In my ground pounding years, I always just expected to sacrifice the first couple nights sleep going from bed to pad.
When I decided to make the jump up to hammocks I noticed immediately the same problem. Comfortable, warm, dry, but I couldn't do more than nap, and generally gave up after trying to turn on to one or both sides. I was convinced that I just don't sleep on my back.
I couldn't do much to find a solution to the problem in my GP days. Sleeping on a perfectly flat floor is not the same as a forest floor.
Realizing I had an out, I hung my hammock in a extra bedroom and began lounging in it, then napping, then sleeping the night through. Now where ever I hit he trail, my bed essentially comes with me. I no longer lose sleep acclimating for the first couple nights. I am home for all that sleep matters.
Now I fall asleep on my back and do most my night that way. When I do wake up I roll to one side and doze a while, then to the other for a bit, then I know I'm ready to wake up and make coffee. 4-6 hrs mostly, but 8 to even 12 hrs on occasion. I may even sleep better in the woods now than at home.
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