I tend to sleep better outside when it's windy, raining, or snowing if I'm camping near a lake. Otherwise, the sound of a river will suffice. More often than not though, I camp near lakes, so the river sounds are nowhere near me.
I tend to sleep better outside when it's windy, raining, or snowing if I'm camping near a lake. Otherwise, the sound of a river will suffice. More often than not though, I camp near lakes, so the river sounds are nowhere near me.
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Rain puts me to sleep almost immediately. Maybe you could become a storm follower?
I sleep well as long as any noise is not Human-made noise. Waterfalls are nice, as are the spring peepers. I also sleep very well in quiet. I do prefer quiet, that way any noise that should wake me does (bear, coyote, deer, skunk, etc).
Consistency is key. Random or non rhythmic sounds kill my sleep. I've had a ringing in my ear for years and I've found the best cure is to be so tired that nothing matters. Going through Maine on the AT plenty of ponds--I slept like a baby with the loons as a background--my buddy the next day kept ****'ing the darn ducks. Mindset has a lot to do with sleep. Rituals help.
Yep, I hear ya...Originally Posted by firemedic5586
Fortunately, for whatever reason, though mine is constant and loud, I am not consciously aware of it most of the time. Falling asleep in the quiet outdoors, however, makes it really apparent. But...for whatever reason... it does not keep me awake.
Despite also having some tinnitus I tend to enjoy the quiet when in a hammock, and the forest/wildlife noises. However during my last hang I was woken in the small hours by the definite sound of munching... The 3am fear had me imagining squirrels gnawing away at my hammock straps. Switched on my torch to check and gave the rabbit sitting right underneath my hammock a hell of a shock!
What does this sound like? Sometimes when it's COMPLETELY quiet, I feel like I hear a very high pitch whine, like a dog whistle but obviously something humans can hear. Like a 16kHz sine wave. Not very loud or annoying, but something other than silence.
Tinnitus sounds different to different people. 15 years of flying around in cargo planes left me with a nice case of it. For me, it's an eeeee kind of tone with kind of a static overlay. This website by the National Institute for Health Research gives examples of tinnitus. My tinnitus is a mix between sound 4 and sound 10.
I never bring earplugs. I embrace the noise. It tends to be a lot better than the noise I carry with me. The quiet, especially in the dead of winter, can be occasionally maddening. I focus on my breathing. I've practiced that enough that I can to a degree tune out the tinnitus.
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Since I always have my phone with me I load up on old CBS Radio Mystery Theater radio broadcasts from the 70's and play them while unwinding and settling in.
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