Coldest night's sleep ever

[wanderers]

We had spent a week at Big Bend NP last February and arrived home to very cold and snowy weather. My son had gotten my small pickup sideways on a steep hill on our driveway and it was rather late when we got back so we parked behind a nearby Cracker Barrel Restaurant and put off getting the truck straightened out until the next day. We have no heater so we put on our long underwear and knit caps and wrapped up in down comforters. We were not cold while we slept but it was pretty cold in the camper when we got up. It was cold enough that when I turned on a reading lamp it wouldn't turn off again, seemed to have broken something inside it. When we had breakfast in the restaurant the waitress told us the thermometer at the bank had read 18 below. I don't know how accurate those thermometers are but I'm sure it was well below zero. We have a memory foam mattress topper on top of our mattresses and that may be why it didn't suck the heat out of us. We just had them because they are comfortable but you may want to try one for winter trips.

[rltilley]

For real cold weather hammock camping you need an under quilt of some sort. I use a Big Agnes bag with insulated air pad slid into the sleeve on the bag. This keeps me from rolling off the pad at night. I had issues with the cold when I used a bag without the pad sleeve in a hammock. Some under quilts can be seen here:

Hammock Gear - Under Quilts

[rionapo]

Originally Posted by Pntyrmvr

Except for the nose breath that condenses on your moustache and then freezes. The first time you wake up with it you feel like a popsicle grew under your nose as you slept.


"Talk is cheap. Whiskey costs money."

Or, you wake up when your formerly frozen condensed breath starts to melt and drop from the ceiling onto your forehead.

Don