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The link did not take me to the product, only to the homepage, but
looking around a little on the planetfear.com site, I found something called a Survival Bag, available in a couple of sizes. It was orange, but not much info on the website. So is this really just a big orange plastic bag? How small is it folded up? I found something similar at www.campingsurvival.com, for around $3 US, weighs around 9 oz (about 0.25 kg). I carried something similar for years, the only time I used it was when my partner's bivvy bag leaked in rain on the side of Mt. Robson, at a desperate bivy site, and he was astounded that I had a plastic bivvy bag in addition to my Gortex bag, to keep him dry. I guess I am a belt and suspenders guy. I understand the concept of having something attached to your PFD, although I also understand that you can hang so much on your PFD that it becomes a problem in terms of weight and/or bulk. Historically I have made fun of tiny survival kits, usually mocking them by picking up a medium size backpack full of warm clothes, food, and water, and saying something like "Survival Kit my A**. This is my survival kit!" I am not saying that it is not a good thing to have, just that I am not sure that I want to attach more stuff to my PFD. I generally travel with other boats, especially in non-trivial water, so you don't expect to lose more than one boat on a trip. Richard John Fereira wrote: Gary S. Idontwantspam@net wrote in : On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:31:35 GMT, Richard Ferguson wrote: Expand a little on this bivy bag. The bivy bags that I am familar with are usually made of goretex, and go over one's sleeping bag, or body if you do not have a sleeping bag with you. What you describes sounds very different. Is it just a large orange plastic bag? Yes, it's basically just a large coast guard orange plastic bag. richard John Fereira wrote: snip A bivy bag may also be useful. It's a large coast guard orange bag that you can climb into if you become separated from your kayak. It can be partially inflated and used for floatation, and used as a signaling device. It can be folded up and put into a pocket on your PFD. You are describing a bivy bag as used in mountaineering. I believe John is referring to some type designed for paddlers. They're not really designed for paddling. They're also called "survival bags" A link to a pic would be useful. Here's one (sorry for the wrapping) http://www.planetfear.com/product_de...s_id=579&p_id= 1819 |
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