Monday, March 12, 2012

What Are Your Backpacking Sleeping Options?

When you go backpacking the ideal is to carry the least weight possible while maintaining usability of your items. One thing that takes up quite a bit of weight and space in the backpack is your sleeping gear. There are some different options for different sleeping arrangements.

The first is the traditional tent and sleeping bag. These work well and do get the job done. Consider using style bivy tents to save on space if you want to go for the ultralight tent camping method of. Also take a 3 season tent if it's not cold or winter time to save on weight. Make sure whatever type of tent you get is easy to set up and doesn't have too many parts that break as it's likely that cheap parts will be unreliable during a backpacking trip.

Another option is camping tarp. Thismight mean setting up a tarp on nights that it looks to be rainy but otherwise just camping out on the ground and not worry about the tent. If you do this method it's good to have some sort of insect netting as they can become a hassle at times without tent walls. If you are comfortable sleeping this way, it can save on space.

One option is camping hammock. There are traditional hammocks that do not protect you from the rain or elements. These work fine but are missing quite a bit. There are hammocks that completely enclose like a tent. The advantage of these is that they are much lighter than a tent and you don't have to sleep on the ground. One can tie a hammock up anywhere even on a steep hill and camp there for the night, making the need for a level camping spot something of thepast.

Each of these methods do work. They are worth examining when going out on longer backpacking trips to find what's right for you.

What Are Your Backpacking Sleeping Options?

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