[pct-l] question about comfort

[Tortoise]

Not the answer you want, but I think the only solution is to get used to 
it.  That or carry a big thick and therefore heavy air mattress.

This summer I experimented at home. I slept on my carpeted bedroom floor 
on my Therm-A-Rest backpacking air mattress and on my GoLite foam pad. 
At least for me, I found little difference between them and even my 
regular hard mattress. So I suggest your borrow a few different 
combinations and try them out at home this fall or winter to see what 
works best for you.

Mayabe someone else can comment about their experience with hammocks.

Also if you hike long and hard enough, you'll be so tired you will 
easily fall asleep. Then you'll only wake up after you've slept for a 
few hours. Or when I was younger on weekend trips I carried half a liter 
of red wine and we joked about it being "liquid mattress". ;-)

Tortoise

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Linda Bakkar wrote:
>  My hips aren't very big, but they aren't young either.  Anymore, I
>  can't seem to find a comfortable position to sleep in, unless I find
>  deep forest duff on which to place my tent, or soft sand where I can
>  scoop out a hip hole before I set it up.  If it is hard ground, it
>  takes me a long time to relax, and I don't sleep long before I have
>  to turn over because of the pain in my hips.
>
>  If any of you have had this problem, what have you done to solve it?
>  Or at least make it bearable?
>
>  Thanks for any suggestions you may have!
>
>  Lindy (PCT 2008)
>
>
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