{"id":2317,"date":"2009-10-13T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T20:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2013-01-17T21:46:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T02:46:06","slug":"a-favorite-recent-purchase-in-gear-the-therm-a-rest-z-lite-camping-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/a-favorite-recent-purchase-in-gear-the-therm-a-rest-z-lite-camping-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"A Favorite Recent Purchase in Gear the Therm-a-Rest Z-Lite Camping Mat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The one camping gear purchase I recently made\u00a0is a very simple inexpensive product and has greatly improved my outdoor experience, and that\u00a0is\u00a0my Therma Rest Z-Lite <\/strong>camping pad.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0years of canoe camping I\u00a0never had an issue with\u00a0unrolling\u00a0my sleeping bag directly on the floor of the tent and crawling in for the night because most of my camping occurs in mild weather conditions when the ground and air temperatures\u00a0are at comfortable ranges. And as far as comfort I’ve just become accustomed to the idea that while I am sleeping on the ground I should expect to\u00a0be occasionally awakened by\u00a0a tree root or sharp edged rock poking me\u00a0in my back once or twice during the night. So sleeping pads were never a necessity\u00a0to me and I actually considered them as extra work because of the\u00a0inflating, deflating and packing involved. \"\"
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Then along came my first wilderness canoe trip\u00a0in upstate New York one cold weekend in early May. Was I cold? You bet! Did I sleep well? No way!<\/strong> I layered my clothing, crawled in my sleeping bag and then rolled myself like a sausage with every other article of clothing I could find and I still froze throughout the entire night. So then I went looking for a lightweight, easy to pack camping pad and I purchased the Therm-a-Rest Z-Lite<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It’s designed for reduced weight outdoor activities such as alpine climbing and\u00a0extreme backpacking so it’s certainly acceptable for wilderness canoe trips. The pad design folds up like an accordion and\u00a0packs inside\u00a0my waterproof bag with little notice and the egg carton\u00a0design increases softness and adds insulation by trapping warm air under my sleeping bag. It also captures moisture condensation that\u00a0would normally accumulate\u00a0between\u00a0my sleeping bag and the floor of the tent. Just wake up in the morning and you’ll be amazed at the moisture collected on the mat that would have been absorbed into your sleeping bag.<\/p>\n

So yes, this simple Therm-a-Rest Z-Lite camping pad is one of my favorite\u00a0\u00a0recent camping gear purchases and if you’re not crazy about the\u00a0idea of packing along a heavier inflatable camping mat I recommend to you the\u00a0Therm-a-Rest Z-Lite<\/strong>.
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The one camping gear purchase I recently made\u00a0is a very simple inexpensive product and has greatly improved my outdoor experience, and that\u00a0is\u00a0my Therma Rest Z-Lite camping pad. For\u00a0years of canoe camping I\u00a0never had an issue with\u00a0unrolling\u00a0my sleeping bag directly on … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4641,"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions\/4641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moshannonfalls.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}