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I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail this summer and spent 4 months sleeping outside. My body very quickly adjusted to sleeping when the sun went down and waking up
by RandallBrown 9y ago
I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail this summer and spent 4 months sleeping outside. My body very quickly adjusted to sleeping when the sun went down and waking up when the sun came up.
Lots of thru-hikers experience a post hike depression, myself included, but I always thought it was mostly about being back in the real world with real responsibilities. Maybe it has to do with light?
I did notice that when I was in a town staying in a hotel I would always stay up much later than I did when I was on the trail.
- _ener_ 9y agoI recently hiked in the US during 3 months and i had exactly this same feeling. My body quickly adjusted to day/night cycle and experienced this post-hike depression feeling. I'm also wondering if it's related to light because at the end of the hike when I was back to my house i would always stay awake until 3 to 4am during several weeks and it was really hard to recalibrate my sleep cycle.
- taylorlapeyre 9y agoRight now in San Francisco, Sunset is at 7:56pm and Sunrise is at 6:19am. If I went to sleep a little after the sun went down and a little after the sun came up, that's still at least 10 hours of sleep a day. I'm a little surprised - I've heard that this amount of sleep is actually unhealthy!
- dannyr 9y ago4 months on PCT? Where did you start and end? Looking to do PCT in a few years. Do you have it documented somewhere? Thanks.
- RandallBrown 9y agoI started at the Mexican Border and finished at the Canadian border. http://pct.adventuresnotvacations.com http://pct.adventuresnotvacations.com
- dannyr 9y agoYeah. Found your blog and your Instagram. Looks like a great trip.