A couple of weeks ago, I spent a couple of night sleeping in a hammock in the woods.  One of the things I noticed immediately is that adjusting your position in a hammock is a different kind of ball game than doing it in a tent.  While I was comfortable sleeping in the hammock, movement and adjusting my sleeping bag was a little like a wrestling match.  That got me thinking (which is always dangerous).

What if I ditch the bag and go with another alternative?  Since I just got a light weight 800 fill down jacket, I was wondering if I could just add down pants and socks and have a complete "body suit" of down in place of a bag.  Of course, I still use some kind of thermal pad on the underside and MAYBE some kind of light-weight, water-proof over bag just in case the weather gets REALLY foul.

Anyone have any experience with an arrangement like this (hammock sleeper or not)?  In any case, I now have a light-weight, packable, down jacket for those cool spring evenings!

dd