Backpacking Rain Gear: Keeping Sleeping Bag Dry

Video Transcript

"So, as I said, keeping dry when you're backpacking is really, really important. And, above all when you're sleeping you want to be comfortable, because if you're not comfortable you can't get a good night's sleep. So, if you're sleeping bag is cold and wet you're going to have a really hard time sleeping and you're going to have a really hard time the next day being able to carry on throughout the day. So what I always do is I take my sleeping bag bag, the stuff sack, and I stick a garbage sack inside of it and then I stuff my sleeping bag inside of it, so that I have this extra--because most of the stuff sack's are water resistant, but it's got that little draw string on the top you can't tie it all the way. And so if you put that sleeping bag liner--or, sorry, if you put the trash bag liner in there, it'll really, really waterproof seal it and make sure that no water gets in, make sure that you're able to have a warm night's rest."