[pct-l] Insomnia

[Reinhold Metzger]

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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