Race tent village etiquette

[Wet Ears]

As irritating as snoring is there is not much the poor bugger can do about it so best you come prepared - learnt that the hard way at my first tented stage race.

 

I packed earplugs but when there are okes on either side and behind your tent who are snoring like wounded moose ear plugs can only do so much! Ended up with my head on other side of tent (in an effort to get as far away from the offending noise as possible) with one ear pressed hard against the pillow and my takkie on my other ear!

 

It then becomes a perpetual cycle of getting angry and panicking as you know you need to try and get some sleep. I ended up nodding off at 1am only to have wake up call siren go off at 4:30am.

 

After a *** day in the saddle I tracked down a medic who gave me a Stillnox from his own stash - I had never used a sleeping tablet prior to that but I was desperate and it worked like a bomb! Don't leave home without them! 

[Shebeen]

I will start pulling tent pegs when I hear snorers. 

there is the other option, which is about as antisocial as loud snoring itself, but way more intentional.

 

You take a humble cable tie, go to the dude's tent and cable tie the two outer zips together.

Next morning when he tries to open the tent, the zips just play follow my leader, until someone comes to help.

[BigDL]

Our first Sani we still stayed in the classrooms with 12 other people.

 

There was a mixed team in our room and the lady told us she hates snoring so we better not snore

 

I woke up at around 2am to go for a pee, she was awake. If she heard anyone snoring she would get up and shake the offenders sleeping bag.

 

Obviously it was dark so she had to sneak up and down trying to find the snorer. Was pretty funny watching her, just as she got comfy in her sleeping bag the snoring would start again

 

When we woke up the next morning she was extremely grumpy and we all got plenty of death stares

Flip me, she would need to be careful that some oke doesn’t wake up to find her fiddling around in his sleeping bag and think she is there for loving.

[Patchelicious]

there is the other option, which is about as antisocial as loud snoring itself, but way more intentional.

 

You take a humble cable tie, go to the dude's tent and cable tie the two outer zips together.

Next morning when he tries to open the tent, the zips just play follow my leader, until someone comes to help.

A few years back we went to the Freshpack Triathlon in Clanwilliam.

 

I proceeded to get superman drunk with our recreational squatter next door neighbours, went to bed with the world spinning, woke up about an hour later to have a puke, and some f***** (friend) had done this to my tent, I had no option but to have my kots inside my tent....

[Kalahari Vegmot]

A few years back we went to the Freshpack Triathlon in Clanwilliam.

 

I proceeded to get superman drunk with our recreational squatter next door neighbours, went to bed with the world spinning, woke up about an hour later to have a puke, and some f***** (friend) had done this to my tent, I had no option but to have my kots inside my tent....

Lekker. Getting drunk is bad...

[dev null]

A few years back we went to the Freshpack Triathlon in Clanwilliam.

 

I proceeded to get superman drunk with our recreational squatter next door neighbours, went to bed with the world spinning, woke up about an hour later to have a puke, and some f***** (friend) had done this to my tent, I had no option but to have my kots inside my tent....

 

Probably the neighbour on the other side that got upset because you lot were partying till the unholy hours of the morning. 

[Patchelicious]

Probably the neighbour on the other side that got upset because you lot were partying till the unholy hours of the morning. 

No no, I know exactly who it was, was my mates.... got them back.