We explore how to incorporate ancestral health principles into our sleep routine to achieve maximum benefits from our sleep cycles. We look into all the ways ancestral cultures used grounding, metabolism, light, temperature, sun exposure and circadian rhythm synchronization to enjoy a kind of sleep we have been dreaming of.
How much does a wool sleeping bag weigh? Ours weigh from 4 lb to 15 lb depending on the bag, the size and the loft, and the one you would carry — the Rewilder in Standard 2″ loft, field rated 20°F — is 4 lb / 1.8 kg. That is about three times a 20°F […]
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A sleeping bag liner is the cheapest way to make a bag warmer, and the only way to make it cleaner. A sheet of fabric inside the bag adds a few degrees to a lot of degrees depending on the material, keeps sweat and skin oil out of the insulation, and doubles as a bed
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The best non toxic sleeping bag is the one whose materials you can name, all the way down. Most bags are a polyester shell with a fluorinated water-repellent finish, a polyurethane coating or laminate, polyester or down fill, and sometimes a flame-retardant treatment, and none of that appears on the hang tag. This is a
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The cowboy bedroll solved a hard problem with two materials: a canvas tarp to shed weather and wool blankets to hold heat. A century and a half later the problem has not changed, and neither has the answer. A modern wool bedroll is a 4 lb sheet of dense US wool felt, 50 by 76
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There is a revolution going on…many people are going outdoors to sleep. For some it is to get the primal benefits of grounding and negative ions, for others it is a necessity to find a place to rest away from off-gasing chemicals in modern homes and electrical wiring and WIFI. Whichever it is, the common
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You lose about half a litre of water through your skin and breath every night. What happens to it depends almost entirely on the material touching you, and that is the case for wool bedding in one sentence. Wool absorbs that vapour into the fibre and lets it go again, so the air next to
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The Art of Rest, Vitality, and Freedom I started sleeping outside when I was about fifteen years old. At the time, my family lived in an apartment complex, so I didn’t exactly have a wilderness at my doorstep. I would take my sleeping bag and pad outside and sleep on the lawn, surrounded by buildings
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Pull a fleece over your head in a dry tent and you’ll hear it crackle. Sleep in polyester and you wake up clammy and shocked by the zipper. Sleep in wool and neither happens. Readers find this article by asking whether wool conducts electricity, whether synthetic fabrics cause static, and which fabric to sleep in.
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Does wool keep you warm when wet? Mostly yes, and for a reason you can put numbers on. Wool fibre takes water vapour into its structure and releases heat as it does so — roughly 960 kJ for every kilogram of water it absorbs — while keeping its loft. That is why a damp wool
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A wool sleeping pad is a slab of dense wool felt in a cotton cover. It does not inflate, it does not crinkle, and it will not fail on the second night of a trip because a spruce needle found the one thin spot. What it costs you is weight and packed size against an
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