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Re: [RC] [RC] questions! - Rae CallawayInteresting. I have slept on an air mattress in 28 - 30 degree weather and I have NEVER been so cold in my entire life! Even my sleeping bag, which was rated for 0 degrees didn't help. I had piled every horse blanket I owned on top, but that freezing air coming from below (the air mattress) just couldn't be stopped. I will never use an air mattress on a cold night again. Rae Tall C Arabians - Central Region ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. L. Kossowan" <bekosso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 11:37 PM Subject: [RC] [RC] questions! Raven wrote: "Just keep in mind, that if it's a cold night, the air mattress will be verycold, and it will "steal" your body heat." I beg to differ, coming from an area of the world where the armed forces have made a science of cold-weather survival. I have participated on winter maneouvres with an an artillery unit, when we had to camp in canvas teepees, six to a tent, with arctic sleeping bags and no tent heaters, while outside temperatures dropped to -40. The cardinal rule was to keep your air mattress inflated to preserve heat. Trapped air is, in fact, a remarkable insulator. I didn't sleep too well myself - one of the other "journalists" had a leaky air mattress and swapped it for mine while I was out lurking around. I crawled out at 4 a.m. and spent the rest of the morning wandering around camp. Thank God for the arbitrary tot of rum issued later that morning - truly the Great Canadian Attitude Adjustment. Cheers, Brenda K. ============================================================ I can tell you after sleeping in a tent, then in my truck, then in the ~ ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ Why should I look good if I don`t smell good? ~ author unknown ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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