Timeline for Are there any advantages while backpacking to hike during the night and sleep during the day?
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| Dec 20, 2017 at 5:51 | history | edited | Charlie Brumbaugh |
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| May 3, 2017 at 11:31 | answer | added | Jani Hyytiäinen | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 25, 2017 at 5:24 | comment | added | Monster | In the desert, yes, very sensible. Travel from rock formation to rock formation (or building with a well, preferably) avoiding the sun. In serious mountains, less so. Going will get slow, or dangerous. | |
| Apr 20, 2017 at 19:39 | history | edited | Charlie Brumbaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 31, 2017 at 22:32 | answer | added | Fred the Magic Wonder Dog | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 12:14 | answer | added | Dan S | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 0:11 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | @gerrit That was 46 years ago - so details may have faded :-) - but I probably had a down sleeping bag and a groundsheet large enough to go over and under me - enough to be waterproof in rain. Worthwhile overall - I met my wife to be at journey's end. Fletcher Bay - scroll out :-). No campsite there then - just a valley with stream :-). Still very remote | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 18:01 | answer | added | MountainClimberi | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 12:59 | answer | added | Kaito Kid | timeline score: 11 | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 10:18 | comment | added | gerrit | @RussellMcMahon Yes, in still and clear weather, valleys may be colder than hillsides (but they may also be less windy). However, with a good tent, mattress, and sleeping bag, I sleep better when it's cold. | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 10:02 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | @gerrit Long ago (Easter Thursday 1971 I see) I travelled up the Coromandel Peninsula in NZ by motorcycle late at night. The road passes through multiple small coastal; bays and then climbs over the intervening ridge and descends into the next bay. I finally stopped for the night and lay down by the roadside. I was astounded by how bitterly cold it was - a very uncomfortable night's sleep. I arose early in the frigid dawn and rode on. Only then did I notice that the valley bottoms were near freezing but near the ridge tops it was very much warmer. So NO not the valleys! :-). | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 9:22 | answer | added | fgysin | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 29, 2017 at 4:23 | comment | added | Sebastiaan van den Broek | I have done a few nighttime hikes, mainly to be able to see the sunrise at some peaks. Note it's a lot easier to misstep in the night, especially in the jungle or otherwise dense forest where almost all light is coming from your headlamp. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 23:07 | answer | added | Carl | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 19:16 | comment | added | ab2 | You are tired from a long night hike. You are full from eating a luscious freeze-dried dinner. You have spread your sleeping bag in the warmth of dappled sunlight beside a small waterfall. The birds are twittering, a ground squirrel is chittering, you close your eyes........If you can't sleep there, take an Ambien. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 15:24 | comment | added | gerrit | @CharlieBrumbaugh Head down into the valley before you put up the tent: (1) more oxygen, (2) more mountains to block the moonlight, (3) more trees to block the moonlight, three times more sleep ;-) | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 15:22 | comment | added | Charlie Brumbaugh | @gerrit I am going to blame the lack of oxygen for any illogic in that idea. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 13:55 | comment | added | ab2 | @gerrit His wolf genes kick in under the light of the full moon. :) | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 11:40 | comment | added | gerrit | I'm puzzled that the light of the full moon keeps you awake and you expect to sleep better under the light of the sun… | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 11:39 | comment | added | gerrit | I have done it, but only in the Midnight Sun. Not sure if that counts? | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 3:42 | comment | added | bobbym | Have you tried it, I have. | |
| Mar 28, 2017 at 1:30 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackOutdoors/status/846534891873456128 | ||
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| Mar 28, 2017 at 0:28 | history | edited | Charlie Brumbaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 27, 2017 at 23:54 | comment | added | Criggie | To be a fully balanced question, you should consider disadvantages of night travel in addition to advantages. For example - its hard to sleep when the sun is up and at its hottest. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 23:51 | comment | added | ab2 | Here is the account of Al Shaver's attempt to break the unsupported and without resupply speed record on the JMT. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 21:50 | comment | added | DLS3141 | Practice your night land nav. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 20:22 | answer | added | ab2 | timeline score: 30 | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 20:19 | answer | added | eigenvector | timeline score: 51 | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 19:22 | history | asked | Charlie Brumbaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |