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Looking for tips. I might catch little naps under trees during downtime during the day, but there's no way I'm going to miss late night stuff this time. Um, what exactly goes on during late night?
if you really want to stay up all night, maybe sleep from like 6ish am to 11? Last year my exhausted body actually allowed me to sleep til 10:30 or 11 each day. Maybe it'll work for you?
buy like 20 of those 5 hour energy things from walmart....im sure thatll help you thatll cover a 100 hours, so if u arent gonna sleep ur gonna need a little more
I'm sure its been done, but thats not anything that interests me. After all the latenight stuff, I NEEDED sleep. Especially because it doesn't come easy if you've gotten into the party favors. But really, value your sleep man. Hopefully this year I'll be able to sleep till 10am, thats all I'm asking.
And the heat will really kill you if you don't get some sleep. As heatheroo said, there is plenty of time to sleep after late night and before the sh!t starts up again. Find a way to stay cool for a few hours after the sun comes up and get some ZZZZ. You won't miss a thing and you'll be glad you did come Sat/Sun.
Also the afternoon naps in the shade are great!
Last Edit: Feb 13, 2008 14:19:04 GMT -5 by troo - Back to Top
Festie would be (s) need to remember the human body has needs in order for it to run well (healthy). It is amazing I am saying this as I am contridictory in doing so as a cigarette smoker. But its true the body will act excatly the way you want it to perform. Want to be outtas breath and not able to run a mile-smoke cigarettes habitually. I think you get the point. -Good stuff in good stuff out.
When I prepare for the festival road/ spring I do so starting early spring (only because I do not have the will power to be a dedicated year round health nut). Shamefully, I only go into "festival training" to increase the odds of NOT expierencing the effects of festivalin illness(s) like "Bonna flu". Again because I am weak and do not have the willpower all year long.
How do I train? Well for starters I get back on the h2o intake habit (8 glasses a day). I run daily starting out with around the block and increase the distance in competion with my self to go further distances. I am amazed ever year (and shouldn't be) at how poorly this attempt starts out. It is amazing how people promote h2o intake importance but overlook the deplition of your bodys intake of electrolytes (important guys!!!) I restablish my electrolytes pedialyte(?) the infant fruit drink. Not sugary gross tasting gatoraide, But gatorade is an alternative.
I get onto a regular regiment of vitamins and generally eat healthier no- fried foods ( there is plenty of that waiting for me at the fests). When it comes to survival of the festival road and food I allways have a meal in a shake handy. Its good to have to be civic oriented and come across diabetics in need too. These meal replacement shakes have all the vitamins etc on a daily need in one can. So if your on or have unintentionally ingested something that doesnt allow you to eat you might be able to stomach a small shake quickly.
I also get into a light calestic routine with resistence bands and home equipment.
Some people do this when they realize that "beach" season is comming for me its -festival season.
I continue this through out my travels, which is every weekend outside of winter winter.
So how do you stay awake for four days with out sleep? You go into training to ward off the effects that NOT sleeping for four days has on the body and you prepare it for the hell your about to put it through.
As to the "up and outta your tent" because the sun is too Blazing well here are some hopefully helpful pointers!
The humidity and heat combined is what makes the ordeal uncomfortable (muggyness/clamy skin) so do what apartment/ home dwellers that expierence this in their homes because they have Boilers in each room. Add moisture to the confined space i.e. tent, by having coffee cans (preferably plastic ones-lighter don't rust) with water in them or I as I do I have those painters trays that are used for wallpapering and douse towels lay them in those trays on each side ofd the tent. For obvious reasons you do not want this to permeate in your tent for long periods of time in the heat.
Next get that moiture circulating to moisturize the air. This is easily done with cheap rechargeble tent fans. Position one of the fans to blow on the water source and viola the air is moisturized. Trust me these are a gods send and extend the comfortableness and quality of those "short naps".
I also for comfort reasons use moisturizure (although not believed to be manly) neccessantly! The aloe and vitamin E based ones (naturaul).
Doing these things and being faithful to my festival hygenic process also gives me the ability to access my needs (biofeed back) instead of getting psychologically caught up in the enviroment of a fest which is easy for me.
