in a week my brother in law, me and a friend of his are all going on a 3 day hike in big bend state park. I am trying to go as light as possible not only for my own benefit while on the trail, but also because we are flying in in his small plane. Currently i have my pack weight down to 16.5 lbs including food(water we will get at the ranger station when we get there)
The main place where i see that i could shave some weight is my sleeping bag.
I have a 20* REI cat's meow.
It is a good bag and has always served me well but it weighs in at just over 3lbs. I was thinking about making small incisions on the side of it and taking out the synthetic stuffing and replacing it with down.
I was wondering if anyone has ever tried this before with any luck.
And if anyone has any other good weight saving techniques that would help i would greatly appreciate them.
Thnx
AK_SAE

