Last year, I bought my boyfriend a new winter sleeping mat. On its maiden voyage, we went snow camping, setting up just below the summit of Mount Twynam in Kosciuszko National Park. 

After a big day of touring with heavy packs on, and scoring a couple of turns, we were ready to pass out. Just as we lay down on our sleeping mat, Josh turned to me with a big grin across his face. ‘Kate, you’ve gotta try this.’ Smugly, I replied ‘Pfft, can’t be better than mine’. Josh persisted, ‘I’m not kidding, this is incredible’. 

Just like sardines, we rolled over each other in our sleeping bags and swapped mats. I turned to him with the same grin on my face. ‘Ohhh, you just made the biggest mistake of your life, there is no way you are getting this mat back tonight’. 

So whilst I lay on the comfiest sleeping mat ever, I jumped onto the Wild Earth website, using the very little phone service I had, and ordered another Sea to Summit ‘Etherlight XT Extreme Insulated Sleeping Mat’ for myself. It is THAT good.

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