Gear 1 Vs Gear 2

[Germaine Greenweig]

Ihave been cold almost everytime I've ever camped because of reynauds syndrome. Camping in this quilt is the first time I have ever had to shed layers and that I have not started to loose circulation in my hands or feet! I slept comfortably all through the night with my quilt!!

I have 60 years experience with backpacking and mountaineering and I have designed and made equipment. I've learned to appreciate the best when I camp. If you want equipment that will serve you well for many years, then purchase the best!

I just went on my first trip with my new quilt. Its also my first time trying a quilt vs a sleeping bag. I am so happy with my purchase. It got down to the mid-30s and my 30F Flex was very warm and I loved the freedom of movement in a quilt. I rarely have loved a new piece of gear so much. I love it.

1. Great customer service - asked for some assistance getting the quilt shipped quickly and they helped out even though they didn't need to.

2. Quilt is super high quality - The nicest sleeping bag/quilt I have ever owned

3. The quilt is super compact-able - Form factor is great.

4. Temperature rating is accurate - I was quite warm at the comfort temp.

5. If you are on the fence I say go for it.

This is a review of a 2024 build Sawatch 15F quilt in regular 6' length with 900FP expedry fill and 3 ounces of overfill. I have had the opportunity to use this quilt on two weekend trips so far. The first trip had low temps in the upper 20's and this quilt had no problems handling that. For the second trip, the low temps were predicted to be in the mid-20's, so I figured I would take the quilt again. The low temp for the second night on this trip turned out to be 12F instead of the predicted mid-20's. Had I known that was going to be the low before going, I would have taken my -25F Feathered Friends expedition bag, but I was stuck with what I had. My sleep system consisted of the Sawatch quilt (900FP with 3 oz. overfill), Xtherm Max pad, a vapor barrier liner, a polartec fleece balaclava, and insulated booties, pants, and jacket. Using this sleep system, I was perfectly comfortable in the Sawatch down to 12F. This was surprising given that I am a cold sleeper and typically have to add at least 10 degrees to the rating of even the best bags out there to get my comfort rating. Very impressed by this quilt. I really love the pad attachment system and the overall quality (materials, stitching, etc.).

So, why choose Katabatic Gear over all the other lightweight backpacking gear companies out there? Because we were founded on the premise that you should not have to sacrifice function, comfort or design to use ultralight backpacking gear. In fact, we believe your lightweight gear should function better than its traditional counterpart.

The most common setup I saw was what I call the Death Clip. People bought two carabiners and a length of climbing webbing and clipped one carabiner to either their backpack strap or waist belt and the other went around the actual cable. There are so many problems with this setup that I barely know where to begin. As a rock climber, I would never trust that system and it gives me the chills seeing people use it on Half Dome, thinking they have somehow improved their safety.

On this last trip, I did not see anyone with a genuine climbing harness, but I have seen that on other trips. A genuine climbing harness is better, but still potentially dangerous the way most people use it. A harness and a simple tether are not designed for this use any more than it is designed for taking the place of the seat belt in your car.

Imagine systems like the ones I saw on Half Dome that to me appear very unlikely to hold a fall. So now the person has no *actual* safety equipment (so no risk reduction), but has two factors that now increase risk:

Again, most people do not use any safety gear on Half Dome. But, again, people have fallen and died, albeit very rarely. Whether you use a safety system is entirely up to you (more on that in a minute). If you do feel you want one, however, the only safety system that is actually approved for this usage is a via ferrata system that includes the necessary energy-absorbing components such as:

This is one question I cannot answer for you. Personally, I have been up and down the Cables Route many times, with the cables both up and down and have never used any particular safety equipment aside from my hands and my brain. That said, I also have spent pretty much my entire life rock climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering and otherwise doing ill-advised things in the mountains.

Royal Robbins, who bagged the first ascent of the steep side of Half Dome in 1957, famously walked down the slabs outside the cables, with a heavy haul bag on his back, Converse All Stars on his feet and his hands in his pockets. Not recommended for most people.

The approaches and descents from many, many climbing routes are much harder and more dangerous than the Half Dome Cables. Anyone who has spent much time rock climbing in Yosemite has encountered things much more serious than this.

Or it could just exceed the design load and break. If you have it clipped to your backpack, it will exceed the design load. If you pick up any speed at all and stop quickly, you could exceed the max force your body can sustain or the maximum load the equipment can hold.

Now imagine that you have a 2-foot lanyard made of climbing webbing and you fall 10 feet down a vertical cable before it catches on a stanchion (not on Half Dome, obviously, but on, say a European via ferrata). That is a factor 5 fall. No climbing rope or human body is made to sustain that.

So if I am recommending equipment, the only equipment I can recommend in good conscience is equipment designed and certified by the UIAA for this usage, which is to say an actual via ferrata system. That is by far the safest option. Anything you use other than that will reduce your safety.

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