Sleeping Bag

**SilvrSurfr** · 02-20-2018, 17:44

It's one thing to accidentally forget your sleeping bag/top quilt; it's another thing when you do it deliberately to save pack weight. A couple of years ago Vagabound came with us for a post-Thanksgiving hang in the Pine Barrens. He had a new 0* HG UQ he was going to try out. The overnight low was 17* F. About four in the morning I got up to take a leak and found him shivering by a fire. "How can you be cold?" I asked. "You've got a 0* underquilt!"

"That's all I brought," Vagabound said. Still not getting it, I asked him to explain. He said that since he had a 0* UQ, he thought he wouldn't need a top quilt or sleeping bag, that he could just wrap the UQ around him. So he left the top quilt at home.

Lesson learned, I guess.

**HandyRandy** · 02-20-2018, 18:04

Went hiking with my buddy and his daughter about a week ago. Rain was the central theme of the trip, and it did not disappoint. We night hiked a few miles once we got to the trailhead (evening time). Somehow, my buddy couldn’t find his kid’s tarp! He had to learn how to do a bunk bed style hang that night! The REAL kicker is he “finds” it the next morning! I don’t know if that’s worse or better tho, lmao.

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**Halfed** · 02-20-2018, 18:18

Last weekend my wife and I went for a short hike and overnight wild camping. When I was cooking the dinner it down on me I forgot the bowls. We had to eat directly from the pot. Not bad at all.

**Trail Runner** · 02-20-2018, 19:07

Originally Posted by OneClick

I once forgot my hammock by packing two tarps instead. My hammock!

That is hilarious!

I was about 45 min. into a 60 min. drive to the trailhead once when I realized that I in fact had left my backpack at home. I don't think I've ever been more angry with myself. I drove all the way home then all the way back to the trail. I was cursing myself inside my head (and sometimes outside) the rest of the day.

**ObdewlaX** · 02-20-2018, 21:48

Like a few others have said, "checklist"!

**kac1269** · 02-21-2018, 09:02

I went on am over nighter and grabbed my daughter's hennesy cub hammock instead of my jungle expedition, I am six foot and 190 pounds! It held my weight! But it was a cramped night!I have since upgraded to a XLC with all the fixins!

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**AsaHanger** · 02-21-2018, 11:31

I once forgot my bottom insulation and fuel for my stove. Luckily i was only car camping and was able to sleep in my car. The wind howled all night and about 4 am it started to rain and turned to sleet/snow. Woke up about 8 am with 4 inches of snow on the ground. Im glad I didnt try and sleep in my hammock that night. And thank goodness for granola bars that were for that days hike. otherwise I wouldnt have had anything to eat that morning.

That trip I learned the importance of a physical checklist instead of only a mental one.