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<blockquote data-quote="Len Backus" data-source="post: 1261634" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>My Big Agnes System bag model is the <a href="https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Bag/MysticUL15" target="_blank">Mystic UL 15</a> which weighs 2.5 pounds in LONG size. As with Andy's BA system bag, the bottom has no weight devoted to insulation, instead relying on the pad.</p><p></p><p>I also adjust my clothing layers for temp comfort. I like the bivy idea</p><p></p><p>When I am on a solo DIY hunt, day hunt only, if I'm going to be pretty far back in, I'll carry a <a href="http://amzn.to/2hzOt9e" target="_blank">EMO brand</a> lightweight syl fabric fly. I also carry an <a href="http://amzn.to/2hzReHi" target="_blank">SOL Escape Lite bivy.</a> When I googled fatski's liner idea I saw a Youtube video on it and the video poster's use of a similar SOL item as a liner. I like that idea since I already carry one often.</p><p></p><p>My fly and SOL bivy:</p><p><img src="http://www.LRHmag.com/images/SOL-light.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If stranded out there over night in an emergency I think I'd be ok with just the fly and SOL Lite bivy.</p><p></p><p>Together they only weigh 1.5 pounds. These days hiking or on hunts I almost always carry trekking poles. The carbon fiber <a href="http://amzn.to/2hRX4D5" target="_blank">Black Diamond Distance Z poles</a> that weigh just 10 ounces. They would support the deployed fly if there were no trees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Len Backus, post: 1261634, member: 1"] My Big Agnes System bag model is the [URL="https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Bag/MysticUL15"]Mystic UL 15[/URL] which weighs 2.5 pounds in LONG size. As with Andy's BA system bag, the bottom has no weight devoted to insulation, instead relying on the pad. I also adjust my clothing layers for temp comfort. I like the bivy idea When I am on a solo DIY hunt, day hunt only, if I'm going to be pretty far back in, I'll carry a [URL="http://amzn.to/2hzOt9e"]EMO brand[/URL] lightweight syl fabric fly. I also carry an [URL="http://amzn.to/2hzReHi"]SOL Escape Lite bivy.[/URL] When I googled fatski's liner idea I saw a Youtube video on it and the video poster's use of a similar SOL item as a liner. I like that idea since I already carry one often. My fly and SOL bivy: [IMG]http://www.LRHmag.com/images/SOL-light.jpg[/IMG] If stranded out there over night in an emergency I think I'd be ok with just the fly and SOL Lite bivy. Together they only weigh 1.5 pounds. These days hiking or on hunts I almost always carry trekking poles. The carbon fiber [URL="http://amzn.to/2hRX4D5"]Black Diamond Distance Z poles[/URL] that weigh just 10 ounces. They would support the deployed fly if there were no trees. [/QUOTE]
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