FIRST OFF===
no jokes about the hat..when you move to Minnesota you
get new plates for your car--a hat like this and the secret
recipe for Swedish Meatballs..


i bought this German Army all-in-one sleeping bag with
the idea that it might be good on canoe trips where i wanted
to go light by cutting out the tent..at 5 pounds and in a
small bag like that it just might have worked but in the
long run i found a closed tent to be more secure..



it opens to reveal a sleeping bag with arms incased
in rubberized nlyon much like a Army poncho..




using the web belts with interlocking rings that hold
the rolled up bag together you can pull the bottom
"foot" section up and secure it to form a jacket..



when you release the belt the foot section drops--
back view--note the large hood which is not
pulled up over my head yet--



front view with the top zippered up and the section
i'll put my legs into behind my knees..



there--totaly inclosed with my arms free for
tending a fire,cooking or other camp chores..




or just a good,warm dry nites sleep




a close up to show the nylon quilting and
the zipper and flap system...
bags with arms like this are widely used in Europe by
still hunters..i have a hunting and outdoor catalog
from Germany that shows several styles of these..
i never took this canoeing but i did try it out on a few
cold,wet nites at my cabin to see how well it worked.
it was warm and dry for the few hours i sat around it it
but i went back inside for the nite and never did a
"overniter" in it..i carryed the bag around in my car
trunk during the winter but never had to resort to it..
in a survival sitution i would not just lay on the ground
like that that but would make a bed of whatever i could
find--moss..leaves..and i would make some sort of
brush shelter and get in that with the bivvy-jacket..