Backpacking & Camping Tips : Staying Warm in a Sleeping Bag
Monday, March 29th, 2010 at
12:15 pm
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 rectangular sleeping bag with tips on insulation and clothing choices from a backpacking guide in this free 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
Tagged with: aid • backpacking • backpacks • camping • first • hiking • outdoors • planning • survival • tents • tips • wilderness
Filed under: Camping & Backpacking
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i think carbohydrates in general helps
Does anybody know what model of tent is being used here? I want to replace my present one-man tent with one that has a full-sided door like the one seen here (good for ease of access) and one that you can actually sit up in without banging your head against the top; that way you can wait it out when it rains far more comfortably! Also, is there any info about tent ‘modding’ out there? I’ve modified several tents for cycle touring trips and would be interested in other peoples’ ideas/experiences!
There is a very pourous foam on the iside that compresses easily when you roll it up, when you open up the air valve air fills the body a the pourous foam to give the pad loft, just like a down bag, you can then set the perfect firmness/softness by blowing into the valve. Check out any good outdoors store they should have displays to try out. Good luck, be safe & smart. And remember take only memories, leave only footprints.
-RangerCoan
Well, not all carbohydrates give me gas. Do they you?
If you listen to Yorishumi’s advice, you will probably die.
actually, you’re wrong. well, i don’t know about the jumping jacks part, but naked in a sleeping bag is one of the best ways of staying warm.
to stay warm, just masturbate Richard Fields!
For those cold nights, I always bring along a 2hp petrol generator which will supply enough electriciy to run a 1 kilowatt fire. (with the added bonus of using my George Foreman Mean Lean Grilling Machine whenever I feel hunger).
It’s the way ahead…….
got freezing cold feet last time i went out, put my bag inside my pack. And it worked wonders! thx for the advice!
How to stay warm in a sleeping bag, zip it up, really? The expert village videos are shit!!!!
just have sex… Thats how to stay wam in a sleeping bag ={D
do they really need to tell you how to stay warm like putting a hat on? if your parents didnt show you how to stay warm as a kid you and your whole family should be shot.
yeah! i needed this video to know i had to wear a hat!! awesome!!!!
very nice video, btw have you watch the movie Avatar, 2012 yet? I just watched on POP8. INFO
shouldn’t you start first of all by telling people that it’s important to get in a sleepingbag well fed and after a short excersize so your body heats up the bag… You easely win few degrees doing that… That is one of the most basic tips to give and you keep talking about zipping it close, if you don’t know that you shouldn’t go hiking
Wow, I learned so much watching this video. All kinds of tips and tricks that, frankly, no-one would ever think of! Like zipping it up when you’re cold, or putting on a hat and extra socks, brilliant! Very clever! Thank you for lending your genius to us brain-dead!
you could just kill yourself, then it’s doesn’t matter if your cold or not!
Wow… hats keep you warmer? I thought they were just for keeping the sun off.
Typical “expert”village video. Useless.
beenies do help keep you warm. thus the reason their worn in the snow jr. typical blow hard!
I like to crawl inside the belly of freshly killed woolly beast.
long underwear lol!
Like a tauntaun, LOL?
Tauntauns are endangered species, maybe just a really hairy fat person.
Pretty common sense stuff
Wow! At least he gave us credit that we wouldn’t drag our camp stove into the tent. OR….. maybe he hadn’t totally considered the shear POWER of stupidity.