Outdoor Camping Sleeping Skills
Whether you are using a newly purchased sleeping bag is quite puffy and comfortable or to use a very long battle-hardened sleeping bag how to make yourself comfortable sleeping is the first priority,
Remember: sleeping bag will not heat up or heat itself, it just slow down or reduce the release of body heat, the best way is to store more heat in the body.
The factors of the external environment will affect the comfort of sleeping.
Don't choose a camp site at the bottom of a stream where cold air collects, and don't camp on a ridge line. Choose a leeward side or a forested area or use a camping gear bivouac bag or dig a snow hole.
Sleeping bag fluffiness: new sleeping bag because of the extrusion in the sleeping bag set for a long time, the initial fluffiness and insulation will be slightly worse than warm, it is best to set up a good tent and spread the sleeping bag to let it fluffy, of course, the longer the better sleeping pad.
Material: each sleeping pad insulation coefficient are different, it can be isolated from the heat released from the bottom of the sleeping bag. Energy, different seasons with different sleeping pads, such as the snow period is best to use the full length of the sleeping pad containing probable drive body and solid or automatic inflatable sleeping pad, and then the backpack, the main rope or other items placed under the feet.
Complete waterproof: any wet sleeping pad will be unbearable and uncomfortable, if there is no waterproof sleeping bag set can be replaced by a large garbage bag, when the camping tent soaked, wet items can be placed inside, between the outer tent or the corner of the inner tent away from the sleeping bag, bad weather, the inner tent will gather water droplets, so the tent window must be slightly open slit to let the tent ventilation, when the rain is over, you must take out and sun sleeping bag, if it is snowy period, then directly spread in the tent Inside the tent.
Wear enough clothes: Alpine guides have said that if you don't wear all the clothes you have with you when you sleep, it means you bring too many clothes. It is best to bring a hat because half of your body's heat is dissipated from your head.
Eat plenty of food: Food is fuel, so don't go to bed with an empty stomach or an empty oil depot, eat something high in calories before you go to bed.
Warm body: sleeping bag will not maintain and create heat, do not go to camp immediately jump into the sleeping bag, too tired and too cold body is useless, eat well and enough dinner and hot drinks, and then stroll in the moonlight for a while to not sweat as the standard will be warm body to sleep to be comfortable no matter what kind of sleeping bag used in a humid environment will still be uncomfortable and poor warmth, you may wish to use a sleeping bag jacket, it will be able to breathe the body's water vapor to the outside Even if the tent condenses a little water or live in a snow cave is still comfortable, but plastic products will not breathe causing sleeping bags wet, the head of the general sleeping bag will be dirtier, sleeping bags are best hand-washed, use a neutral detergent or special feather cleaner, cleaning process can not have cleaning agent residue in the sleeping bag must be cleaned and dried, the use of washing machine steps complicated is not recommended, wringing dry must be dried for several days before collection, especially feather sleeping bags. Do not put it inside the sleeping bag for a long time, it will deform the feathers or fibers, it is best to put it inside a large bag or closet, try not to dry clean the feather sleeping bag will wash away the natural oils of the feathers, unless you send it to a specialized store.