Ridecamp: [RC] heaters?/low rent advice

The little honda 1000 watt super quiet one 
> would run a > small heater on low. Your cold neighbor might kill you
though.

O.K. Since I'm the "cold neighbor" I'll give some advice.  First, buy a
sub-zero sleeping bag. There really is a difference, and it matters. If
you're sleeping in 30 degree weather, buy a sub-zero. A sleeping bag
rated for 30 will keep you alive, but not asleep.  Second. In a truck bed
a lot of cold comes up from below.  Buy a closed cell foam pad at a
camping store to block that cold. Same goes when you sleep on a cot. You
need something under you as well as over you. Sleep in a very warm shirt
with a high enough neck that you can stand to keep your head out of the
top of the bag.  Put your clothes for tomorrow in the bottom of your
sleeping bag (especially your bra unless you want to find out what "cold
as a witch's bra" really means).  If you have a wool blanket that you
throw over your horse at the vet checks, keep it handy. It's great to put
on top of the sleeping bag.  Bring REALLY warm socks, or even bootie type
houseshoes.  Your feet and the tip of your nose are the most likely
places you'll get cold.

Finally: Don't drink ANYTHING for a few hours before bed because the last
thing you want is a nature call when you're in your perfect cocoon.

By the way, the only reason I guess that I'm alive today is that when I
was stupid and left a propane heater running all night in the back of my
truck the rusted out wheel wells provided ample ventilation.  Later,
after I duct taped them shut I learned to set up my lantern and my little
Coleman hotplate where I could reach it  from my sleeping bag.  I'd just
reach out of the bag and turn on the lantern and hot plate, put on the
coffee water and by the time it was hot the back of the truck was toasty
and all the windows were good and fogged up. :-)

Angie

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