[pct-l] Insomnia

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

I will drink powdered milk, when I can't sleep.

2015-01-24 8:42 GMT+09:00 Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net>:

> Want to get used to sleeping on hard ground???....Join the USMC.
>
> Heck,....we got used to sleeping on concrete runways, without pads,
> using our packs or helmets for pillows, waiting for planes and
> helicopters.
> Also many hikers are overly nervous about the bears & Mountain Lions.
> Hikers should be more nervous about "Switchback" the trail pirate
> instead.
> He will rob & plunder you and leave you with nothing but your undies
> or speedos.
>
> Having said that, the only thing that seems to interfere with my
> sleeping in the wild is "COLD".
> I find it hard to sleep when I am cold and shivering.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> Your sound sleeping trail companion
>
> Brick wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:09 AM, P Isabella <isabella at bendnet.com  <
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l>> wrote:
>
>> /  This is a good subject.  I wonder if anyone has seen research on why
>> hikers have trouble sleeping?  Electrolyte shortage?  Low Protein intake?
>> Or?<
>>
> /
> My guess is: Hard ground, thin pads, sore muscles.
>
> It takes me about 4 weeks of sleeping on the ground to get used to it,
> and sleep well.
>
>
>
>
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