Comments on: Cape Falcon Kayak Lightweight Gear List http://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/35-day-challenge/cape-falcon-kayak-lightweight-gear-list/ Lightweight canoe and kayak travel Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bryan Hansel http://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/35-day-challenge/cape-falcon-kayak-lightweight-gear-list/#comment-252 Bryan Hansel Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:11:09 +0000 http://www.paddlinglight.com/?p=1035#comment-252 That may be more of a function of the wrong gear for the weather situation, than an flaw in the lightweight principles. On cold nights, hammocks may not be the best shelter to use. The main problem is the compression of the insulation around your body by the hammock. This reduces a sleeping bags ability to insulate against the cold. And you get cold. A better solution may have been to sleep on the ground under a tarp with a lightweight pad under you. I've spent many nights in the woods under a lightweight tarp and stayed warm even when the temps drop below freezing. I've also been really cold in tents before. It's all about choosing the right gear for the weather. That may be more of a function of the wrong gear for the weather situation, than an flaw in the lightweight principles.

On cold nights, hammocks may not be the best shelter to use. The main problem is the compression of the insulation around your body by the hammock. This reduces a sleeping bags ability to insulate against the cold. And you get cold.

A better solution may have been to sleep on the ground under a tarp with a lightweight pad under you. I’ve spent many nights in the woods under a lightweight tarp and stayed warm even when the temps drop below freezing. I’ve also been really cold in tents before.

It’s all about choosing the right gear for the weather.

]]> By: Tig http://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/35-day-challenge/cape-falcon-kayak-lightweight-gear-list/#comment-248 Tig Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:28:07 +0000 http://www.paddlinglight.com/?p=1035#comment-248 ps. I did have a plastic spoon, though... :) ps. I did have a plastic spoon, though… :)

]]> By: Tig http://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/35-day-challenge/cape-falcon-kayak-lightweight-gear-list/#comment-247 Tig Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:27:14 +0000 http://www.paddlinglight.com/?p=1035#comment-247 I agree totally with the minimalist concept in principle, but did find that I froze my arse off for a week in Quetico sleeping in my hammock under a tarp and lightweight quilt. I was more tired from lack of good sleep than I would have been from toting the extra weight of my down sleeping bag and solo tent. Balance and moderation in all things, I suppose. I agree totally with the minimalist concept in principle, but did find that I froze my arse off for a week in Quetico sleeping in my hammock under a tarp and lightweight quilt. I was more tired from lack of good sleep than I would have been from toting the extra weight of my down sleeping bag and solo tent. Balance and moderation in all things, I suppose.

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