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Choosing a Sleeping Bag
When picking a sleeping bag, there are many factors to consider: use, weight/packability, fill material, temperature rating, comfort, cost. There is no perfect answer and becomes a balancing act of all the factors considered together. There are also an amazing number of manufacturers and sources of finding sleeping bags. Some will have multiple models and sizes within there offerings. Here are some things to consider.
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Outfitting a New Scout
As we prepare for our first backpacking trip, Michael Quinn found this great blog-post by an Assistant Scoutmaster on what a young Scout needs and a budget-wise way to get it. http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/boy_scout_gear_list.html
It is a great piece, but I would make the following comments in addition to his thoughts either for regional differences or because our Troop may be set up a bit different. Please read his blog first, and then these comments should make more sense.
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