[at-l] The ethics of snoring......

[thornel@attglobal.net (W F Thorneloe)]

Excellent point. Even some of the treatments of snoring bode adverse 
effects and risks that a reasonable person might reject. Snoring can be 
related to a variety of problems including sleep apnea, arrhythmias, sudden 
death, diabetes, ADD/HD, memory disorders and other problems. I recall 
stories of other hikers absolutely freaked out by a snoring companion who 
had pretty obvious and severe sleep apnea. By ignoring his problem, he not 
only complicated nights for his friends, but he placed his own life at 
jeopardy.

If you are out on a hike of any distance, you will run into folks who have 
medical conditions that will have an impact on your hike. Snoring is one of 
the more common and easily managed problems, as ear plugs are very light 
and easy. Someone else's fractures, malnutrition, emotional problems and 
others will affect how you hike or spend a few hours. Hopefully, rudeness 
won't be a major factor in how we handle such events - even if the rudeness 
belongs to the person with the problem.

BTW, there is some connection of snoring with cigarette use.

OrangeBug

At 02:55 AM 3/5/2002 +0000, plodder@juno.com wrote:
>... Snoring is really a medical problem.  It sometimes can be corrected 
>and sometimes cannot.  The ones of us that snore cannot help it.  I 
>understand there are some help, though I have never been able to afford 
>them.  Some are we saying the ones of us that snore should not be afforded 
>the comforts of the nonsnorers. ..