Pitching the tent in a storm

Whoever has ever pitched a tent in a decent gust of wind, please raise your hand.
For me, it is the first time.
I'm trying to put it up for the first time - or to be more precise, I'm not putting it up, because putting it up would mean that it stands - and it doesn't 😂.
It's actually flying around my ears.
It starts to drizzle and I intensify my efforts to bring the trio of inner tent, poles and outer tent into working harmony.

The first attempt... fails.

The second attempt... fails.

I try to set up the tent in a different order and suddenly the supporting poles slip out of their anchors and I sit on my flat inner tent while the outer tent whips around my ears.
Now the tent canvas smashes my skin in the rain, which creates noises which are hard to describe. 😄
In the last few minutes, setting up the tent was torture - but now that nothing works anymore, I start to laugh. It's no use: I go outside and try again.

After a few more attempts, it somehow works and I get everything upright.
I tighten everything as much as I can but I'm not really sure that it won't buckle at night. Tomorrow we will know... Czytaj więcej