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What sleeping mats are you using for the winter camping?
Exped Synmat.
Almost bought the Downmat, but there was only a difference of 1 in R value, same weight...but the Synmat was much cheaper and IMO more robust to the occasional blowing up by mouth if needed. Plus we use the mats in summer too and the slightly lower R value is appreciated on warm nights.
I camp on snow and frozen ground a lot and never had a cold back.
To date, the best money we've spent on outdoor kit. I've gone from restlessness and being fairly uncomfortable to being really comfortable and sleeping well. That's about the best money you can spend on camping kit!
The exped down mat is fantastic. Nothing better than if you have to get up for a pee. When you get back in the mat is still warm.
Love these camping shots. Especially the winter ones. Usually find packing for winter a real struggle. Once i have a winter bag, winter tent and mat in the rucksack I pretty much have no room for anything else. How are you guys getting this stuff up the mountain?
For proper wild winter camping / bivi I still use a winter rated closed cell foam mat. Everything else 3/4 thermarest / fat-airic
How are you guys getting this stuff up the mountain?
Bigger rucsac.
Loving this thread. Don't get to camp as often as I like but I've a weekend free over Halloween so planning on going out either in the Peak or (hopefully) the Lakes.
Overlooking Snowdon a few years back:
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How are you guys getting this stuff up the mountain?
often with some protest 🙂
Between two:
4.5kg tent
2.8kg sleeping bags
1.5kg mats
0.7kg wine
4kg packs
2kg water
1kg food
0.7kg stove, pot and fuel
0.5kg camera stuff
2kg other stuff (mostly hers!)
19.7kg - about 10kg each.
We could lighten the load quite a bit (and often do for longer/higher routes), but winter can be very uncomfortable if you sacrifice too many "nice to haves".
We're there because we want to be, not because we have to be, so nice things are non negotiable 🙂
If I'm on a winter climbing trip my camping kit gets stripped right back to bare essentials because I've got a ton of extra stuff to factor in.
Off for a on/off road bivi adventure this weekend, hopefully something like these:
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I see all your lightweight setups and raise you.
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tHe mothership, About 50kg dry, about 100kg wet. Masses of space for when the weather isn't great. Could probably sleep about 12 with room to spare.
Thankyou. I need to get the scales out.
Me on top of Suiliven. It was freezing 😀
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It was also about 11pm in mid June. The midges were kept away by the howling gale coming in off the sea.
arrghhh can people put where these are taken please...
My previous were Red Tarn, Helvellyn and disaster in my Sister's £50 Argos tent lower Styhead Gill, Seathwaite.
on the banks of Grenz Glacier, Gornergrat, nr Zermatt (Saunders tent, which was brilliant lightweight 2 man, don't think they exist anymore?)
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