What Sleeping Bag

(I didn't read all the replays here.)

My old Ajungilak Igloo is OK.
The coldest I have experienced with it was -2c at night.
I was wearing two set of thin wool underwear and socks, and I had a wool blanket inside the sleepingbag too.
My matress was the tick type filled with air - not the best for cold nights, but I had two camping type matresses too.
I had my riding jacket on top of the sleepingbag (outside it!) and an old & bad sleepingbag outside my Ajungilak Igloo, pulled up to my hip - not all the way as it is to thight, and there is important to have room for air between the layers.

You better not bring all this on a solobike for Nordkapp! I was riding my sidecar so I cold bring all I wanted to! :thumb2

I suggest a sleeping bag about the same type as mine (I don't know what temperature it is recommended for from Ajungilak) and thin & soft wool underwear, and a good matress for cold nights. And wool on your toes and head at night, if it is cold - put it on BEFORE you find it cold!
:)
If my type of sleepingbag is way to hot for you in Marocco:
Buy a colder type, and a innerbag, made of fleece of wool - special for sleepinbags, and not cheap.
Or, do as I did, but it cost a lot:
Helsport Tempelfjorden. (You'll find it here, if you point at the arrow down at the page http://www.helsport.no/helsport/pro...8&entrypage=true&guid=1&lnodeid=3&pageid=5006 ) = Tempelfjorden is two sleepingbags; one inside a bigger one! It is the type they are using in Antartctis - and I'm going to use it at Primustreffet (http://www.otc-mc.org/~197/primus_2003/ some old pictures from the meeting ) in February. You can use one of the parts in summer, and both together in winter - super! But it ain't free...

There are small bags filled with something that react on air, to put inside socks and gloves, to keep you warm. Just open the small bag, shake it, and it keep you warm for hours - then throw it away and buy one more.
Not cheap, but it helps - I had one in each sock at night inside my Ajungilak Igloo - nice&warm! :thumb2

It is windy up there, so a good tent is important!
Or find a hut/hytte.

I hope I helped.
:) Liv.

-Is it going to be cold at Nordkapp in June?
I can not tell you, but follow the link in reply number 7 in this thread: http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132995 you can figure out the odds as there is inforation about how cold/wet it was there last year and some years before that.
 

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Sleeping bag?

Took a friend of mine from UK to North Cape last year 3500miles in 6 days,from Bergen to NC and down via Lofoten island.

Temprature for the whole week never dropped under +20 C in the night,and 30-33 in the daytime in end of June:D

My advice is check the weather forcast,and if you at tenting all the way i would say you need a sleeping bag that will keep you comfortable down to no more than -5C if you are not camping in the mountains above 4000 feet.

When are you going in june?

fishburger
 
The current issue of Trail magazine (as in walking, not m/c) has a fully gear review in it, including a fair amount of information on sleping bags,their performance (actual as opposed to manufacturers claims), pros and cons or synthtic Vs down and so on. You might find it of interest...
 
In June 2006 I did the Bergen - Nordkapp run. Weather was not particularly cold and got up in the mid 20's on occasion. A fair bit of rain at times particularly above Alta. Like you I had thought about what sleeping bag to take and opted to pack my four season (-15 rating) plus a liner, and a thermarest. Way too hot !

I took the sort of mid weight clothing I wear in Spring / Autumn in Scotland (e.g. mid weight fleece with merno wool baselayer top and thermals longs) plus a balaclava and thin-inner gloves as a back up for cold weather riding.

If the weather does turn very cold or wet, most camp sites in Norway also have hytters for hire - mini cabins with bunk beds & a hotplate which provide a more homely option than a night under canvas. Approx 250 to 400 krona a night however this works out not to expensive if there are a couple of you.
 
Sleepingbag in snow.

I slept outside in -10c about two weeks ago.
No problem! :)
I was wearing on set of thin wool underwear, a thin hood made of wool, thin socks, my Tempelfjorden sleepingbag, and I had 3 thin matresses for camping inside a small tent, I let the window and door of the tent open.
There was a lot of snow, no vind, quiet, in a garden.
-And I slept like a baby! :thumb2

...the not too comfy part was in the morning, to leave my sleepingbag and put cold clothes on... :eek: -Next time I'll put them inside my sleepingbag before I fall to sleep!
And it is a good idea to have a thermos with something hot near by, ready to drink in the morning. And perhaps some food inside the sleepingbag so not all food are frozen.
...but not the eggs... :P :chickendance

Liv.:tarka
 
I agree with goose down

I have a Rab Ladakh which has served me well.

Feather is so damn prickly!!

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Tesco direct

Do a down bag for £35 in their current sale. Pretty yukk colours. Actually now I think, it's orange and black so OK for KTM riders!
 


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