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>hiking in Sierra Nevada, early June
>summer coming up plus big heat wave = hot
>be me, running on 28 hours no sleep
>sun is directly overhead, about 101 F
>buddy's pack got fucked, carrying some of his gear so have about 20lbs more than planned
>trail we planned on is too overgrown, have to take OHV trail running alongside it
>trail is wide with very little tree cover and lots of dust, air is super dry
>stop way earlier than planned because heat is killing us
>pitch tent in shade
>hour later tent is no longer in shade
>desperately want to sleep but can't because of heat
>can't sleep outside under tree because there's about a billion mosquitos seemingly immune to bug spray
>basically wait inside blistering hot tent in direct sun for 6 hours until sun goes down because if I wait outside I'll be eaten alive
>delirious from heat and lack of sleep
>for the first time ever in years of going innawoods feel brain start to break down and panic even though nothing was disastrously wrong, probably due to all these factors
>consider shooting myself with gun I was carrying
the next day was a lot better. We got up before the sun, ate, broke camp and started hiking. We got to a much shadier, more tree-covered spot but ultimately decided to leave early because even there it was just too hot. The pics I took give a different impression but holy fuck the heat was bad
