Day 3: Camp
It is 7:30pm, It is dark, and I am sitting in my tent in my underwear sweating. My clothing from the day is soaked. It must be 30C in my tent. I've said this before in many posts, but I cannot understate the serious issue the heat here is becoming. During the day it is an intense, ever present challenge, sapping my energy as fast as the hiking. But at night it present a more insidious concern for me. My tent is unexpectedly good at capturing my body heat, of which I produce copious amounts of. Even when I take my rain fly layer off the tent (and risk getting rained on in the night, messing gear up inside the tent) and expose all my vent panels, including the main one stretching the arch of the ceiling, it is still significantly warmer in here than outside. And I cannot leave my door flap open for more than a moment before my tent is invaded by all manner on insect. Add to that the other issue of my air mattress. Specially selected for its a design and materials that refl...