Cycles of Change

The loadout for sleeping outdoors is not a random collection of items but a cohesive life-support system. In the controlled environment of a home, comfort is part of the architecture. Outdoors, comfort must be carried, deployed, and maintained. This [...]

Sleeping outdoors forces a direct confrontation with the laws of thermodynamics. In a temperature-controlled bedroom, the body's heat production is roughly in equilibrium with its heat loss. In the wild, however, the environment actively works to [...]