I also believe that air quality issues of bonnaroo (dust) can be combatted at camp with cheese cloth draped and secured to your shade structure (or sheets) again sprayed with water. The dust would betrapped on this instead of your lungs.
All of the above helpsignificantly for me because I have this unhealthy ingrained inability to break long drives up and take breaks. I get to exited and wanna be at the fest and drive straight through hours at a time (longest driven straight NH - Fla) obviously this takes stamina.
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Feb 13, 2008 18:31:25 GMT -5
triptoy said:
The humidity and heat combined is what makes the ordeal uncomfortable (muggyness/clamy skin) so do what apartment/ home dwellers that expierence this in their homes because they have Boilers in each room. Add moisture to the confined space i.e. tent, by having coffee cans (preferably plastic ones-lighter don't rust) with water in them or I as I do I have those painters trays that are used for wallpapering and douse towels lay them in those trays on each side ofd the tent. For obvious reasons you do not want this to permeate in your tent for long periods of time in the heat.
??? Adding humidity to the air in winter makes you feel warmer. In hot weather, you would want to dehumidify. You may be thinking of evaporative cooling, but what you're describing is only going to add humidity to the air, making bad conditions worse.
as I said "For obvious reasons you do not want this to permeate in your tent for long periods of time in the heat."
I have not come up with a dehumidifier system yet (YET) thinking converter and car battery for short bursts. But again the fan on the water circulates the air. Usually your tent is zipped up to keep the dust and people out so yeah this *helps* (for me anyways)
i didnt read the other posts but im sure they already cover what im gunna say.
dont stay up for 4 days, theres no need. hahah
seriously, thurs night, the late nights wont be too intense so youl be able to sleep from like 1-3am till 8-9am.
fri and sat nights, just get in bed whenever the music stops, (5-6am) then go catch some zzzzzzz. theres never any music between 5am and noon, so you have plenty of down time right there, just also keep in mind its hard to sleep in a tent after 8am cause of the heat, so try and sleep outside under some shade.
other than that, dont expect much sleep, i get usually 2-5 hours on average per night every year, dont be mistaken, you will be run down by sunday, but its all part of the fest experience.
takin a couple tylenol pm's after the last sets when you crash will tack on 2-3 extra hours of sleep, unless you catch on fire when the sun starts baking your tent. helps you fall asleep the first time, as well.
Last year I left Centeroo at a certain point on Friday and Sat when I knew there were bands I could afford to miss once the Sun was going down and slept for a couple hours. Then go back to Centeroo, have a couple beers and get ready for the late night action.
Post by ☮ superbek ☮ on Feb 14, 2008 21:50:53 GMT -5
I usually slept from about 6-9am...and caught little naps as I needed them in between. I am a night person anyways so it was really rough for me to absolutely have to get up at 9am.
Post by kaleidoscope kristen on Feb 14, 2008 23:16:54 GMT -5
imo, sleep is an absolute neccessary. It's pretty high on my priority list. You might be able to go straight through 2 days without any of it, but you will mos def crash.
It's not good to deprive your body of rest... the late nights aren't THAT late, atleast to me. You'll have ample time have crazy fun in Centeroo, and get plenty of sleep.
to me there's a point of time where things start winding down anyways, and that's when we make the trek back to the tent.
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Without missing shows, you'll get to sleep roughly between 4-8 am. After 8 am it gets too hot to stay in a tent. The best advice I can suggest is to bring your own shade. Don't count on anyone else to provide shade for you.
This year I'm hoping to find a way to put shade over my tent...If there's anything I learned, you'll want a reliable source of shade for your campsite. I can't stress that enough. It's fucking HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!
Post by Darth Boo Boo Kitty @#*& on Feb 16, 2008 14:37:22 GMT -5
We camp in camping only and the sound checks on the main stage came around 0700 - WORST time EVER to be awakened by Jay-Z. Ear plugs are a must. Also, tent fan. And early evening naps. Depending on the headliner I sometimes nap during that time to prep for late night. Either way you'll eventually sleep and if you want to be up for late night you'll find a way.