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True that. I didn’t have one on the JMT and blowing up that huge thing was a daily chore I loathed. High altitude doesn’t help, also correct. I got the correct sack from BA for both my pads (different valves, but the same inflation sack works) for the TTY hike last year, and it was awesome. 👍

The really cool inflation sacks double as a dry-bag, I believe. Mine doesn’t. It was still weight worth carrying. My sleeping comfort is really critical on long hikes like that. We did some big days in the high Sierra, it would whup my butt. Get camp set up... take my Vitamin I, some CBD, get a good nights sleep on my thick pad, and I’m back in the game in the morning. Rinse wash repeat for 23 days (on the JMT) and those decently comfortable nights are just huge....

.....like my pad.... lol... my wife pitches me a lot of crap about it. It takes up more than half the Duplex, for sure.

It was pretty up there....