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If you noticed, I highlighted, no lights no sound. While I believe you are trying to be silent, you are waking folks around you.Sure it is.
Very true. All it takes is a little awareness, something many people never learn to cultivate as they get up in the morning. But it's not hard to be almost completely silent if you're paying attention.
Hi jpflavin 1, It is easy, just try it. If you do not turn on a light, then there is no light. There is no noise in putting on shorts and Tee shirt or lifting a sleeping bag liner off a bed. I am very careful when taking my case off the pillow. When you are very aware of those sleeping around you while this is taking place, you are as quiet as you can possibly be. Most mornings there are other people who are already up making the usual albergue morning noises. I am usually on the Camino during June and early July which have the longest daylight hours, so it is usually just light enough to see what you are doing.
Ok, @jpflavin1.Let's just agree to disagree. No human I have met is silent. That said, you are at least trying.
NO NO No, setting up an alarm on your phone is not ok, nor rustling through plastic bags sorting your backpack nor is flashing your headlamp all around As you make your way to the bathroom. If you wish to leave before everyone else, yes, you prepare most of your bag the night before and tiptoe out of the dorm to get dressed etc. In any communal space, the Golden Rule prevails.Ok this is a very basic question, but in all the youtube videos and all the books and blogs I've seen, I don't think I've gotten the answer to this.
- What is the etiquette in albergues regarding waking up early? Is setting an alarm on your phone ok? I would think that those still sleeping wouldn't appreciate hearing others' alarms ringing... I've read countless posts about preparing your bag and gear the night before so you aren't rustling around in the morning getting your things together, which makes sense. But how do people wake up so early without an alarm? Simply turn it to vibrate? Is that what everyone does?
- I read on a couple blogs about certain albergues waking people up by playing gregorian chanting music over the loudspeaker and slowly turning up the lights. How common is this? I would LOVE to wake up this way!!!
There are always early risers. Starting around 5 am you will be treated to the plastic bag symphony accompanied by the flash of headlamps and mobile lights. Depending on proximity there may be vocal accompaniment in the form of “whispers”. The squeaking of springs against bed boards is noticeable. I was once awakened by a kettle whistle.Ok this is a very basic question, but in all the youtube videos and all the books and blogs I've seen, I don't think I've gotten the answer to this.
- What is the etiquette in albergues regarding waking up early? Is setting an alarm on your phone ok? I would think that those still sleeping wouldn't appreciate hearing others' alarms ringing... I've read countless posts about preparing your bag and gear the night before so you aren't rustling around in the morning getting your things together, which makes sense. But how do people wake up so early without an alarm? Simply turn it to vibrate? Is that what everyone does?
- I read on a couple blogs about certain albergues waking people up by playing gregorian chanting music over the loudspeaker and slowly turning up the lights. How common is this? I would LOVE to wake up this way
I could not agree more with you and Annie about waiting until the early morning hustle has died down for all your stated reasons!!I was given this same tip by @Anniesantiago a few years ago on the forum. Even when I woke up naturally and pulled out my ear plugs to rustling bags and busyness in motion, I would just lay there until the hubbub would die down. It was then oh so peaceful to do the last minute preparations and practically have the bathroom sinks alone with plenty of elbow room. It helped with walking in more solitude, too, as everyone else is always somewhere ahead, and I dislike bed races. Private lodging has in recent years become more often become my norm, as more and more pilgrims are marching to the Camino drums.
??? Where do you find these earplugs? I've tried many different types, and none of them made ay significant difference. The real answer to the original question is "Do unto others as you would prefer they do unto you."No one has mentioned using earplugs in this thread yet (I don't think anyway). They amaze me at how well they work. Since I do not walk in the heat of summer, I never need to head out extra early to avoid the heat later in the day. I hear no rustling of bags or people walking around until the lights are turned on and I remove my earplugs.
I agree, but at the same time, I have woken where other pilgrims have left a dormitory without waking me. Were they silent and left making absolutely no noise? I doubt it, but whatever noise they made did not wake me. Others might have heard them leave, but I didn't. So it is possible to be quiet enough not to disturb some others.Let's just agree to disagree. No human I have met is silent. That said, you are at least trying.
They are pink and yellow. Not expensive, T shape, and they worked great for me.??? Where do you find these earplugs? I've tried many different types, and none of them made ay significant difference. The real answer to the original question is "Do unto others as you would prefer they do unto you."
In some albergues the are on a timer.I had thought that they would automatically go off by themselves, like they were on a timer or something
Exactly. I'm not sure why we needed over 100 responses!The real answer to the original question is "Do unto others as you would prefer they do unto you."
As you can see by the responses, the "Golden Rule" is interpreted many different ways^^.??? Where do you find these earplugs? I've tried many different types, and none of them made ay significant difference. The real answer to the original question is "Do unto others as you would prefer they do unto you."
Excellent suggestions. It is amazing how loud zippers and plastic bags sound at 6 AMYes, turn your phone to vibrate and if it is dark and you need a light please don't use one of those head torches as you will inevitably shine the light in people's eyes.
When you get up, take all your belongings to another room so that you can wash, dress and put away your nighttime belongings.
Sometimes the exit door will latch shut after you go through so think about this and ensuring that you have everything with you before you leave so that you don't have to bang on the door to be let back in if you forget something.
Also, if you are with someone then please don't talk in the room, even in a whisper as we humans are set to respond to any sort of talking and you will wake lots of people up.
... and then prepare breakfast for their fellow pilgrims?That way they could get out and breathe the early morning fresh air, enjoy the morning stillness, listen to birdsong and watch the sunrise.
Agree 100%.I personally do not feel the afternoon nappers should assume everyone arriving after they do should behave as though it is 5:00am and be tiptoeing around.
Or "If I keep them awake now maybe they'll sleep late in the morning."(Ahhhh pilgrim schadenfreude. "They woke me up at zero dark 30, but now they have a taste of their own medicine...")
Gosh no, we’ll be long gone by then … long gone.... and then prepare breakfast for their fellow pilgrims?
It seems to be the assumption, unfortunately, that all early risers are bed racers. Some of us are habitually early risers who, when we wake, just want to get on with our day and, if we can enjoy the outdoor offerings of the early morning, so much the better. While on camino - if not staying in private accommodation where an early departure did not pose a problem for others - there were several instances where I lay silently in bed (while in my mind I was ‘climbing the walls’) waiting for others to stir so I could finally begin my day.But treating bed racers as they treated me in the morning seems to me to be the making of pilgrim wars.
This speaks for me, too, at times in the albergues.there were several instances where I lay silently in bed (while in my mind I was ‘climbing the walls’) waiting for others to stir so I could finally begin my day.
I was too concise. The likes of you, dear @Icaros, are not usually the alarmringing lightshining packrepacking sort that wake the rest of us up. Early risers are more often stealth leavers - for starters, none of you need an alarm.It seems to be the assumption, unfortunately, that all early risers are bed racers. Some of us are habitually early risers
Haha, yeah. Love it. You and 8 billion of the rest of us.I try to accommodate everyone as best I can but, really, things would go so much more smoothly if everyone could just start their day earlier. In other words, be more like me
And my post wasn’t directed to you specifically; I was speaking generally. Your post just happened to be the most recent that referred to bed racers.I was too concise. The likes of you, dear @Icaros, are not usually the alarmringing lightshining packrepacking sort that wake the rest of us up. Early risers are more often stealth leavers - for starters, none of you need an alarm.
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