Why would I need two sleeping bags on Everest or Aconcagua?

HarryTeam7Summiteer2 okt 2026

Expedition kit lists for Everest and Aconcagua ask for two sleeping bags. Why two?

HarryTeam7Summiteer2 okt 2026

Because on these two mountains you live in two places at once. There is a base camp you keep coming back to, and a camp higher up where you sleep on your acclimatization rotations. Carrying one sleeping bag up and down between them on every rotation is hard work, so many climbers keep one bag in each place. See Where your gear lives between camps.

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