Down doesn't keep you warm if it's wet. If you get it wet and it rains for four days, no sunshine to dry it out, you'd have a cold, wet trip. The down will dry out again no problem, you just need to have a way of doing that.

I find that the easiest way to stay dry is staying off the ground entirely - but not everyone is comfortable with a hammock.
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