Right now I'm using my wood stove to heat my house because my furnace finally died for good and I'm still waiting for bidder #2 to show up. Up until today, the weather for the past week has been below freezing, although we haven't had the strong winds out of the Columbia River Gorge that usually accompany such weather.

This week-long experience of "roughing it" with the wood stove leads me to another question to add to Jim's--what do you do about midnight when your stove fire burns out and the tent gets cold? Run out and get more wood to build up the fire? Or cuddle up and sleep soundly in your -40* bag?

I don't think I'd dare take either less insulation or less food just because I had a stove along. Phat, you use a stove in winter, and you have real winters where you live--what's your take? I'm sure you don't use a canvas tent, though!