How to Sleep Well at High Altitude (Best Practices to Fall Asleep & Stay Asleep)

On Mount Kilimanjaro, it's not always easy to sleep.
In fact, it's quite common to have unrestful nights on the mountain. Low oxygen environments can affect your body's ability to function in many ways, and that includes sleep quality and duration.
In this video, we examine the best practices for achieving quality rest on Kilimanjaro.
First, we talk about the components you need to craft an ideal sleeping area. Then, we discuss how to prime your body for sleep.
Getting quality sleep is critical, in everyday life and even more so on the mountain. By adopting these best practices on Kilimanjaro, you'll increase your chances of sleeping well and thus, improve your summit success rate.
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VIDEO CONTENTS
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Sleeping Bag
1:13 - Sleeping Pad
1:37 - Camp Pillow
1:52 - Sleep Mask
2:23 - Ear Plugs
2:47 - Single Tent
3:22 - Follow Acclimatization Guidelines
3:49 - Use Diamox
4:46 - Don't Nap
5:17 - Limit Caffeine Intake
5:49 - Hydrate Early
6:21 - Consider Melatonin
6:50 - Stay Up
7:26 - Use a Pee Bottle
8:06 - Recap
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[@madhunov]

Great suggestions! Thank you!

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You are so welcome!

[@brianb1815]

These are some good sleep tips, not just for ascending Kili, but in general. I have apnea, which though treated for it, I still suffer some poor quality nights. Need to look into Diamox. Despite all the research and doctor's visits I've made related to apnea, never heard of this one. Perhaps it might help address the underlying mechanism in central sleep apneas (vs. obstructive variety)... These tips would have been helpful 20 years ago when I climbed Kili. Though I had a companion then who frequently experienced nightmares and would erupt in blood-curling screams. Which in turn caused me to shoot bolt upright with a WTF heart racing response in an already poor night of sleep. So don't think those earplugs (which I used then) helped much. LOL... Nice work, Kevin and crew!