can i buy a vowel?

gear update for the trip up big mac — my new sleeping bag arrived today. it is marmot’s cwm eq bag… that’s right… cwm. pronounced “coom.” it’s a welsh word meaning “valley” the most famous being the western cwm on mt everest.

this bag is 4 lbs of down and rated to -40 degrees. i scored a big fatty deal on basegear.com which allowed me to score this big fatty bag to keep my digits from freezing as i wrap myself in 800 fill goose down! pretty exciting stuff!

too bad it’s 85 degrees outside and i can’t fathom needing this much warmth anytime soon.