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Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 08:45:46 No.439635 View View Reply Original Report

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>4 day solo hike next week
>gear's tested, everything's packed, going through internal checklist
>super stoked, but...
I have insomnia. Not terribly bad, but it's hard enough to get to sleep at home, let alone in the woods.

Anybody else deal with this bullshit?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 08:58:38 No.439641 Report

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>>439635
4 days isn't enough but I sleep a lot easier outdoors. lots of exercise and my cycle syncs up with the sun, I even go biphasic. about critters, um...the only time something poked its nose in my tent it was a runaway horse? as long as you hang your food elsewhere etc the bears won't bother you, the wind can be spooky but you'll be so fucking exhausted and cold you won't care.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 09:02:15 No.439642 Report

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>>439635
smoke a j bro
- Dan the Chronic Man

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 09:46:09 No.439658 Report

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>>439635
I personally use earplugs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 10:20:50 No.439667 Report

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>>439635
I often have trouble sleeping at home but almost never innawoods aside from a few incidents where coons or coyotes fuck with me at night

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 14:14:15 No.439710 Report

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>>439635
I basically always sleep well in summer, wind noises usually don't bother me because the tent is flapping too loud to hear anything else.

In winter though, snow sliding on my tent sounds exactly like an animal rubbing up against it. Scares the shit out of me pretty much every time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 14:17:43 No.439713 Report

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Yes. I take melatonin and half a benadryl (12..5mg) at night innawoods. Limit your alcohol and caffeine intake. Works well for me.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 15:40:55 No.439743 Report

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>>439713
thanks anon

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 16:17:29 No.439752 Report

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>>439635
That log in the woods should be enough to reset your circadian rythm. Keep the lights low or off after dark and you're good

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 16:47:10 No.439764 Report

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>>439710
Aw shit the first time i camped in sleety snow it would build up on my tent then little bits would slide down after a wee while and it sounded exactly like a finger running down the outside of my tent every so often. I shat. Took me a good while to figure out what it was too.

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Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 17:22:10 No.439774 Report

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>Hiking in a group of four
>Set up tent early cos' of shitty weather
>While we're cooking starts to piss it down and gets dark
>Go to sleep, so cosy and warm. /out/ must know that feeling when you're exhausted but warm, fed and dry?
>Wake up refreshed, bright and early, suns out already starting to dry the rain
>Everyone else is pissed because they were kept awake by the torrential rain hammering the tent and the wind blowing the tent and bending the poles
>Tfw I slept through the entire thing in my sleeping bag cocoon.

Seriously, I would not wish insomnia on anyone, I can't imagine anything worse than not sleeping and being constantly fatigued.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 17:37:44 No.439780 Report

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i put a red filter on my head lamp this helped me get to sleep a lot i think the blue light from led's fucks with your hormones or something

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 17:41:45 No.439781 Report

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>>439713
Seconding the melatonin. Works like a charm. Go to bed when you're sleepy, sleep until you wake naturally. I sleep less innawoods, but it's a deeper, more refreshing sleep.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Jan 2015 17:55:01 No.439789 Report

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>>439635
That's a common problem. You're not going to die from a sleepless night in the outdoors. Just lay still in your sleeping bag and relax your body. You'll sleep better the second night out, and by the third night, you'll be sleeping like a baby.

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