Sleeping at Camp

[Doug]

I am the snorer. When on Waterfowl trips I share a room with a buddy with a CPAP machine, I don't bother him, he doesn't bother me. One year he couldn't go, so the Newbie shared the hotel room with me. I am a light sleeper and woke up to the TV blaring, him sleeping and the remote in his hand under the covers. My snoring had been keeping him awake, his Tv noise woke me up so he could sleep... I couldn't, too much noise. Next day we were both exhausted and in y moods, that night he grabbed his mattress and linen, slept on the floor of another room... we were all much happier.

[DanO]

I used to canoe with a BIL that liked to snore especially after enjoying some of the mellowing smoke. Fortunately he was absolutely petrified of bears. All I had to do once he started snoring was jostle him and ask him if he heard that sound???? Then I 'd say I though it was a bear ...... I'd fall asleep and he'd sleep lightly. Until he realized what I was doing! Then he'd wake me up when I started to snore. LOL.

[contaucreek]

I am among a few guys at each camp who do the cpap thing. We have a lot of laughs about it but I still hear all about how they can hear the air leaks all night-jeez make up your minds. I could never sleep with ear plugs myself, fearful of the sensory deprivation.
Funny camp sleep story. In the center of our bunk room is 2 sets of single bunks pushed together side by each with plywood seperating the first storey. I was sleeping, well semi sleeping and was using my top bunk for my gear. My buds son was on the top bunk of the other side. Im drifting off to sleep and all of a sudden I hear a rustle on my top bunk then WHAM my buddys son drops from the top bunk on my side and belly flops to the floor. He stands up, walks around and climbs back up and goes straight back to zzzz. He managed to roll over my duffle, bike helmet etc and skydive to the plywood and DIDNT REMEMBER IT IN THE A.M. !!!

[ClarkVamasa]

Snoring can definitely make sleeping at camp a challenge. It sounds like everyone had their own unique way of dealing with it. Myself, I’ve found the "Garbage Deleted" solutions, like a comfortable mattress topper and breathable sheets, can make a big difference in preventing snoring. But nothing beats having a good laugh like you guys did.
Another tip is to bring earplugs, but that can only do so much. Maybe you can bring a white noise machine to help block out any snores or other distracting sounds. And for a more drastic measure, setting up a tent or hammock away from the snorer might be necessary for some much needed Zs.

[neilselden]

On a backpacking trip, I shared a tent with my buddy. Unfortunately, my digestive system was over-active that night....

The smell was so bad, that it woke ME up. I can only imagine how nasty it was for him...
Needless to say, he never shared a tent with me again.

Cheers,
Neil

[Terrible_E]

Hammock, the answer is a hammock. Rolls up into its own little bag and takes up almost no space. Built in bug net is good for warmer weather and being up off the ground is great for colder weather. Pair it with whatever combo of sleeping pad and bag system you prefer and you are good to go. All you need a is a couple of trees. Hopefully at least a few dozen meters from the people who snore.

Also sleep apnea is really bad for you I would encourage you all to relentlessly mock your friends until they loose weight.

[trimmer21]

They'd put him on a CPAP..

Make a great pic for ‘Field and Stream’….a bunch of fat old hunters laying on their bunks with their CPAP machines and their trusty fat old hound with his CPAP machine laying on the floor between them …LOL…

Oh,so,you've seen our camp? We had so many CPAP machines going at once that it sounded like an auto assembly line. I wish I had have thought about the hammock thing,before. We had the perfect outdoor set-up for it,too.

[Fenelon]

A 95lb black Lab and a bag of kibble has worked very well for me in the past. As soon as someone disrupts my sleep and starts to rudely snore, rather than let them sleep while I stare at the ceiling all night, I reach down into the kibble bag. I throw a handful of kibble into the darkness, towards the person who’s making all the noise. You then hear the snoring abruptly stop, followed by profanity when the snorer starts yelling at the black "pig dog" who’s on top of him in the bed, rooting around the bedding like a truffle hog. If they start up ten minutes later you just do it again. Absolutely priceless in the morning when you see them at the breakfast table with big black bags under their eyes, complaining “ that big gd black dog was up on my bed all last night”. Never gets old and I’ve yet to own a “Blackie” that doesn’t like to play the game! Only thing better would be to do it with a 95 pound black and tan or blue tick hound with a stinking greasy coat!

[Bo D]

I think I've got a couple of those that fit the bill....lmao

[Birdbuff]

A 95lb black Lab and a bag of kibble has worked very well for me in the past. As soon as someone disrupts my sleep and starts to rudely snore, rather than let them sleep while I stare at the ceiling all night, I reach down into the kibble bag. I throw a handful of kibble into the darkness, towards the person who’s making all the noise. You then hear the snoring abruptly stop, followed by profanity when the snorer starts yelling at the black pig dog who’s on top of him in the bed, rooting around the bedding like a truffle hog. If they start up ten minutes later you just do it again. Absolutely priceless in the morning when you see them at the breakfast table with big black bags under their eyes, complaining “ that big gd black dog was up on my bed all last night”. Never gets old and I’ve yet to own a “Blackie” that doesn’t like to play the game! Only thing better would be to do it with a 95 pound black and tan or blue tick hound with a stinking greasy coat!

That’s hilarious.