I'm a member of the "people who burst into camp in the middle of the night LOUDLY are RUDE" club. I had my first experience with this recently in the Adirondacks. In fact, it was MY first experience sleeping in a lean-to and I was snoozing quite nicely, thank you. Hubby wasn't sleeping as well, was on self-inflicted "bear watch" so every little sound had him bolt upright.
I was rudely awakened by a pair of hikers shining their headlamps in our eyes, and speaking to us as though it were midday, "what time d'you guys get in?" "how'd you like that mud?" "you doing the whole range tomorrow?".
EXCUSE me, I was sleeping! Yes, I will happily move over so you can bed down in the lean to with us, but PLEASE stop chattering at me!
I whispered to hubby that I thought this was rude and he explained that lean-tos ARE public, after all and we need to share. Well, I agreed with that part, but it was the whole LOUD and CHATTERY part that I felt was rude.
Glad I'm not alone on this.
ADKatie