Sheltering from summer sun in the desert
I appreciate that summer in the desert is to be avoided, but I may have to cross a desert in the US or Iran or Australia in the summer by bicycle on a RTW trip. I haven't done this before, but I have been advised to seek shelter from the sun in the middle of the day and cycle when it's cooler, perhaps at night. Which means sleeping in my tent in the daytime when the ground temp could be 60 degrees C or more. Would this be disastrous? My tent is grey nylon and very spacious with a full size mesh door on each side and vents at the top. I read on another forum that the tent might melt and I should use a thick tarp above the tent to keep the sun off it.
All advice welcome. No need to tell me to keep out of the desert in the summer. I will try to do that. But I want to be prepared in case I am caught out.
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