Re[2]: [at-l] The ethics of snoring......

[athiker@plantnet.com (Peter H. Fornof)]

What about when the snorer knows he/she snores loudly and continues to sleep
in shelters, keeping one and all up all night? A question of consideration,
I think.

I have a hiking buddy that I'll call Roscoe, to keep his name off of the
Internet. This guy would snore so loudly that the shelter would literally
reverberate. He kept EVERYONE up. I acted like I didn't know him, I was so
embarrassed. We'd try to gently wake him to no avail. We graduated to
putting jackets over his face, etc. That didn't work either. We finally
resorted to throwing boots at him. That did the trick until he fell asleep
again. We finally had a "come to Jesus" meeting with him.

Being a good guy, he finally got the message on subsequent trips and slept
in a tent, several hundred yards from the shelter.

Should others follow Roscoe's example or just snore away, even though they
keep everyone awake and know it?

Pete Fornof



> "If smokers are banned from smoking en shelter, how's cum snorers aren't
> expected to sleep elsewhere as well?" asks Kahley.
>
> That's simple. Smoking is a voluntary act. Snoring is involuntary. I've
never
> heard me snore. All I know is what folks claim.
>
>  When I used to smoke, I knew full well what it did -- and it was far more
than
>  the loss of a night's sleep, a bit of discomfort. It was endangering
someone's
>  life.
>
>  Weary
>
>
>
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