[Paddlewise] What to use for sun shade?

What do you use for camp shade in hot climates?

Just returned from a pleasant week in the Sea of Cortez.  The need for
camp shade during the day called for rigging various tarps and
commercial shelters of  differing shapes and complexity.  We still
didn't get it right and therefore are searching the collective wisdom of
Paddlewise for the ideal solution.  In the rainy PNW a standard nylon
tarp with lots of tie points and perhaps a pocket for a spare paddle
center pole works well.  "Tarp Man" Dave Kruger is a master of
semi-instant sheltering with this device.  We learned in our former
canoeing days that most Canadians seem better skilled in tarp arts and
crafts than their southern paddling cousins in rainy environs.

But what about  hot climates  where neither trees nor pole material of
any sort are to be found?  What do Paddlewisers use and how do you rig
it to provide maximum shade, strength in the wind (and we had wind
aplenty in Baja) with due consideration for weight and size to carry?

Thanks for the good advice.

Rich Mitchell



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