[Sca-cooks] OT Air Mattress (was Pennsic Pity Party)

[Stefan li Rous]

  Simon Sinneghe suggested:
>>> Reindeer furs are warm, two of them on top och each other is
>>> quite a bit
>>> of insulation. When out winter camping I carry one thick (14mm)  
>>> closed
>>> cell foam pad and one bull reindeer hide (untanned, fall butchered).
>>> That is plenty of insulation for underneath a sleeping bag. >>>
>>>
>>> Sounds good. But Reindeer furs, untanned or not, are rather hard to
>>> come by over here
>>
>> Its true. They might be marginally easier to acquire in Canada but  
>> they're
>> expensive. They very very rarely show up at Value Village or other  
>> gently
>> used store (as do sheep and goat), but if your not there the  
>> minute they
>> come out, you're s**t out of luck
>
> It is a bit of a wait but you might set a snare on your roof in  
> late December

Nah. I just need something insulating and warm under my bed, not a  
flying carpet. :-)

Stefan
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