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    Sierratradingpost is your friend. My backpacking sleeping bag is a marmot 650 fill 20 degree down bag. My tent is an Easton rimrock 1p.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CPM View Post
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    My last piece of the puzzle is the sleeping system. I am planning on taking just the green summer bag from my military sleeping system, but am looking for a compression sack to get it as small as possible. Any recommendations?
    We've used the Sea to Summit Ultra Sil Compression Sacks on multiple trips a year for over 10 years and haven't been able to break them yet. They are also among the lightest compression sacks we've found. I don't have any recent experience with the mil sleep system, but I remember it being somewhat bulky compared to commercial bags. So I'd recommend getting a large size (20 liters) if you decide to go with one.

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    For my summer ruck at work, I keep the green bag in an OR Airpurge Compression Sack. In the winter I swap out to a Marmot down 0 degree bag.
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    Tortuga, how small does it get?
    When you're done saying what you're saying, stop saying it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CPM View Post
    Tortuga, how small does it get?
    OR makes them in two sizes, 15L and 35L. Mine is the now discontinued 25L.

    It's not so much how small the bag gets as how much will your bag compress. My 25L will get micro sized with a down 20 degree bag.

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    So how did it go?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Badger52 View Post
    So how did it go?
    Maybe he forgot his bear spray?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Badger52 View Post
    So how did it go?
    Curious as well. I would live to hike the chinese wall in the next couple years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Esq. View Post
    Maybe he forgot his bear spray?
    It is only because I know he is alive and well that I laugh...that is hilarious.
    To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society. --Theodore Roosevelt--

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    Damnit. I am alive and well and I learned so much that the idea of writing it all down is daunting.

    We ended up covering 48 miles in 3.5 days. I severely rolled my ankle 15 miles in and was pretty miserable for the remaining time. I was unable to ascend the final 2500 feet to see the wall as the descents were perilous on my bum ankle.

    I learned a ton, and it is a disservice that I have not passed it on to anyone else, especially to those who offered so much advice to me- I apologize. I will do a thorough write up in the next week.

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