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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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boredsurfin, and it now comes with a Curry. 
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and spuds 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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boredsurfin, Bombay Aloo
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I've started using a camelpak and therefore drinking a great deal more water during the day and noticed on both trips this year that I slept much better and did not get the incredibly dry mouth I usually do duirng the night. However, I was not staying in new wood built/lined chalets as I normally do so it maybe that this could impact as well? Needless to say sleep deteriorated steadily during the week as my body protested at the abuse I put it through each day by waking me up every couple of hours with various aches and pains.
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My sleep also gets progressively worse. I also use a 3l reservoir plus whatever water is consumed at dinner (about another .5l+). Mind you, I also don't mind a few bevvies so maybe that's it.
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I find that I sleep better if I use a nasal spray (Vicks Sinex) for the week 
I think that my nose tends to block up at night in the high altitude and effectively it's me snoring that disturbs my sleep - the Sinex allows me to breathe through my nose, so I don't snore (well perhaps that should correctly read "don't snore as much/loudly") and thus sleep better.
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and if you don't sleep, have an escape route and a good book to read. In one apartment where people were sleeping on the mezzanine so putting a light on to read was not possible, my OH sat in the toilet with his chess computer. My nephew was very surprised to find him there when he went for a leak in the middle of the night.
Another point is to pack a decent pillow. Most chalets and self catering places only have very nasty foam chip ones.
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| pam w wrote: |
| Another point is to pack a decent pillow. Most chalets and self catering places only have very nasty foam chip ones. |
Not flown with Ryanair I suspect pam w
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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pam w, I always take my pillow with me (even in the UK). As I spend as much time with my head on the pillow as I do actually on my skis, then I think it's an essential 
Oh.....and I rarely have problems sleeping!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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David Murdoch, agreed. I only seem to have a problem if sleeping above 2000m.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I'm not being tricky, I had the usual crap nights sleep last night because I knew I had to get a horribly early flight. I also sleep badly if the room is over-heated. Oddly this doesn't happen in warm climates, just with artificial heating.
What I mean is that I am quite prepared to accept that some people are very susceptible to changes in pressure.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Close your eyes.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| boredsurfin wrote: |
I spend a few weeks each year at an altitude of 1300m so you would think I would get use to sleeping at this altitude BUT last week I didn't have one good nights sleep, ( a couple I freely admit I was not surprised at  )
Does anyone have any tip's for a good night's sleep at altitude? |
Interestingly we went the highest we have in the Alps last week, straight into Belle Plagne @ 2,100m and slept very well however there was a subtle difference on this holiday.
Previously we have been in catered chalets with friends, from the moment we got up to thte moment my head hit the pillow we were with friends. Its only when I tried to go asleep did my brain start working on its own, often leading to a crap nights sleep.
This time we went on our own and we were in a hotel and we ate on our own at night. It gave us a chance to relax and have a quiet meal. We meet and chatted to others in the bar and it was very sociable but we had our own place. I brought my lap top and use to watch a film before going asleep. I bascially chilled out.
I bet those that talk on the thread about sleeping badly at altitude don't get any chance to relax on their skiing holiday, its exciting, its busy, you are on the go a lot and when your head hits the pillow its more awake than your body. Deadly combination. Its got nothing to do with Altitude, I go on conferences and it happens there to.
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