I was reminded of this topic because of another thread about ponchos with liners.
In an old book on camping, I think by Warren Miller, the author describes his attempts at and his evolution of a pack sack that he made which converted to a sleeping bag. I wonder if anyone else has ever attempted such a project.
The book was from around 1920, first of all, so everything is relative to that time period. His idea was to take a large Duluth-style pack sack, which he made from scratch himself, and line it with wool blanket material. The bag or sack would lace up the sides to form the pack when used like that and unfold and unlace out straight to form the sleeping bag. My description is singularly uninformative, so you'll have to let your imagination run wild for a minute until you see what he was talking about. He actually tried out his idea and apparently stuck with it, at least until after his book was published. He did admit to shortcomings of the concept, though, and continually modified it. Anyhow, he claimed it was at least okay as a sleeping bag and the same when used as a pack.
I've never even thought of doing something like that, although I've messed around with trying to make packs or frames for decades, consistently unsuccessfully.
Anyone else ever attempt such a thing?
In an old book on camping, I think by Warren Miller, the author describes his attempts at and his evolution of a pack sack that he made which converted to a sleeping bag. I wonder if anyone else has ever attempted such a project.
The book was from around 1920, first of all, so everything is relative to that time period. His idea was to take a large Duluth-style pack sack, which he made from scratch himself, and line it with wool blanket material. The bag or sack would lace up the sides to form the pack when used like that and unfold and unlace out straight to form the sleeping bag. My description is singularly uninformative, so you'll have to let your imagination run wild for a minute until you see what he was talking about. He actually tried out his idea and apparently stuck with it, at least until after his book was published. He did admit to shortcomings of the concept, though, and continually modified it. Anyhow, he claimed it was at least okay as a sleeping bag and the same when used as a pack.
I've never even thought of doing something like that, although I've messed around with trying to make packs or frames for decades, consistently unsuccessfully.
Anyone else ever attempt such a thing?