Informal poll - what do you sleep on in your tent for drive in camping or backpacking camping?
I had not camped out in a tent in 10 years and chose perhaps a bad site - a drive in state park in VT, where the ground was ROCK hard. Neither one of us had ever used such a site before - always on grass or a few times on mountain soil.
We only had 1 inch thick sleep pads with no give. We both woke up in unbelievable back pain, we assume from bad preparation. People at EMS store said we HAVE to buy air mattresses for next time - for $$$$$.
I never used these air mattresses before but had slept on softer ground. I think!? Either our backs got wrecked at age 35 or we just planned very badly. Is it us... or our equipment?
Wondering if anyone else gets back pain on hard ground or uses very specific equipment depending in site... or if you all are the types who could sleep on cement with a newspaper pulled over your chest, if need be.
I had not camped out in a tent in 10 years and chose perhaps a bad site - a drive in state park in VT, where the ground was ROCK hard. Neither one of us had ever used such a site before - always on grass or a few times on mountain soil.
We only had 1 inch thick sleep pads with no give. We both woke up in unbelievable back pain, we assume from bad preparation. People at EMS store said we HAVE to buy air mattresses for next time - for $$$$$.
I never used these air mattresses before but had slept on softer ground. I think!? Either our backs got wrecked at age 35 or we just planned very badly. Is it us... or our equipment?
Wondering if anyone else gets back pain on hard ground or uses very specific equipment depending in site... or if you all are the types who could sleep on cement with a newspaper pulled over your chest, if need be.