The day has been relatively without any major mishaps except the few times one slipped and slid down the mountain slope. But weariness has caught on. The mountain sides are slowly being swept by an eerie grey stillness. The camping sites come to sight. There is another burst of energy that comes to push you into the vicinity of the camping site. The dinner must be cooking. May be a wash in the mountain stream to wash away the dust will be good. The thought of finally sliding into the sleeping bag for its warmth was just too enticing.
Carrying a bed with you when you are on a camping trip, hiking, trekking or climbing mountains is just not possible. But a sleeping bed which is almost a bed is just good enough. It is an improvised bed that can be easily carried with you during such trips. It looks like a blanket that is made to be a protective bag with zipper. The soft padding provides the softness and comforts. Its thermal insulations keep you warm in chilly nights. Sleeping bags are of two kinds. The first resembles a blanket with a zipper on one or either side so that the bag can be zipped up and closed. This type of sleeping bag are folded and rolled up, bound with straps or cords and packed onto your backpack. The second type of bag is the mummy bag as the shape is akin to a mummy. Broad on the shoulder tapering as it comes to the leg side, the mummy bag cannot be folded or rolled. It is stuffed into the stuff pack or the compression pack and carried on your rucksack.
There are a variety of sleeping bags that you can buy in the market differing in their water withstanding capacity and insulation capacity. The Marmot Hydrogen 30 sleeping bag is an example of a mummy bag that keeps you comfortable at 30 Fahrenheit.
The sleeping bags differ in its ability to retain heat, insulation capacity and water absorption. The synthetic fill sleeping bag provides faster insulation and warmth even when wet, and does not absorb water easily. But it cannot be easily compressed and takes up more space in the backpack. The down fill bag is lighter, has better heat retention capacity has lower insulation capacity.
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