Originally Posted by
JonGalt
Time will tell how dumb this really is, or even how heavy it is, but I'm sure to get lots of ribbing for this next year.
I'm making fleece pajamas for my AT hike. Here's the theory. You need warm dry clothes to wear in camp, right? What's warmer for its weight than fleece? So I'm thinking that a one-piece fleece union suit is just the ticket. I couldn't find any for sale, so I'm making it. So far it looks like it's going to weigh about 18 ounces, which is about the same as the dry clothes it replaces. But it also eliminates the need for a sleeping bag liner, so effectively it's only 10 ounces -- the same as a pair of long pants.
Theoretically, I even could make it with footies to wear inside my crocs, which would probably be lighter than a spare pair of socks, but somehow I think that's more than even my battered 56 year old ego could stand. I left off the footies.
Dumb idea?
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