Camping trips with tents are becoming more and more popular every year. City dwellers dream of escaping from noisy megacities at least for the weekend and are happy to go to the forests with an overnight stay. And it depends on how correctly the tent is set up whether the tourists will enjoy their rest or not.
How to choose the right place to set up your tent
At first glance, it seems that there is nothing difficult in setting up a tent. Stretch the rope twines, set the pegs - and you're done. In fact, there are many tricks to making your overnight stay as comfortable as possible. And the most important thing in the correct installation of the tent is the choice of the place.
The ideal place for setting up a tent is a dry hillock. The higher it is, the better. This has several benefits. First, if it rains, all the water will flow down and not flood the tent. Secondly, a light breeze often blows on the hillock, which carries away mosquitoes and other insects. Third, and best of all, a very beautiful view usually opens up from the hill.
It is worth paying attention to whether there are rotten trees near the tent - they can fall down in a gust of wind. Check the soil - step harder. If moisture is present, choose a drier place. See if there are anthills, animal paths nearby.
Having found a suitable place, you will have to deal with its arrangement - to clear the ground from stones and debris. If it's cool outside, you can insulate the bottom of the tent with spruce branches. To do this, you need to cut off several large branches with fluffy needles and put them where the tent will be installed. The needles will create an additional layer between the bottom and the ground, with such a feather bed tourists will not freeze even in winter.
How to set up a tent
The tent must be taken out of the bag and laid out on the ground or spruce branches with a dark, dense bottom down. Collect the arcs by inserting the tubes one into the other. Then proceed depending on the design of the tent. If this is a modern tent with an awning, then the arcs are superimposed on each other crosswise, the lower ones are inserted into special holes at the bottom of the tent. And then the lower layer of the tent is attached to the arches with the help of plastic hooks. An awning is thrown from above, into the pockets of which arcs are threaded. The awning is attached to the arches from the inside with plastic holders. Then the arcs are firmly inserted into the ground. After that, the twines are stretched in the corners, and the tent is fixed with pegs. The pegs should be driven into the ground as tightly as possible so that the gust of wind does not knock the tent down.
Old-style triangular tents are rarely equipped with awnings. In addition, they do not have special arcs, the racks have to be made from scrap materials - thick knots. You need to select two dry branches and set them inside the tent, resting against the canopy. Then stretch the strings and secure them with pegs. It is better to cover such a tent on top with polyethylene, as the tarpaulin allows moisture to pass through, and you can get wet during the rain. The polyethylene is attached to the tent using ordinary clothespins. And so that it is as taut as possible and folds are not created, you can tie ropes around the edges and fix the polyethylene with tent pegs.
