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Re: Interesting article on keeping warm in your sleeping bag

Great article! Thank you for posting it. I get really cold feet, and used to suffer badly until I discovered down bootees. They are the best investment ever!
I agree about changing your kit when you retreat at the end of the day. A change of clothes in a dry bag has made a real difference on a number of occasions when I have been out in terrible conditions all day. A couple of times I have been so cold at the end of a day that I have used my platypus as a hot water bottle. As a safety measure, not being sure about it holding hot water I have then put the platypus in the dry bag from my clothes, as an extra layer. A Nalgene bottle would be great, if I carried one!

Re: Interesting article on keeping warm in your sleeping bag

Down Booties... YEP. I have some Goosefeet ones with over booties for going outside.
And there is the down jacket for extra warmth.

And.. Have a hot drink, I find that helps too.

Re: Interesting article on keeping warm in your sleeping bag

For me, the biggest leap of faith is to take off layers when you are in your bag and still feeling cold. I used to have a good laugh when folk suggested using spare layers as a pillow. Spare layers? I didn’t have any. Now I have learned that, slightly counter-intuitively, taking my jacket off will warm my feet as heat can be redistributed throughout my sleeping bag. Of course, now I sleep with the love of my life: a custom-made PHD bag – brilliant.