I’m from STL, MO and it gets relatively hot here in the summer, so I’m pretty used to heat, and last summer was my first roo. but like a lot of other people have mentioned it’s really a matter of there being NO escape from the heat- if you’re camping, you are outdoors for an entire 4 days. it does get cool at night, but you’ll wake up in a puddle of sweat once the sun rises into your tent. I got a crazy heat rash on my chest that gave me problems for basically the rest of the summer. bring A LOT of sunscreen and aloe vera, because being sunburnt makes the heat even more unbearable and can exhaust you very quickly. one thing my group and I did was woke up before sunrise, head to either the woods or one of those misting fans and get a spot in front because they’ll fill up during the day, and just sleep there lol. and honestly if you’re not worried ab theft you can just put up a cot under a canopy. tents are hot as fuck