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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 61

The Sleeping Bag used by Pen Hadow in 2003 and Emergency 'Jacket-Sleeping Bag'

Ajungilak's Arctic Tyn model sleeping bag rated to -25ºC, with its cover and Ground Mats, and a further experimental emergency Jacket-Sleeping Bag that was not taken on the expedition itself, sleeping bag with broken zipper and makeshift repair with cord, good condition (Lot)

Seen as image No. 51 in SOLO - To The North Pole: Alone and Unsupported. Regarding its selection:

'I'd chosen a synthetic sleeping bag rather than down because of the latters propensity to lose much of its insulatory value when moisture accumulates in it - inevitable during the colder, early weeks of an expedition, whatever liners and vapour barriers were fitted. It was only rated to temperatures of -25, even though I knew I'd be encountering temperatures much lower than this in the early stages of the expedition - from -35 right down to -50. That left a huge temperature deficit but a big saving in weight, and to save a little more I also had the bag shortened by removing a six-inch strip from the bottom end. To counter the extreme cold I also had an outer sleeping bag, which we trademarked as the 'Mammoth Smock', tailor made by my most loyal, long-serving and talented supplier, Andy Woodward of 'Antarctica' in Llandrindod Wells ...The smock was like an ankle-length monk's robe, with three-quarter-length arms and a generously proportioned lined hood. It was made of a very light but warm synthetic fibre-pile enclosed in an outer windproof but 'breathing' fabric that I could wear when I needed extra warmth outside the tent - you tend to get very cold when making field repairs to your equipment or keeping watch on a marauding bear - but which would also pull over the sleeping bag at night as an extra layer of insulation.'

On the repair to the cord of the bag:

'...the third was a crude drawstring of Kevlar cord that I'd improvised to replace the zip that had snagged and broken.'

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Estimate
£120 to £150

Starting price
£90