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2. Sleeping bag - Wikipedia

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   One subcategory of cold-weather sleeping bags, the mummy bag, is so named because it has an insulated hood for the head. A bivouac sack (bivy) is a waterproof cover for a sleeping bag that may be used in place of a tent by minimalist, experienced hikers. A bivy bag may also be carried by day hikers as a backup or emergency shelter, to be used ...

3. Cowboy bedroll - Wikipedia

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   The cowboy bedroll was an American Old West precursor to the modern sleeping bag, which carried a man's bed and some personal belongings in a waterproof shell. In Australia, it is called a swag . A "swagman" from Australia carrying a variation of the cowboy bedroll, called a " swag ", ca. 1901

4. Bivouac shelter - Wikipedia

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   Rock climber Chuck Pratt bivouacking during the first ascent of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley in September 1961.. A bivouac shelter or bivvy (alternately bivy, bivi, bivvi) is any of a variety of improvised camp site or shelter that is usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers or people engaged in backpacking, bikepacking, scouting or mountain climbing. [1]

5. Clothing insulation - Wikipedia

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   Water is a better conductor of heat than air, thus if clothes are damp — because of sweat, rain, or immersion — water replaces some or all of the air between the fibres of the clothing, causing thermal loss through conduction and/or evaporation. Thermal insulation is thus optimal with three layers of clothing:

6. Sleeping bag liner - Wikipedia

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   Sleeping bag liner. Sleeping bag liners are lightweight cloth sacks usually fitted inside sleeping bags to provide extra comfort, insulation, and help keep the sleeping bag clean. [1] [2] A thin liner may feel softer against the sleeper's skin, add 5 °F warmth to the bag (not pad), and be easily washed after use (unlike the thicker sleeping bag).

7. Acacia prominens - Wikipedia

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   Acacia prominens usually grows to a height of 5 to 9 m (16 to 30 ft), sometimes to a height of 20 to 25 m (66 to 82 ft). [3] It has glabrous branchlets that are angled at the extremeties and has smooth grey coloured bark. Like most species of Acacia it has phyllodes rather than true leaves. The grey-green to grey-blue, glabrous to sparsely ...