mwienholt

Anyone have any experience with the BD winter bivy? If so, how did it perform and what were the conditions? Thanks, mwienholt

Thanks to all for the suggestions!

Scholars and gentlemen: I just picked up a Moonstone Delta Cirrus long sleeping bag rated to 32 degress to replace my Moonstone Minima 3D which is rated to 20 degrees. I was willing to sacrafice the warmth for the smaller, lighter bag. Well, as it turns out after finally getting a scale accurate enough to weigh the bags the Cirrus bag weighs 2 lbs 6 oz and the Minima is 2 lbs 8 oz. Moonstone lists the Cirrus at 1 lb 14 oz and the Minima at 3 lbs even. What gives? Are they basically the same bag except my Minima has a collar sewn in and that's what's accounting for the 2 oz difference? Basically, I'm looking for a TRULY small and light snythetic bag that's in the 20 - 30 degree range. Moonstone doesn't seem to have it together so they are now out. Any suggestions on a bag that you've either used and found to be accurately listed for temp and or know to be accurate in weight to manufacturer listing? Lastly, I know that the manufucturing process impacts weights to a degree, but for both of these bags it's not even close. Please help!

I had a FF Snowbunting for years w/ a Dryloft shell and while the quality of the construction was second to none, it was only warm the first night. The deteriorating warmth was because the Dryloft shell did not breath well enough to prevent the down from getting wet-out from inside. So, I'd whole heartedly look at FF products, but suggest that you consider something with a very breathable shell. Epic may be an option, but I'm not convinced of its breathability. However, it's not a laminate which I'd stay away from completely. Also, I know that it was the Dryloft that was a problem, b/c my partner used to rock an old, old, EMS down bag with a standard nylon shell and after three days his bag had more loft than my overfilled 800 power job. It wasn't fun. Hope this helps! Cheers, MWienholt

What setup do you have?

Not exactly. I was asking more from a hypothetical standpoint. I figured the ropes were too small to jug on safely. I also didn't know that a second can climb on a single twin. I thought that was just for a half.

The seconds can each climb on their own strands of 7.7 mm twin? Wow!

From previous posts most are advocating that one consider a half rope setup instead of twins for versatility. Please provide some clarification to the following questions: 1. With which setup (twin or half) can one leader safely belay two seconds at the same time? 2. Can the seconds jug on their strand? 3. Can a single strand of either be used safely for glacier travel to the base of the route? Thanks for the help!

I'm looking for it to work on my rage tools. Any idea if it would? Want to get rid of yours?

Thanks for the info! Any idea what it was called?

Howdy folks! I'm hoping someone can direct me to an avy shovel that is compatible with an ice tool. Twight talks about these in Extreme Alpinism, but I can't find one specifically. Thanks for the help!