasons single wall tents are most often used by backpackers, mountain climbers, and bicycle or motorcycle campers. That is not to say that either tent can't be used anywhere.

 Remember too that if you camp under humid or rainy conditions water will accumulate inside either type tent or you'll need to take advantage of the first opportunity to open the tent up and dry it out. Good ventilation will help keep any tent dry on the inside. Whatever tent you use, understands its characteristics, keep it vented, and air it out at every opportunity.

Choose a tent with a "bathtub" floor - this means the floor material travels up the sides of the tent for a few inches, keeping ground water out of your tent in event of rain.

Get a tent with aluminum poles - fiberglass poles break more easily than aluminum and can't be repaired on the trail; you can purchase a repair kit for your tent (see your dealer) containing cylinders of aluminum that can be slipped over two broken pole ends and secured with duct tape (you'll have to supply the duct tape, which any backpacker should carry at all times).

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