Backpacking & Camping Tips : Staying Warm in a Sleeping Bag
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 at
3:38 am
When using a sleeping bag, stay warm by zipping it up all the way, laying on an insulated pad and wearing long underwear. Stay warm in a sleeping bag with tips on insulation and clothing choices from a backpacking guide in thisfree video on camping and hiking. Expert: Richard Fields Bio: Richard Fields has been an avid backpacker and backcountry guide for over 25 years. Filmmaker: Patrick Eaves
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Looks like an MSR Hubba tent.
Thanks for those tips. A sleeping bag can keep you warm or freeze you right out of enjoying camping.
Finally a sane video on sleeping bags and not some creepy crawly guys wearing tight nylon clothing.
I recommend a few push ups or whatever to get your blood flowing before stepping into the bag. Remember that YOU need to heat the bag with your body heat.
i can tell you’re american. get a nice 40 celcius below zero bag and and wear under wear and if its hot out bring a regular bag ahahahahahhahahaha. if you wear to much clothes you will sweat and sweat freezes. i am canadian.
I’m not an expert. But I was born and grew up in Siberia. Speaking from experience, I would NEVER put extra clothes on when I’m sleeping in a bag. I’d put them under and/or on the bag.
Spot on, wearing more clothing inside your sleeping bag will only make you colder because it will hold on to your sweat.
Ideally if you are going to wear clothes in your sleeping bag you want to be wearing stuff that you have not worn during the day and that is dry.
Yeah i learned from experience
DO NOT WEAR CLOTHES IN YOUR SLEEPING BAG!
why?
With this type of method you would likely be wearing quick dry clothing that does not hold on to sweat long. If your sweating inside your bag there is a decent possibility that you are also not cold, or you need wear clothing on the extremities that get cold faster.
No big secret !
Bring a sleeping bag thats right for the climate !
i kno u posted this comment a while ago but why would you put cloths underneath the sleeping bag
Your body loses heat through (1) infrared radiation, (2) air convection, (3) sweat evaporation and (4) conduction – the cold ground (snow, rock, whatever) sucking the heat out of your body. Putting clothes under your bag helps to minimize the heat lose through conduction. And this is what sleeping pads are for, of course.
First, warm air is trapped too close to your body and it takes longer (if ever) for the rest of the bag to warm up, so your legs and arms stay cold because they do not get the heat from your much warmer torso through convection and radiation. Second, if you wear too many clothes, you sweat, the sweat evaporates and cools your body.
The best way to stay warm in your sleeping bag is to be warm when entering the sleeping bag. Do a few jumping jacks to get the blood flowing and than jump into the bag, otherwise it will take a long for you to heat the air in the bag.
Stay warm with a spouse in the bag with you. If you don’t have one yourself, steal someone elses!
sounds enjoyable lol.
i like pineapple
Going to bed right after a meal helps, because digestion warms your body and your bag.
One thing that I found very helpful this past winter was boiling water, putting it in my water bottle and then sticking the water bottle in the bottom of my sleeping bag. This worked wonderfully when combatting -13 degree temperatures and a tent which had to be pitched on ice.
thanks for this videos, one question i want to know how a self inflating mattress works :d
Er, it self-inflates?! You just have to top it up with some air from your lungs.
The best way I can see to keep warm is to slide your pole into the closed pocket of the female presenter of your vids! She says in the tent vid that it’s always easier to stick it up when you have a friend to help you. And that’s how to keep warm in ur bag
Basically if your too cold get naked and do jumping jacks then go in your bag. The jumping jacks start your blood and when your naked your body doesn’t have to heat up your clothes to just your body and your air inside your bag.
Beans for dinner work too. Just not for hypothermia conditions though.