[pct-l] question about comfort

[Sean Nordeen]

There are 2 easy solutions.  One popular method is to dig a hip trench under your pad where your hip will be.  But the easiest way, in my opinion, is to get an extra foam pad and cut some sections out and to use it as extra padding for those high pressure points (hips and shoulders).  You can either just cut a single torso length pad or 2 smaller pads and manually place them where your hips and shoulders go.  The 2 smaller pads will probably stay in place better if they are under your regular pad.  A torso length pad should stay still on top of your regular pad.

As someone else mentioned using, I also use a nitelight torso pad from Gossamer gear (egg crate on the bottom) with a full length thinlite pad.

-Sean

>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)