Masthave hiker: sleeping bags and tourist mats

Tourists who prefer to relax in nature away from civilization, are forced to take with them a large number of things. Despite the fact that in a tourist backpack usually collect only the most necessary, sometimes the volume of things reaches an impressive scale. But even if you leave all this at home, then one should stay in the backpack for sure, and this is a sleeping bag and a tourist mat, without which there is nowhere to go on a hike.

Any specialized store of goods for tourism and outdoor activities will offer a large selection of sleeping bags. They are very different - for adults and children, for warm and cold seasons, intended for different numbers of people with different designs, etc. The most difficult thing is to choose a good sleeping bag for a hike in nature with an overnight stay in the winter season. With severe weather conditions can cope only the highest quality plum-bagIn which it is not cold to sleep in winter even without a tent - in the open air. Of course, if it is unsafe, and there are no wild animals in the forest - predators. Good sleeping bags on natural down - this is what can save a sleeping tourist from the cold, the piercing wind and even rain. Most manufacturers manufacture sleeping bags with waterproof properties. To do this, a material that is hygroscopic allows the body to breathe, but at the same time leaves no chance of humidity from the outside to get inside.

Organize a comfortable overnight in nature help not only good sleeping bags, but also tourist mats. They are lined under the bottom of the sleeping bag, which provides additional heat and protection from moisture coming from the soil. There is a large selection of rugs for tourism. Most often they are made of foamed lightweight material with a thickness of about 0.5 cm. Such mats fold into a tube or fold several times, but in any case they occupy a decent place in the backpack of a hiker. The most compact option is self-inflating, which in the deflated state occupy a minimum of space, and if necessary, quickly inflated to a functional state with the help of a low-power pump, which comes with the kit. Such mats are indispensable not only during a hike in the mountains, the forest or a long trip to nature, but also save on picnics and a short rest - for example, they are often taken, going on weekends to the country, where you can soak up the sun, lying on a young grass.