Thread: Keeping warm at night.

As others have said - layers. Either a second sleeping bag, a mat with a better R value or clothes you can wear in your bag. I take two puffs on cold trips (uberlight down vest and hoodded jacket) and they are sized so that I can wear the vest inside the jacket.

You also need a way of adding heat when you are cold so you don't just lie there shivering all night - hot water bottle, hand warmer, hot drinks and food. Hot food warms you in three ways (it's hot, heat is created when you digest it and then you have fuel to burn for heat). I know this as I have done a lot of fasting and it's cold and miserable in winter.

I have a lightweight synthetic bag suitable for a short bloke. Will PM.